MCP server · Hugging Face
Hugging Face MCP Server
⚠ No independent security audit: entries summarize official sources only. Review permissions and code before installing.
- Type
- MCP server
- Tasks
- Library docs & researchBuild AI apps
- Compatible agents
- Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Cursor (source: clients with an install section in the official README (huggingface/hf-mcp-server))
- Verdict
- Pick it to find models, datasets, Spaces and docs on the Hub from your agent; keep write tools (repos, Jobs) off unless you need them, they act on your HF account.
- Permissions
- Searches and reads Hub models, datasets, Spaces, papers and docs; optional tools you enable in your MCP settings can create and write repos, run and schedule Jobs, use sandboxes, and call Gradio Spaces as tools.
- Credentials
- Hugging Face account sign-in (OAuth via ?login) or a Hugging Face token in an Authorization: Bearer header.
- Maintenance
- Release v0.4.31 on 2026-10-19; last commit 2026-10-19
- License
- MIT
- Install
- Remote: connect to https://huggingface.co/mcp. Claude Code: `claude mcp add hf-mcp-server -t http https://huggingface.co/mcp?login` (or `-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_HF_TOKEN>"`); then pick tools and Spaces at huggingface.co/settings/mcp. Official install docs ↗
- Source
- https://github.com/huggingface/hf-mcp-server
- Verified on
- 2026-10-22
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