Install the ToolUniverse Plugin for OpenAI Codex

One-step install on Codex: an MCP server exposing 1000+ scientific tools plus 130+ research skills — all auto-configured. (For the Claude Code version, see tooluniverse-claude-code-plugin.)

Prerequisites (check once)

uv --version     # provides `uvx`; if missing:  curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
codex --version  # OpenAI Codex CLI; if missing: https://developers.openai.com/codex

Install (two commands)

# 1. Register the ToolUniverse marketplace from GitHub
codex plugin marketplace add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse