Hugging Face

Name: Hugging Face
Author: huggingface

Verified · huggingface.co

MCP server by huggingface · updated 12 months ago

Score 16

Connect to Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications Hugging Face is published by huggingface.co from its verified domain in the official MCP Registry.

Install Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Works withClaude Code Claude Desktop Cursor Codex Gemini CLI VS Code Windsurf ChatGPT Antigravity CLI

Licence

No licence found, so reuse rights are unclear

Quality

Clear description, published package or server URL, original repository

Security

Not checked yet. What we check

Install Hugging Face

Built from the published package, never by AI

claude mcp add --transport http hugging-face https://huggingface.co/mcp?login

Run in your terminal. Add --scope user to use it in every project.

Step-by-step: install Hugging Face in Claude Code

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hugging-face": {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
    }
  }
}

Settings, Developer, Edit config. Paste into claude_desktop_config.json and restart.

Step-by-step: install Hugging Face in Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hugging-face": {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects) or .cursor/mcp.json (this project).

Step-by-step: install Hugging Face in Cursor

{
  "servers": {
    "hugging-face": {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code uses "servers", not "mcpServers".

Step-by-step: install Hugging Face in VS Code

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hugging-face": {
      "serverUrl": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json (all projects) or .agents/mcp_config.json (this project).

Step-by-step: install Hugging Face in Antigravity CLI

https://huggingface.co/mcp?login

In ChatGPT: Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, then paste this URL. Works in any client that supports remote servers.

Step-by-step: install Hugging Face in ChatGPT

MCP servers run with your permissions and can read what you give them access to. Some need an API key: check the README and add it under env in the hugging-face block.

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Hugging Face: common questions

How do I install Hugging Face?

In Claude Code run claude mcp add --transport http hugging-face https://huggingface.co/mcp?login. For Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code, paste the config shown above and restart. See the install guides.

Is Hugging Face the official server?

Hugging Face is published by huggingface.co from its verified domain in the official MCP Registry.

Is Hugging Face free?

The code is public, but no licence file was found, so check the repository before commercial use.

Is Hugging Face safe to use?

It scores 16 of 100. Grades: licence F, quality C. The security check has not run for it yet. Review the code before you install. How grades work.

What are alternatives to Hugging Face?

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Does Hugging Face work with ChatGPT?

Yes. Add its server URL in ChatGPT as a custom connector. See MCP in ChatGPT.