rob2-kit vs io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse
rob2-kit is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
rob2-kit is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Ali Salman. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse is an MCP server published by mims-harvard. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Community GitHub marketplaces). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-22. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace alisalman-et-al/rob2-kit | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 0.13.0 Forks (GitHub): 1 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.5.7 Downloads/month (PyPI): 40 535 Downloads/week (PyPI): 13 492 Forks (GitHub): 267 Stars (GitHub): 1 754 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | rob2-kitno longer listed · | io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 0 | 1 754 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 1 | 267 |
| Last release (differs) | Not published | 2026-10-13 |
| Where it runs (differs) | On your machine (${claude-plugin-root}) | On your machine (tooluniverse) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 17, secrets among them: 16 |
| Hooks it runs (differs) | Not published | 2 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 174 |
| Licence (differs) | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alisalman-et-al/rob2-kit | github.com/mims-harvard/tooluniverse |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
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What each says it does
rob2-kit
Evidence-grounded Cochrane RoB 2 risk-of-bias assessment of randomized trials.
io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse
2,700+ scientific tools for AI scientists: life science, research, literature, and more.
How to run each
rob2-kit
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<YOUR_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>" --env "AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "BIOGRID_API_KEY=<YOUR_BIOGRID_API_KEY>" --env "BRENDA_PASSWORD=<YOUR_BRENDA_PASSWORD>" --env "DISGENET_API_KEY=<YOUR_DISGENET_API_KEY>" --env "GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY>" --env "HF_TOKEN=<YOUR_HF_TOKEN>" --env "NCBI_API_KEY=<YOUR_NCBI_API_KEY>" --env "NVIDIA_API_KEY=<YOUR_NVIDIA_API_KEY>" --env "OMIM_API_KEY=<YOUR_OMIM_API_KEY>" --env "ONCOKB_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_ONCOKB_API_TOKEN>" --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --env "OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENROUTER_API_KEY>" --env "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY=<YOUR_SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>" --env "UMLS_API_KEY=<YOUR_UMLS_API_KEY>" --env "USPTO_API_KEY=<YOUR_USPTO_API_KEY>" --transport stdio tooluniverse -- uvx tooluniverse tooluniverse-smcp-stdio --compact-modeRequires: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (secret), AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), BIOGRID_API_KEY (secret), BRENDA_PASSWORD (secret), DISGENET_API_KEY (secret), GEMINI_API_KEY (secret), HF_TOKEN (secret), NCBI_API_KEY (secret), NVIDIA_API_KEY (secret), OMIM_API_KEY (secret), ONCOKB_API_TOKEN (secret), OPENAI_API_KEY (secret), OPENROUTER_API_KEY (secret), SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY (secret), UMLS_API_KEY (secret), USPTO_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of rob2-kit publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: rob2-kit · What it can do: io.github.mims-harvard/tooluniverse · Compare two other plugins
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