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Evidence fieldHugging Face MCPMCP100 SelectedNotion MCPMCP100 Selected
Task fit
Best for
  • Searching models, datasets, Spaces, papers, and Hugging Face documentation
  • Exploring Hub metadata from an MCP-compatible assistant
  • Running explicitly selected Hugging Face tools in controlled research workflows
  • Reading and updating explicitly shared Notion pages
  • Markdown-oriented page workflows
  • Teams able to create a dedicated least-privilege integration
Not ideal for
  • Highly regulated data or confidential prompts sent to unreviewed community Spaces
  • Unattended Jobs, sandbox execution, or repository writes
  • Whole-workspace access without page scoping
  • Stable local-server APIs with no migration monitoring
  • Workflows that only need occasional manual Notion lookup
Avoid when
  • Dynamic community Space discovery is enabled without tool-by-tool review
  • The Hugging Face token grants more repository or compute access than needed
  • Model, dataset, or Space content can directly trigger privileged tools
  • Sensitive workspace content cannot be exposed to the connected model/client
  • You cannot create a dedicated read-only integration or restrict page access
  • You depend on removed pre-2.0 database tool names
Provenance
Provenance details

First-party MCP

Hugging Face · Publisher source ↗

First-party MCP

Notion · Publisher source ↗

Maintenance
Maintenance details

Repo: Aug 14, 2026

Package: Not documented

Repo: Jul 25, 2026

Package: Jul 25, 2026

Popularity evidence
GitHub stars

273

GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

4,594

GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

30-day package downloadsNo reliable download data

624,402

30-day package downloads · checked 2026-07-29T17:30:00.000Z

External adoption evidence
  • github: repository stars: 273Exact attributable signal.github: repository stars · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000ZEvidence source ↗
  • npm: package downloads: 624,402Exact attributable signal.npm: package downloads · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-07-29T17:30:00.000ZEvidence source ↗
  • github: repository stars: 4,594Exact attributable signal.github: repository stars · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000ZEvidence source ↗
Client coverage
Client coverage details
Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP
Codex✓ Streamable HTTP
VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP
OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP
Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP
Codex✓ Streamable HTTP
VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP
OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP
Client coverage noteLocal stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server.
Access and data
AuthenticationThe hosted server supports browser login through `https://huggingface.co/mcp?login` or a Hugging Face bearer token. Use a fine-grained or read token unless writes or compute are explicitly required.The supported hosted service uses OAuth. The documented local server uses NOTION_TOKEN or OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS; HTTP transport has a separate bearer token and supports carefully configured per-request Notion token passthrough.
CostHub search and the open-source server have no separately documented MCP fee. Hugging Face Jobs, sandboxes, inference, storage, hardware-backed Spaces, and the AI client can incur normal account charges.The local server is MIT licensed. A Notion account and workspace plan are required, and Notion plan/API limits apply; hosted MCP-specific charges were not established in the reviewed materials.
PermissionsBase tools search and navigate Hugging Face Hub resources and documentation. Optional tools can create and write repositories, manage sandbox files, run or schedule Jobs, and invoke selected or dynamically discovered community Spaces, bounded by the authenticated Hugging Face token and configured tool set.Local access is limited by the Notion integration capabilities and pages connected to that integration. Read-only capability is available; write-capable tools can create or update workspace content. Local HTTP transport requires bearer authentication unless an explicitly unsafe flag disables it.
Data handlingQueries and results pass through Hugging Face's hosted MCP service. Community Space calls send their arguments to the selected Space and return its outputs to the client. Jobs and sandboxes can process files and compute inputs on Hugging Face infrastructure.Page/database content accessible to the integration can be returned to the MCP client and model. The local server calls Notion APIs; hosted Notion MCP additionally processes requests through Notion's remote service.
Limitations
Tradeoffs
  • The hosted endpoint makes Hub discovery easy, while optional community Gradio tools have independent publishers, behavior, and data handling.
  • Built-in Jobs, sandboxes, and repository contribution tools add useful compute and write capabilities but materially increase cost and impact.
  • Tool selection is configurable in Hugging Face MCP settings and should remain minimal.
  • Hosted OAuth is actively supported and easier; the local repository warns it may be sunset.
  • Write capability enables useful edits but raises deletion, overwrite, and prompt-injection risk.
  • Version 2 changed database operations to data-source tools, requiring updates to hardcoded prompts.
Risk contextBegin with search-only tools and a least-privilege token. Disable dynamic Spaces, repository writes, Jobs, and sandboxes unless separately approved; review every community Space as third-party code and never send secrets or regulated data. This documentary review does not claim MCP100 execution testing.Workspace content may be read or modified within the integration's reach. Use a dedicated integration, Read content only where possible, explicitly connect only needed pages, avoid unsafe HTTP auth disabling, and monitor hosted/local migration guidance.
Evidence date
Editorial review2026-07-242026-07-24
Candidate evidence2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

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