tooluniverse (mims-harvard/ToolUniverse) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 98 out of 100, grade A. It declares 165 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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tooluniverse

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→ mims-harvard/ToolUniverse· listed on glama

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// key findings
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165 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour
1 read-only tool verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec
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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
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Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
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You'll be asked for 10 credentials: ADDGENE_API_KEY, ALPHA_GENOME_API_KEY, BGPT_API_KEY, BIOGRID_API_KEY, BIOGRID_ACCESS_KEY, BRENDA_PASSWORD, NCBI_API_KEY, CLUE_API_KEY, CLUSPRO_API_SECRET, DISGENET_API_KEY
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configDEPMAP_DATA_PATH
configTOOLUNIVERSE_MCP_HOST
configEXPERT_FEEDBACK_API_HOST
configEXPERT_FEEDBACK_API_PORT
configTOOLUNIVERSE_EXPERT_HOST
configTOOLUNIVERSE_STDIO_MODE
configTOOLUNIVERSE_MCP_PORT
configTOOLUNIVERSE_LIGHT_IMPORT
🔐 secretADDGENE_API_KEY
configPYTORCH_MPS_HIGH_WATERMARK_RATIO
configPYTORCH_ENABLE_MPS_FALLBACK
configTOOLUNIVERSE_LLM_DEFAULT_PROVIDER
configTOOLUNIVERSE_LLM_TEMPERATURE
configTOOLUNIVERSE_LLM_RETURN_JSON
configTOOLUNIVERSE_LLM_CONFIG_MODE
configAGENTIC_TOOL_FALLBACK_CHAIN
configVLLM_SERVER_URL
🔐 secretALPHA_GENOME_API_KEY
🔐 secretBGPT_API_KEY
🔐 secretBIOGRID_API_KEY
🔐 secretBIOGRID_ACCESS_KEY
configBRENDA_EMAIL
🔐 secretBRENDA_PASSWORD
configCELLOSAURUS_TIMEOUT
🔐 secretNCBI_API_KEY
🔐 secretCLUE_API_KEY
configCLUSPRO_USERNAME
🔐 secretCLUSPRO_API_SECRET
🔐 secretDISGENET_API_KEY
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

1/165 tools have annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

165/165 tools missing one or more hints — mcpclient (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); mcpproxy (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); mcpautoloader (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +162 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tool test coverage

55/165 tools referenced in tests (33%)

Write tests that reference each tool by name so every tool has at least one test.

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commit: 1c007564676c44b744a06a7eb7105131e533e80d
code hash: d5b318a8443a533ca7dd3a665a32a8847c70ce18713678094204c17bbf76a5e6
verified: 9/3/2026, 4:36:23 PM
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