Summary
This walks you through installing ToolUniverse, the open-source gateway to 2,000+ scientific databases like PubMed, UniProt, and ChEMBL. You get three access patterns: MCP server for chat-based queries in Claude Desktop or Cursor, a CLI with nine subcommands (tu find, tu run, tu test), or a Python SDK with typed imports and JSON-based calls. The guide is explicitly step-by-step and language-aware, covering uv setup, config file locations for a dozen AI clients, API key setup, and the difference between the 1,200+ tools in compact mode versus direct execution. Use this when someone asks how to install ToolUniverse, which mode to pick, or needs MCP troubleshooting for scientific tooling.
Install to Claude Code
npx -y skills add mims-harvard/tooluniverse --skill setup-tooluniverse --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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Plug Mailtrap into your AI workflow and let it handle the email.
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Install now →Make coding agent sessions - Searchable, Shareable, Vendor-neutral & Scored.
Try For Free →Your agent targets a perfect 10 Code Health score. Deterministic. Every commit.
Try For Free →Integrate web data into your AI product. One API to scrape website & brand data.
Get API Key Now →belt cli automatically finds the best tools and skills for your agent. image, video, music, tts...
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