Tooluniverse Install Skills

This is a bootstrap skill that detects whether the ToolUniverse research skills are installed in your IDE and automatically installs them if they're missing. It checks common skill directories across Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, and other AI coding clients, then does a shallow git clone to pull just the skills folder from the ToolUniverse repo. Useful when you're setting up a new environment or when the plugin's 50+ specialized research workflows aren't loading. The detection logic is straightforward, it looks for a canary file and falls back to asking which client you're using if it can't figure it out automatically. A practical utility skill that solves the "why aren't my tools working" problem without manual setup.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add mims-harvard/tooluniverse --skill tooluniverse-install-skills --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

ToolUniverse Install Skills

Checks whether the ToolUniverse specialized skills are installed and installs them automatically if not.

Detection

Use the Shell tool to check for the canary file across all common client locations:

ls .cursor/skills/tooluniverse-drug-research/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null \
  || ls .agents/skills/tooluniverse-drug-research/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null \
  || ls .windsurf/skills/tooluniverse-drug-research/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null \
  || ls .gemini/skills/tooluniverse-drug-research/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null \
  || ls .claude/skills/tooluniverse-drug-research/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null \
  || ls .opencode/skills/tooluniverse-drug-research/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null \
  || ls .trae/skills/tooluniverse-drug-research/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null \
  || ls .skills/tooluniverse-drug-research/SKILL.md 2>/dev/null \
  || echo "NOT_INSTALLED"