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Hf MCP Agent Skill

Use 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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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/huggingface/skills --skill hf-mcp

The instruction itself

19 sections, as written by the author

Hugging Face MCP Server

Connect AI assistants to the Hugging Face Hub. Setup: https://huggingface.co/settings/mcp

Use Cases & Examples

Find the Best Model for a Task

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)

Compare Models from Different Providers

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)

Find Training Datasets

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)

Discover AI Tools (MCP Spaces)

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="{...}")

Generate Images

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")

Research a Topic

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 models

Learn How to Use a Library

User: "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/...")

Run a Quick GPU Job

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"
})

Train a Model on Cloud GPU

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"}
})

Check Job Status

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)

Get Model Card Details

User: "Tell me about Mistral-7B"

hub_repo_details(repo_ids=["mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1"], include_readme=true)

Find Quantized Models

User: "Find GGUF versions of Llama 3"

model_search(query="Llama 3 GGUF", sort="downloads", limit=10)

Use a Gradio Space as a Tool

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\": \"...\"}")

Schedule Recurring Jobs

User: "Run this data sync every day at midnight"

hf_jobs(operation="scheduled uv", args={
  "script": "...",
  "cron": "0 0 * * *",
  "flavor": "cpu-basic"
})

Tool Selection Guide

| 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_searchhf_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 |

Tips

  • Use sort="trendingScore" to find what's popular now
  • Use sort="downloads" to find battle-tested options
  • Set mcp=true in space_search to find Spaces usable as tools
  • Use include_readme=true in hub_repo_details for full model/dataset documentation
  • For jobs accessing private repos, always include secrets: {"HF_TOKEN": "$HF_TOKEN"}
  • Use dynamic_space(operation="discover") to see all available Space-based tasks

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How to use it

Copy the folder

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Install what it needs

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