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Evidence fieldKagi Search MCPMCP100 SelectedHugging Face MCPMCP100 Selected
Task fit
Best for
  • Web/news/media search with Kagi's index
  • Fetching page content as Markdown through a focused two-tool surface
  • 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
Not ideal for
  • Teams that require OAuth instead of bearer API keys
  • Workloads that need browser automation or site mutation
  • Highly regulated data or confidential prompts sent to unreviewed community Spaces
  • Unattended Jobs, sandbox execution, or repository writes
Avoid when
  • You cannot safely store or pass a Kagi API key
  • You need a broader crawl/browser automation toolset
  • 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
Provenance
Provenance details

First-party MCP

Kagi Inc. · Publisher source ↗

First-party MCP

Hugging Face · Publisher source ↗

Maintenance
Maintenance details

Repo: Not documented

Package: Not documented

Repo: Aug 14, 2026

Package: Not documented

Popularity evidence
GitHub starsNot documented

273

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

Package downloads / 30 daysNo reliable download data

4,087

package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-09-08

Client coverage
Client coverage detailsNot documented
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
AuthenticationHosted and local modes use a Kagi API key; hosted HTTP uses Authorization: Bearer <key>. OAuth2 is not supported yet.The 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.
CostKagi API billing is separate from a Kagi subscription and depends on API usage.Hub 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.
PermissionsThe MCP exposes Kagi search and page extraction only; it does not provide browser-control or general write actions.Base 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.
Data handlingSearch queries and extraction URLs are sent to Kagi; returned web content should be treated as untrusted external data.Queries 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.
Limitations
Tradeoffs
  • Small tool surface reduces complexity, but it is narrower than full web-automation MCPs
  • Hosted and self-hosted modes still send search/extraction requests to Kagi APIs
  • 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.
Risk contextMedium. Main concerns are API-key handling, query privacy, untrusted web content, and cost/rate usage rather than destructive side effects.Begin 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.
Evidence date
Editorial review2026-09-112026-07-24
Candidate evidence2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

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