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Use Hugging Face Hub via MCP server tools. Search models, datasets, Spaces, papers.
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npx skills add huggingface/skills --skill hf-mcpnpx skills add huggingface/skills/plugin marketplace add huggingface/skillsThe first command installs just this skill, by the name in its SKILL.md; the second installs the whole repository.
Connect AI assistants to the Hugging Face Hub. Setup: https://huggingface.co/settings/mcp (opens in a new tab)
User: "Find the best model for code generation"
1. model_search(task="text-generation", query="code", sort="trendingScore", limit=10)
2. hub_repo_details(repo_ids=["top-result-id"], include_readme=true)User: "Compare Llama vs Qwen for text generation"
1. model_search(author="meta-llama", task="text-generation", sort="downloads", limit=5)
2. model_search(author="Qwen", task="text-generation", sort="downloads", limit=5)
3. hub_repo_details(repo_ids=["meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B", "Qwen/Qwen3-8B"], include_readme=true)User: "Find datasets for sentiment analysis in English"
1. dataset_search(query="sentiment", tags=["language:en", "task_categories:text-classification"], sort="downloads")
2. hub_repo_details(repo_ids=["top-dataset-id"], repo_type="dataset", include_readme=true)User: "Find a tool that can remove image backgrounds"
1. space_search(query="background removal", mcp=true)
2. dynamic_space(operation="view_parameters", space_name="result-space-id")
3. dynamic_space(operation="invoke", space_name="result-space-id", parameters="{...}")User: "Create an image of a robot reading a book"
1. dynamic_space(operation="discover") # See available tasks
2. gr1_flux1_schnell_infer(prompt="a robot sitting in a library reading a book, warm lighting, detailed")User: "What are the latest papers on RLHF?"
1. paper_search(query="reinforcement learning from human feedback", results_limit=10)
2. hub_repo_details(repo_ids=["paper-linked-model"], include_readme=true) # If paper links to modelsUser: "How do I fine-tune with LoRA using PEFT?"
1. hf_doc_search(query="LoRA fine-tuning", product="peft")
2. hf_doc_fetch(doc_url="https://huggingface.co/docs/peft/...")User: "Run this Python script on a GPU"
hf_jobs(operation="uv", args={
"script": "# /// script\n# dependencies = [\"torch\"]\n# ///\nimport torch\nprint(torch.cuda.is_available())",
"flavor": "t4-small"
})User: "Run my training script on an A10G"
hf_jobs(operation="run", args={
"image": "pytorch/pytorch:2.5.1-cuda12.4-cudnn9-runtime",
"command": ["/bin/sh", "-lc", "pip install transformers trl && python train.py"],
"flavor": "a10g-small",
"secrets": {"HF_TOKEN": "$HF_TOKEN"}
})User: "What's happening with my training job?"
1. hf_jobs(operation="ps")
2. hf_jobs(operation="logs", args={"job_id": "job-xxxxx"})User: "What models are trending right now?"
model_search(sort="trendingScore", limit=20)User: "Tell me about Mistral-7B"
hub_repo_details(repo_ids=["mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1"], include_readme=true)User: "Find GGUF versions of Llama 3"
model_search(query="Llama 3 GGUF", sort="downloads", limit=10)User: "Transcribe this audio file"
1. space_search(query="speech to text transcription", mcp=true)
2. dynamic_space(operation="view_parameters", space_name="openai/whisper")
3. dynamic_space(operation="invoke", space_name="openai/whisper", parameters="{\"audio\": \"...\"}")User: "Run this data sync every day at midnight"
hf_jobs(operation="scheduled uv", args={
"script": "...",
"cron": "0 0 * * *",
"flavor": "cpu-basic"
})| Goal | Tool |
|---|---|
| Find models | model_search |
| Find datasets | dataset_search |
| Find Spaces/apps | space_search |
| Find papers | paper_search |
| Get repo README/details | hub_repo_details |
| Learn library usage | hf_doc_search → hf_doc_fetch |
| Run code on GPU/CPU | hf_jobs |
| Use Gradio apps as tools | dynamic_space |
| Generate images | gr1_flux1_schnell_infer or dynamic_space |
| Check auth | hf_whoami |
sort="trendingScore" to find what’s popular nowsort="downloads" to find battle-tested optionsmcp=true in space_search to find Spaces usable as toolsinclude_readme=true in hub_repo_details for full model/dataset documentationsecrets: {"HF_TOKEN": "$HF_TOKEN"}dynamic_space(operation="discover") to see all available Space-based tasksUse Hugging Face Hub via MCP server tools. Search models, datasets, Spaces, papers. Get repo details, fetch documentation, run compute jobs, and use Gradio Spaces as AI tools. Available when connected to the HF MCP server.
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main, last pushed 23 September 2026.SKILL.md, not by matching a directory convention. 2 distinct layouts observed: hf-mcp/skills/*/SKILL.md, skills/*/SKILL.md.h1 and no skipped levels:.claude-plugin/marketplace.json by Hugging Face, declaring 1 plugin. It is read for editorial metadata only — never as the skill index, which is always the repository tree./huggingface/skills.md, and each skill at its own .md URL.