Hugging Face data API

6 endpoints for Hugging Face: models, model, datasets, spaces, papers, paper. One API key, one JSON schema, as MCP tools or REST.

Endpoints

Call any of them over MCP with call_endpoint and its path, or over REST.

Endpoint	Returns	Credits	Cache
modelsGET /v1/huggingface/models	Model repositories on Hugging Face, with downloads, likes, task and license tags.	1	30 min
modelGET /v1/huggingface/model	One Hugging Face model repository: task, library, license, file count, downloads and likes.	1	15 min
datasetsGET /v1/huggingface/datasets	Dataset repositories on Hugging Face, with downloads, task categories and licenses.	1	30 min
spacesGET /v1/huggingface/spaces	Runnable Hugging Face demo spaces, with sdk, likes and trending score.	1	30 min
papersGET /v1/huggingface/papers	Papers Hugging Face indexes, with authors, abstract, upvotes and the model-written summary.	1	2 min
paperGET /v1/huggingface/paper	One Hugging Face paper with its authors, abstract, categories, links and any curated summary or linked artifacts.	1	10 min

Connect your agent over MCP

Remote MCP server: https://data.openkrill.app/mcp with your key in the x-api-key header.

Claude Code · Run in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http krilldata \
  https://data.openkrill.app/mcp \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor · Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "url": "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop · Add to claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "krilldata": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://data.openkrill.app/mcp",
        "--header",
        "x-api-key:${API_KEY}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}