setup-tooluniverse

setup-tooluniverse is an MCP server development skill for AI agents, published by mims-harvard in the ToolUniverse repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates setup-tooluniverse F (15/100) and the safety scan rated it unsafe; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Install and configure ToolUniverse for any use case — MCP server (chat-based), CLI (command line with 9 subcommands), or Python SDK (Coding API with 3 calling patterns). Covers uv/uvx setup, MCP configuration for 12+ AI clients (Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, VS Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Trae, Cline, etc.), full CLI reference (tu list/grep/find/info/run/test/status/build/serve), Coding API quickstart, agentic tools, code executor, API key walkthrough, skill installation, and upgrading. Use when user asks how to set up ToolUniverse, which access mode to use (MCP vs CLI vs SDK), configuring MCP servers, using the CLI, troubleshooting installation, upgrading, or mentions installing ToolUniverse or setting up scientific tools. Also triggers for "how do I use ToolUniverse", "what's the best way to access tools", "command line", "tu command", "coding API", "tu build".

Grade
F
Quality
15 / 100
Safety
Unsafe
GitHub stars
1,681

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Our review

Architecture
94 / 100
Maturity
Structured: ships references or scripts
Security scan
Critical-risk patterns
License
Not declared. Check the repository before reusing it.

What the scanner flagged

  • destructive rm -rf on home/root
  • pipe remote script to shell
  • references sensitive credential env

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