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DimensionHf MCP ServerConnect your LLM to the Hugging Face Hub and thousands of Gradio AI Applications.GitHub MCP ServerGitHub's official MCP server for managing repos, issues, PRs, and workflows via natural language
FMRS57 / 100 · C76 / 100 · B
Reliability10 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions11 / 2014 / 20
Maintenance10 / 2018 / 20
Documentation12 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2014 / 20
Best for
  • Developers wanting to integrate Hugging Face ecosystem into LLM tools
  • AI application builders needing access to models, datasets, and Gradio apps
  • Teams that want an AI assistant to directly operate on GitHub repos and collaboration workflows
  • Users already in the GitHub Copilot ecosystem who want a zero-deployment remote option
Not for
  • Users not using Hugging Face services
  • Scenarios requiring long-lived connections or stateful MCP servers (STDIO does not expose skills)
  • Scenarios where you don't want the assistant to have write access to repos (enable only read-only toolsets)
  • Environments with strict network isolation for private repos that can't reach the official remote endpoint
Required permissions
  • Requires a Hugging Face token (HF_TOKEN) for authentication
  • HTTP transport requires Authorization: Bearer header
  • May access Hugging Face API and Gradio apps
  • A personal access token (PAT) or OAuth App token; effective scope depends on the token's own permissions
  • Enabling toolsets like actions/issues/pull_requests grants write access — request tokens on a least-privilege basis
Risks and side effects
  • User-supplied tokens may be misused
  • Proxy tools or external URLs may introduce security risks
  • Local loopback addresses are allowed by default; external access requires allowlist
  • Write toolsets (creating/merging PRs, triggering workflows) can cause accidental changes if the token is overscoped — try a read-only toolset first
  • In hosted mode, credentials travel via the Authorization header — make sure the client-to-api.githubcopilot.com connection is trusted
Supported clientsClaude Desktop, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, VS Code, CursorClaude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Zed, Amp
Tools015