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Hugging Face

REMOTE · HUGGINGFACE.CO · 2 COMPONENTS · SCANNED SEP 20

Connect to Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications

0 this week 40 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Endpoint Security100
Transport & Reachability0
Schema Quality & AI Usability0
  • Schema blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to read it. See how to fix → Unverified
Stability & Change Management0
  • Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage0
  • Tool coverage blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to read its tools.Unverified
Tool Safety0
  • Tool safety blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to read its tools.Unverified
Capabilities0
  • Capabilities blocked by authentication: the endpoint requires auth we don't have to read them. See how to fix → Unverified

Unverified: 6 categories

Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm. Claim this server and supply a read-only token to verify it and lift the score.

Install

How do I install the Hugging Face MCP server?

Hugging Face is a hosted endpoint at https://huggingface.co/mcp?login, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

remote · huggingface.co

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server 'https://huggingface.co/mcp?login'
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
    }
  }
}
# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server]
url = "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server --url 'https://huggingface.co/mcp?login' --transport streamable-http
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server:
    url: "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server -t streamable-http -u 'https://huggingface.co/mcp?login'
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "co-huggingface-hf-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://huggingface.co/mcp?login"
    }
  }
}

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 26 Aug 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 25 Aug 26 +2
    • HSTS header: fail → pass security
  • 11 Aug 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 31 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 30 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 27 Jul 26 0
    • We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
  • 26 Jul 26 0

    First indexed and scored.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Probed https://huggingface.co/mcp?login

TLS valid

Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .

Subject Issuer Valid from Valid until Key Signature Serial
CN=huggingface.co CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01,O=Amazon,C=US 14 Aug 2026 27 Feb 2027 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA d7f89cd943c09c5aa9c7a1d94c755c4
SANs: huggingface.co, *.huggingface.co
CN=Amazon RSA 2048 M01,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US 23 Aug 2022 23 Aug 2030 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA 77312380b9d6688a33b1ed9bf9ccda68e0e0f
CN=Amazon Root CA 1,O=Amazon,C=US (CA) CN=Starfield Services Root Certificate Authority - G2,O=Starfield Technologies\, Inc.,L=Scottsdale,ST=Arizona,C=US 25 May 2015 31 Dec 2037 RSA 2048 SHA256-RSA 67f944a2a27cdf3fac2ae2b01f908eeb9c4c6

Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →

DNSSEC secure

Validation of huggingface.co. Secure

Zone DS Keys Algorithms Outcome
. trust_anchor 20326, 38696 8, 8 Verified
co. present 7786 8 Verified
huggingface.co. present 34884 13 Verified
huggingface.co. Verified address RRset verified with the apex keys
Authentication Enforced and verified

The endpoint asked for a token and published valid RFC 9728 metadata describing how to get one.

Result Enforced and verified
Enforced On connection
HTTP status 401

WWW-Authenticate challenge Bearer resource_metadata="https://huggingface.co/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp?login"

Bearer resource_metadata="https://huggingface.co/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp?login"
Header Value
strict-transport-security max-age=31536000
x-content-type-options nosniff
referrer-policy no-referrer
www-authenticate Bearer resource_metadata="https://huggingface.co/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp?login"

Protected resource metadata

Document https://huggingface.co/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp?login
Retrieved Yes
Resource https://huggingface.co/mcp?login
Authorisation server https://huggingface.co

Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →

Transports 2 probes
Transport URL Outcome Status Location
streamable-http https://huggingface.co/mcp?login Auth required 401
http (plaintext) http://huggingface.co/mcp?login HTTPS enforced 301 https://huggingface.co/mcp?login
MCP tools

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

No tool schema has been captured from this endpoint yet.

Common questions

What is the Hugging Face MCP server?

Hugging Face is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as co.huggingface/hf-mcp-server. Connect to Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://huggingface.co/mcp?login).

Is the Hugging Face MCP server safe to use?

Hugging Face scores 40 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

Does the Hugging Face MCP server require authentication?

Yes. Hugging Face asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

Is the Hugging Face MCP server still maintained?

Hugging Face is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.