Building the Hugging Face MCP Server
TL;DR: The Hugging Face Official MCP Server offers unique customization options for AI Assistants accessing the Hub, along with access to thousands of AI applications through one simple URL. We used MCPs “Streamable HTTP” transport for deployment, and examine in detail the trade-offs that Server Developers have.
We’ve learned many things about building a useful MCP server in the last month – we’ll describe our journey here.
Introduction
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is