Hugging Face MCP is back online

Hugging Face's official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server is back online with a 97.22% 30-day uptime and an average response time of 1023 ms, according to monitoring service FreeAPI Watch. The server allows anonymous access to search models, datasets, Spaces, and papers on the Hugging Face Hub from any MCP client, with a free tier that unlocks user actions when a free Hugging Face token is connected.

Hugging Face MCP Official Hugging Face MCP server — search models, datasets, Spaces, and papers on the Hub from any MCP client. Anonymous access supported. Status 🟢 Online · 1023 ms 30-day uptime 97.22% Free tier Free anonymous access; free HF token unlocks user actions Auth No key required Last 30 days Free alternatives live ranking - — 🟢 Online · Unlimited fair use , no key, no credit card Cloudflare Docs MCP - — 🟢 Online · Unlimited fair use , no key, no credit card Microsoft Learn MCP - — 🟢 Online · Unlimited fair use , no key, no credit card DeepWiki MCP Compare Hugging Face MCP with… Hugging Face MCP vs Cloudflare Docs MCP /compare/mcp-cloudflare-docs-vs-mcp-huggingface — Unlimited fair use , no key, no credit card Hugging Face MCP vs Microsoft Learn MCP /compare/mcp-huggingface-vs-mcp-microsoft-learn — Unlimited fair use , no key, no credit card Hugging Face MCP vs DeepWiki MCP /compare/mcp-deepwiki-vs-mcp-huggingface — Unlimited fair use , no key, no credit card Frequently Asked Questions Does Hugging Face MCP require an API key? No, Hugging Face MCP is freely accessible without registration or an API key. What is Hugging Face MCP's free tier? Free anonymous access; free HF token unlocks user actions Is Hugging Face MCP currently online? We check Hugging Face MCP every hour. The current status is shown at the top of this page. You can also see the 30-day uptime history in the chart above. Implementation notes When to use Hugging Face MCP The official Hugging Face MCP server makes the Hub agent-queryable: search models by task, license, and size; find datasets; look up Spaces and papers. 'Find me a small ONNX sentence-embedding model with a commercial-friendly license' becomes a single agent request with structured results. Anonymous access covers search; connecting a free HF token adds user-specific context and higher limits. Essential for ML engineering agents, useful for any agent that occasionally needs 'what model should I use for X'. Common pitfalls - Search results reflect Hub metadata, which is author-declared. License fields in particular deserve verification on the model card before commercial use — the MCP result is a pointer, not a legal review. - Popularity metrics downloads, likes favor established models. The best model for your task may rank below older, more-downloaded alternatives — ask your agent to weigh recency. - Anonymous rate limits are modest. An agent loop that fires dozens of searches will want the free token. Quick start bash claude mcp add huggingface --transport http https://hf.co/mcp From our monitoring Handshakes in 350-500ms, steady availability in our checks. HF runs this as first-party infrastructure alongside the Hub API, and its reliability profile matches. Embed this badge Add a live status badge to your README, docs, or website. Markdown Hugging Face MCP Status https://freeapi-builder.a10ayassine.workers.dev/badge/mcp-huggingface.svg https://freeapi.watch/mcp-huggingface HTML <a href="https://freeapi.watch/mcp-huggingface" <img src="https://freeapi-builder.a10ayassine.workers.dev/badge/mcp-huggingface.svg" alt="Hugging Face MCP Status"/ </a