io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse

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Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-08-28 23:05 UTC

screened 2026-07-29tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“No malicious intent”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

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That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-07-31).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Markdown

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Environment variables

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

BIOGRID_API_KEY

secret

BioGRID API key for protein-protein interaction queries. Register free at https://webservice.thebiogrid.org/

DISGENET_API_KEY

secret

DisGeNET API key for gene-disease association data. Register free at https://www.disgenet.org/

OMIM_API_KEY

secret

OMIM API key for Mendelian disease data. Register at https://omim.org/api

ONCOKB_API_TOKEN

secret

OncoKB API token for precision oncology annotations. Register at https://www.oncokb.org/apiAccess

NVIDIA_API_KEY

secret

NVIDIA NIM API key for AlphaFold2 structure prediction, molecular docking, and genomics tools. Get key at https://build.nvidia.com

USPTO_API_KEY

secret

USPTO API key for patent data access. Register at https://developer.uspto.gov/

UMLS_API_KEY

secret

UMLS API key for medical terminology and concept mapping. Register at https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/

BRENDA_EMAIL

BRENDA enzyme database login email. Register at https://www.brenda-enzymes.org/

BRENDA_PASSWORD

secret

BRENDA enzyme database login password

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

completeness

installability

documentation

stability

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (uvx)

{
  "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>",
        "BIOGRID_API_KEY": "<your-biogrid_api_key>",
        "DISGENET_API_KEY": "<your-disgenet_api_key>",
        "OMIM_API_KEY": "<your-omim_api_key>",
        "ONCOKB_API_TOKEN": "<your-oncokb_api_token>",
        "NVIDIA_API_KEY": "<your-nvidia_api_key>",
        "USPTO_API_KEY": "<your-uspto_api_key>",
        "UMLS_API_KEY": "<your-umls_api_key>",
        "BRENDA_EMAIL": "<brenda_email>",
        "BRENDA_PASSWORD": "<your-brenda_password>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-mims-harvard-tooluniverse

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v1.4.0
category: Other
verdict expires: 2026-08-28
quality: 90 / 100
operator: mims-harvard

Listing

Listed from the official MCP registry. Unclaimed by its maintainer. Maintainer? Email us →

Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 960,209). Verify it yourself.

Links

Repository →Website →