Set Up ToolUniverse

Open your AI agent and run this single prompt to get started:

Read https://aiscientist.tools/setup.md and set up ToolUniverse for me.

Your agent will walk you through MCP configuration, API keys, and validation step by step.

Choose your platform

Claude Desktop

Desktop app with native MCP integration

Claude Desktop

Claude Code

Terminal-based AI coding agent

Claude Code

Cursor

AI-first code editor with MCP support

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Windsurf

Agentic IDE with autonomous coding agents

Windsurf

Antigravity

Google’s free agentic IDE with parallel agents

Antigravity

Cline

VS Code extension with MCP integration

Cline

Trae

AI coding assistant with MCP support

Trae

OpenCode

Open-source AI coding platform

OpenCode

Gemini CLI

Command-line interface with Google Gemini

Gemini CLI

Qwen Code

Code editor for AI scientist workflows

Qwen Code

Codex CLI

Terminal-based interface with OpenAI Codex

Codex CLI

MCP configuration

All platforms use the same MCP config snippet:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tooluniverse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--refresh", "tooluniverse"],
      "env": {"PYTHONIOENCODING": "utf-8"}
    }
  }
}

For advanced MCP options, see MCP Support.

Agent skills

Skills are pre-built research workflows that guide your agent through complex tasks. Install all skills with one command:

npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse

Then ask your agent: “research the drug metformin”, “find targets for Alzheimer’s disease”, or “analyze protein structure for EGFR”. See the full AI Agent Skills.