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Hugging Face × Claude

Use the Hugging Face MCP server
in Claude

Search models, datasets, and Spaces on the Hugging Face Hub from your AI. This guide connects Hugging Face to Claude (claude.ai and the Claude desktop app) through a governed gateway — one URL that also works in every other MCP client you use, with your rules and a full log attached.

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Setup: Hugging Face in Claude

Claude adds MCP servers via custom connectors in Settings. The gateway route takes about two minutes:

  1. Create a free gate gateway and connect Hugging Face to it from the verified directory (one click).
  2. Open claude.ai → Settings → Connectors and click 'Add custom connector'.
  3. Name it 'gate' and paste your gateway URL, then approve the authorization.
  4. Ask Claude something Hugging Face can answer — the call runs through your gateway, with your rules applied and logged.

What to ask once it’s connected

“Find the best small model for German summarization.”
“Compare these two datasets for my use case.”
“Which Spaces demo image upscaling?”
“Get me the model card for the latest Llama release.”

Why route it through a gateway

One URL, every client

The same Hugging Face connection works in Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code too — no per-client re-wiring.

Rules before regret

Allow, ask, or block every tool Hugging Face exposes — reads can flow freely while writes require your approval.

Every call logged

A plain-language activity log of everything Claude did with Hugging Face — searchable, exportable, auditable.

Scanned and probed

Hugging Face passed a live handshake probe and a security scan before listing — and drift detection watches it after you connect.

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Also available: Hugging Face in Claude Code · Hugging Face in ChatGPT · Hugging Face in Cursor · Hugging Face in VS Code