huggingface-mcp-server
A community Python MCP server that gives an assistant read-only access to the Hugging Face Hub.
What it does
A community Python MCP server that gives an assistant read-only access to the Hugging Face Hub. Its tools search and describe models, datasets, Spaces and collections, look up a paper with its implementations, and list the curated daily papers. It also exposes Hub items as resources under an hf:// address scheme and offers two prompt templates, one comparing several models and one summarising a paper by arXiv ID. It runs locally over stdio with uv. No configuration is required, though an HF_TOKEN raises rate limits and allows access to private repositories. It is not published by Hugging Face.
Capabilities
- Search and describe Hub models, datasets and Spaces
- Search and read Hub collections
- Get paper details and the daily papers list
- Compare models with a prompt template
About
- Publisher
- Shreyas Karnik
- Tool
- Hugging Face
Works with
Install
MCP servers and skills can run code on your computer and act on your data. Review the source before installing.
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | |
| Tool | Hugging Face | |
| Publisher | Shreyas Karnik | source |
| Official status | Community (not published by the tool's vendor) | source |
| Connection | Local (runs on your computer) | source |
| Can change data | No | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Claude Desktop | source |
| Licence | MIT | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Mar 19, 202572 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository |
Sources
- README (README.md)github.com/shreyaskarnik/huggingface-mcp-server · Backs: AI clients, Can change data, Connection, Needs an API key or sign-inNov 12, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/shreyaskarnik/huggingface-mcp-server · Backs: LicenceNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/shreyaskarnik/huggingface-mcp-server · Backs: Official status, Publisher, Activity, LicenceNov 11, 2026
- GitHub API recordgithub.com/shreyaskarnik/huggingface-mcp-serverNov 10, 2026