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Hugging Face

Official registry AI and agents

Connect to Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications

Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

Remote (streamable-http)
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --transport http hugging-face 'https://huggingface.co/mcp?login'
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "hugging-face": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
        }
    }
}
Remote (streamable-http)
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --transport http hugging-face 'https://huggingface.co/mcp' --header 'Authorization: <Hugging Face API token for authentication>'
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "hugging-face": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp",
            "headers": {
                "Authorization": "<Hugging Face API token for authentication>"
            }
        }
    }
}
Remote (streamable-http)
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --transport http hugging-face 'https://huggingface.co/mcp'
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "hugging-face": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp"
        }
    }
}

Frequently asked questions

What is Hugging Face?

Connect to Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications

How do I install Hugging Face?

It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http hugging-face 'https://huggingface.co/mcp?login'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does Hugging Face need an API key?

Yes. It expects Authorization, which you set in its configuration.

Who maintains Hugging Face?

It is published by co.huggingface. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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