ToolUniverse Documentation¶
Democratizing AI Scientists for Science¶
ToolUniverse is a unified ecosystem that transforms any large language model (LLM)—open or closed—into a powerful AI scientist. By standardizing how LLMs identify and call tools, it integrates over 1000 scientific resources, including machine learning models, datasets, APIs, and analysis packages.
With its AI-Tool Interaction Protocol, ToolUniverse provides a common interface for seamless communication between LLMs and tools, ensuring compatibility across platforms such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, and open-source models.
🚀 New to ToolUniverse?¶
Choose your path to get started:
Choose Python Developer
Use ToolUniverse’s Python API directly in your code, Jupyter notebooks, or custom applications.
Choose AI Agent User
Integrate ToolUniverse with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or other AI agents for interactive research.
What Can You Do?¶
AI Agent Skills - Specialized workflows combining 1000+ scientific tools:
Drug discovery, target analysis, disease research, literature reviews, protein design, binder discovery, precision oncology, and more
Create new tools, fix failing tools, optimize descriptions, improve documentation quality, and enhance skill workflows
Install and configure ToolUniverse with MCP integration for any AI coding client (Cursor, Claude, Gemini, VS Code, etc.)
General strategies for using ToolUniverse effectively: tool discovery, multi-hop queries, comprehensive research workflows
✨ View All Skills: Browse complete catalog with detailed descriptions and usage guides
🌍 Explore More¶
Comprehensive feature documentation
Complete tool catalog with examples
Expert research workflows for AI agents
Standardized AI-tool communication
Find tools by keyword or semantic search
Chain tools into complex workflows
Add custom tools and APIs
Python API, MCP server, HTTP API
Python API documentation
Fix common issues
🌍 Community & Support¶
Get help and connect with community
Bug reports and feature requests
Try tools directly in browser
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Democratizing AI agents for science with ToolUniverse.