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mims-harvard/tooluniverse

devtu-code-optimization

Code quality patterns and guidelines for ToolUniverse tool development. Apply when writing, fixing, or refactoring tool Python code in the ToolUniverse project. Encodes lessons from 80+ debug rounds. Use alongside devtu-fix-tool and devtu-self-evolve. checking schema correctness, looking up API-specific bug fixes.

First seen Mar 8, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add mims-harvard/tooluniverse --skill devtu-code-optimization
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Repository health

Stars 1.7K
License LICENSE
Default branch main
Open issues 9
Status Active

Package contents

Files included with this skill beyond the listing page.

  • skill md SKILL.md 2,996 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 2,954 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 257 installs

SKILL.md

ToolUniverse Code Optimization

Always run Skill(skill="simplify") after writing or modifying code.

Pre-Commit Checklist

  • return_schema has oneOf: [{data+metadata}, {error}]
  • Test examples use real IDs (no DUMMY/PLACEHOLDER)
  • try: has except: at exact same indentation level
  • No trailing commas in JSON (python3 -c "import json; json.load(open('f.json'))")
  • New tool class registered in lazyregistrystatic.py and defaultconfig.py
  • ruff check src/tooluniverse/<file>.py passes
  • python -c "from tooluniverse.<module> import <Class>" passes
  • python -m tooluniverse.cli run <Tool> '<realargsjson>' returns expected data
  • Ran Skill(skill="simplify") on all modified files

Key Fix Categories

Category Signal Reference
Silent param ignored API accepts but drops filter [code-patterns.md](code-patterns.md) — Client-Side Filter
Wrong API field/endpoint 0 results or 404 [api-fixes.md](api-fixes.md) — Quick Lookup Table
Schema invalid null type, missing oneOf [code-patterns.md](code-patterns.md) — Schema Patterns
Undisclosed normalization Auto-transform hidden from user [code-patterns.md](code-patterns.md) — Normalization Disclosure
try/except indent SyntaxError at runtime [code-patterns.md](code-patterns.md) — try/except section
Truncation buried Data count hidden in notes [code-patterns.md](code-patterns.md) — Truncation
Hosted model API (NIM) async 404 on poll, JSON-wrapped output, 200+inner-failure, "not found for account" [code-patterns.md](code-patterns.md) — Hosted Model-API Tools
R subprocess tool '\.' unrecognized escape from Rscript -e [code-patterns.md](code-patterns.md) — R-subprocess Tools

References

  • [references/api-fixes.md](references/api-fixes.md) — Per-API bug fixes (GtoPdb, CIViC, GTEx, ENCODE, CPIC, etc.)
  • [references/code-patterns.md](references/code-patterns.md) — Reusable Python patterns (schema, filtering, pagination, normalization)

Git & PR Workflow

git fetch origin && git stash && git rebase origin/main && git stash pop
git push --force-with-lease origin fix/round-XX-bugs
gh pr view <N> --json mergeable  # must be MERGEABLE before done
  • Never push to main directly
  • Never have multiple open fix PRs
  • Commit messages: "Feature" or "Fix" — never "Bug"
  • No AI attribution in commits
  • Repo: mims-harvard/ToolUniverse — verify with git remote -v