hfpaper
by zakelfassi
CLI and MCP server for Hugging Face Papers—search, read, and explore AI research papers from your terminal.
What it does
hfpaper provides a direct interface to the Hugging Face Papers ecosystem, allowing AI agents and developers to perform semantic searches, fetch paper metadata, and read full-text research papers as markdown without leaving their environment.
Tools
search_papers: Semantic and full-text search across 500K+ papers.get_paper: Retrieves structured metadata including authors and abstracts.read_paper: Fetches the full content of a paper in markdown format.daily_papers: Gets today's trending papers sorted by upvotes.paper_models: Lists Hugging Face models linked to a specific paper.paper_datasets: Lists datasets associated with a paper.paper_spaces: Lists HF Spaces linked to a paper.
Installation
{
"mcpServers": {
"hfpaper": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "hfpaper", "mcp"]
}
}
}
Supported hosts
Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf
Quick install
npm install -g hfpaperInformation
- Pricing
- free
- Published
- 5/9/2026
- stars
- 0
Categories
Choose your AI client and follow the steps below.
Cursor
Add to mcp.json: { "hfpaper": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "hfpaper", "mcp"] } }Windsurf
Add to mcp_config.json: { "hfpaper": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "hfpaper", "mcp"] } }Claude Desktop
Add to claude_desktop_config.json: { "mcpServers": { "hfpaper": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "hfpaper", "mcp"] } } }Related Apps
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