# hf-model-explorer-mcp

> MCP server for searching, comparing, and hardware-sizing Hugging Face models

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/hf-model-explorer-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/Greekkgod/MCP-Inspector
- repository: https://github.com/Greekkgod/MCP-Inspector
- version: 0.1.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, huggingface, llm, mcp, ml, model-context-protocol
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:hf-model-explorer-mcp

### Description (declared)

# hf-model-explorer-mcp

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that lets AI agents search, compare, and
right-size Hugging Face models — including estimating whether a model will actually fit
in your available GPU VRAM before you download 15GB of weights and find out the hard way.

Works with any MCP-compatible client: Claude, Google Antigravity, Cursor, and others.

## Why

Picking a model off Hugging Face usually means checking the model card, guessing at
parameter count, mentally doing GB-per-precision math, and hoping it fits your GPU.
This wraps that into tools an agent can call directly, so you can ask things like:

> "Find me a small instruction-tuned model I can run locally on a 12GB GPU"

and get an actual, sized answer instead of a guess.

## Tools

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| `search_models` | Search HF Hub by query and task, sorted by downloads/likes/recency |
| `get_model_details` | Full details on one model: params, license, tags, task |
| `compare_models` | Side-by-side comparison of 2–4 models |
| `check_hardware_fit` | Estimates VRAM needed at fp32/fp16/int8/int4 and whether it fits your GPU |
| `find_similar_models` | Finds lighter/heavier/similar-sized alternatives for the same task |

## Install

```bash
pip install hf-model-explorer-mcp
```

Or run directly without installing, via `uvx`:

```bash
uvx hf-model-explorer-mcp
```

## Configure

### Claude Desktop / Claude Code

Add to your MCP config (`claude_desktop_config.json` or `.mcp.json`):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hf-model-explorer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["hf-model-explorer-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
```

### Google Antigravity

Add to `~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json` (path may vary by Antigravity version —
check Settings → MCP Servers in the IDE):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hf-model-explorer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["hf-model-explorer-mcp"]
    }
  }
}
```

## Example

```
User: I want to run an instruction-tuned 7B-ish m…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- ai.model-access (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/hf-model-explorer-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-24T10:27:38.361Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/hf-model-explorer-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/hf-model-explorer-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:hf-model-explorer-mcp