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How to install ToolUniverse in OpenAI Agents SDK

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Steps

  1. 1Install uv (for uvx): https://docs.astral.sh/uv/
  2. 2pip install openai-agents
  3. 3Use the snippet below inside an async function

Python snippet

Python
from agents import Agent
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStdio

async with MCPServerStdio(
    params={
        "command": "uvx",
        "args": [
            "tooluniverse"
        ]
    },
) as server:
    agent = Agent(name="Assistant", mcp_servers=[server])
Environment variableRequiredWhat it is
OPENAI_API_KEYsecretNoOpenAI API key for LLM-based tool finding and embedding features
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYsecretNoAnthropic API key for Claude-based features
GEMINI_API_KEYsecretNoGoogle Gemini API key for Gemini-based features
OPENROUTER_API_KEYsecretNoOpenRouter API key for accessing 100+ LLM models
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEYsecretNoAzure OpenAI API key (alternative to OpenAI)
HF_TOKENsecretNoHuggingFace token for accessing models and datasets
NCBI_API_KEYsecretNoNCBI/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_KEYsecretNoSemantic Scholar API key for higher rate limits (100 req/sec vs 1 req/sec). Register at https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/api
BIOGRID_API_KEYsecretNoBioGRID API key for protein-protein interaction queries. Register free at https://webservice.thebiogrid.org/
DISGENET_API_KEYsecretNoDisGeNET API key for gene-disease association data. Register free at https://www.disgenet.org/
OMIM_API_KEYsecretNoOMIM API key for Mendelian disease data. Register at https://omim.org/api
ONCOKB_API_TOKENsecretNoOncoKB API token for precision oncology annotations. Register at https://www.oncokb.org/apiAccess
NVIDIA_API_KEYsecretNoNVIDIA NIM API key for AlphaFold2 structure prediction, molecular docking, and genomics tools. Get key at https://build.nvidia.com
USPTO_API_KEYsecretNoUSPTO API key for patent data access. Register at https://developer.uspto.gov/
UMLS_API_KEYsecretNoUMLS API key for medical terminology and concept mapping. Register at https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/uts/
BRENDA_EMAILNoBRENDA enzyme database login email. Register at https://www.brenda-enzymes.org/
BRENDA_PASSWORDsecretNoBRENDA enzyme database login password

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