Tooluniverse

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Install

Pin version registry version 1.5.9

Python
uvx tooluniverse

Python
uvx tooluniverse@1.5.9

Setup by client

Pick your client — the config below is generated for this server (local stdio). Copy respects the “Pin version” switch above.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse@1.5.9"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Format verified against the official Claude Desktop docs ↗.

terminal

claude mcp add --env OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY> --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> --env GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY> --env OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY> --env AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY> --env HF_TOKEN=<YOUR_HF_TOKEN> --env NCBI_API_KEY=<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY> --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY> tooluniverse -- uvx tooluniverse

claude mcp add --env OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY> --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> --env GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY> --env OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY> --env AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY> --env HF_TOKEN=<YOUR_HF_TOKEN> --env NCBI_API_KEY=<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY> --env SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY> tooluniverse -- uvx tooluniverse@1.5.9

Format verified against the official Claude Code docs ↗.

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse@1.5.9"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Format verified against the official Cursor docs ↗.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse@1.5.9"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Format verified against the official VS Code docs ↗.

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tooluniverse@1.5.9"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "HF_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>",
        "NCBI_API_KEY": "<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Format verified against the official Windsurf docs ↗.

Environment variables

Defined in the server's official registry manifest. Required secrets are shown as <YOUR_…> placeholders in the configs above.

OPENAI_API_KEY secret — OpenAI API key for LLM-based tool finding and embedding features
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY secret — Anthropic API key for Claude-based features
GEMINI_API_KEY secret — Google Gemini API key for Gemini-based features
OPENROUTER_API_KEY secret — OpenRouter API key for accessing 100+ LLM models
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY secret — Azure OpenAI API key (alternative to OpenAI)
HF_TOKEN secret — HuggingFace token for accessing models and datasets
NCBI_API_KEY secret — NCBI/PubMed API key for higher rate limits (10 req/sec vs 3 req/sec). Register at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/account/
SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY secret — Semantic Scholar API key for higher rate limits (100 req/sec vs 1 req/sec). Register at https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/api

GitHub

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About this server

/ ToolUniverse: Democratizing AI scientists (mcp name: io.github.mims harvard/tooluniverse) Install [!IMPORTANT] Claude Desktop extension showing "Failed — Server disconnecte…

Summary from the project README — github.com/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse

Distributed as Python, listed under Search. Review our MCP security guide before granting access to real data.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Tooluniverse MCP server do?

/ ToolUniverse: Democratizing AI scientists (mcp name: io.github.mims harvard/tooluniverse) Install [!IMPORTANT] Claude Desktop extension showing "Failed — Server disconnecte

How do I install Tooluniverse?

Run the install command shown above, then paste the config for your client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Windsurf) into its MCP settings and restart the client.

Is Tooluniverse free to use?

The MCP server itself is free to install. The source is public on https://github.com/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse. Any third-party service it calls may require its own API key and account.

Which clients support Tooluniverse?

Any MCP-compatible client can use it, including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and custom agents.

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