Set up USPTO downloader 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/uspto-downloader
curl -fsSL -o ~/.tooluniverse/envs/uspto-downloader-tooluniverse.txt https://connect.aiscientist.tools/install-requirements.txt
~/.local/bin/uv pip install --python ~/.tooluniverse/envs/uspto-downloader/bin/python -r ~/.tooluniverse/envs/uspto-downloader-tooluniverse.txt
# then this model's own dependencies, as in "Create an isolated environment" below
~/.local/bin/tu remote check uspto-downloader --python ~/.tooluniverse/envs/uspto-downloader/bin/python   # lists anything still missing
~/.local/bin/tu serve --allow uspto-downloader --python ~/.tooluniverse/envs/uspto-downloader/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): boundary/parser tests and live loopback discovery passed; all three current calls reached USPTO and received HTTP 403 for an invalid validation key. No patent content was retrieved, so functional content retrieval, public publication, cross-user isolation, and extraction/load behavior remain blocked by credentials or unmeasured. Authenticated private Platform import and owner testing passed on 2026-08-16; public publication and independent-caller authorization/isolation remain untested.