Hugging Face

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huggingface.co

Hugging Face's MCP server: search models, datasets, Spaces, and papers on the Hub.

https://huggingface.co/mcpWebsiteOAuthMCP 2025-11-25v0.4.12last checked 24 Aug 2026spoke MCP on 100% of 1 checks (30 days)initialize in 145 ms

How to authenticate

Checked against the endpoint by our probe on 24 Aug 2026. These are the capabilities the server advertises, not a prediction about any particular client.

Scheme	OAuth
Issuer	https://huggingface.co
Dynamic client registration	✓Advertised (RFC 7591)
Client ID Metadata Document	✓Supported A client identifies itself by a URL to its own metadata, so no registration step is required.
PKCE S256	✓S256
Grant types	urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:token-exchange, urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:device_code, authorization_code, refresh_token
Protected-resource metadata	✓Published (RFC 9728)
Anonymous access	Handshake succeeds; 4 tools listable

What the probe found

noteDynamic client registration is available

Clients can register themselves at https://huggingface.co/oauth/register (RFC 7591), which is what most sign-in flows rely on.

note4 tools usable without signing in

The server exposes a public surface before authorization: hf_whoami, hub_repo_search, hub_repo_details, hf_fs.

Tools

hf_fshf_whoamihub_repo_detailshub_repo_search

Contract history

21 Aug 2026v0.4.12no contract changes

21 Aug 2026v0.4.111 breakinginstructions rewritten

Breaking: hf_fs

Instructions rewritten: hf_fs. The description an agent follows changed; the callable contract may not have.

20 Aug 2026v0.4.10first recorded contract

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