Set up ESM as a remote tool

Sharing this model for a user, not developing it? Follow the tooluniverse-share-computer guide; no ToolUniverse source checkout is needed. The model runs in its own Python environment, with its dependencies:

~/.local/bin/uv venv --python 3.12 ~/.tooluniverse/envs/esm
curl -fsSL -o ~/.tooluniverse/envs/esm-tooluniverse.txt https://connect.aiscientist.tools/install-requirements.txt
curl -fsSL -o ~/.tooluniverse/envs/esm-requirements.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse/main/src/tooluniverse/remote/esm/requirements.txt
~/.local/bin/uv pip install --python ~/.tooluniverse/envs/esm/bin/python -r ~/.tooluniverse/envs/esm-tooluniverse.txt -r ~/.tooluniverse/envs/esm-requirements.txt
~/.local/bin/tu remote check esm --python ~/.tooluniverse/envs/esm/bin/python   # lists anything still missing
~/.local/bin/tu serve --allow esm --python ~/.tooluniverse/envs/esm/bin/python --share --detach --name "<computer name>" --service https://tooluniverse-backend.onrender.com

If the check reports a missing environment variable (a data folder, a model cache, a provider key), set it in the same shell before tu serve; "Obtain credentials, data, and model weights" below says what each one is. The model reads only the variables it declares.

The rest of this guide is for developers working from the ToolUniverse source, and for diagnosing problems with this model.

Validation status (2026-08-16): the pinned official ESM source and esmc_300m checkpoint loaded on the GB10; a live loopback call returned a finite 960-dimensional embedding. Public publication, cross-user isolation, broad concurrency, recovery, and embedding-quality validation remain incomplete. Authenticated private Platform import and owner testing passed on 2026-08-16; public publication and independent-caller authorization/isolation remain untested.