Hugging Face MCP — tool skill for research & trends

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Trending models, Spaces and papers from Hugging Face inside your agent.

• Type: Tool · Research & trends
• Slug: huggingface-mcp
• Status: live
• Publisher: Hugging Face (vendor, verified)
• License: MIT
• Source: https://github.com/huggingface/hf-mcp-server
• Works in: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Any MCP client
• Requires: Hugging Face account (optional login)
• Adoption: 309 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-10-26)

What it does

The official Hugging Face MCP server: search models, datasets, Spaces and papers, sort by trending, and run Spaces as tools. Use it to see which open video and image models are rising this week.

Use when

• Which open video models are trending?
• Find a Space to try a new model

Install

• Claude Code: claude mcp add hf-mcp-server -t http https://huggingface.co/mcp?login
• Gemini CLI: gemini mcp add -t http huggingface https://huggingface.co/mcp?login
• Any MCP client: https://huggingface.co/mcp

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