HF Dataset MCP

MCP server for the Hugging Face Dataset Viewer API. Search datasets, fetch rows, filter data, and more.

Installation

npx @cfahlgren1/hf-dataset-mcp

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hf-datasets": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@cfahlgren1/hf-dataset-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "HF_TOKEN": "hf_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
HF_TOKEN	Hugging Face API token (required for private/gated datasets)
HF_DATASETS_SERVER	Custom Dataset Viewer API URL (default: https://datasets-server.huggingface.co)

Tools

search_datasets

Find datasets on the Hugging Face Hub by name, tag, or author.

search_datasets(search?: string, author?: string, filter?: string[], sort?: string, limit?: number)

validate_dataset

Check if a dataset is accessible and which viewer features are available.

validate_dataset(dataset: string)

list_splits

Get all available configurations and splits for a dataset.

list_splits(dataset: string)

get_dataset_info

Get the schema, metadata, and row counts for a dataset configuration.

get_dataset_info(dataset: string, config: string)

get_rows

Fetch a slice of rows from a dataset split.

get_rows(dataset: string, config: string, split: string, offset?: number, length?: number)

search_dataset

Full-text search within a dataset split using BM25 ranking.

search_dataset(dataset: string, config: string, split: string, query: string, offset?: number, length?: number)

filter_rows

Filter dataset rows using SQL-like WHERE conditions.

filter_rows(dataset: string, config: string, split: string, where: string, orderby?: string, offset?: number, length?: number)

WHERE syntax: Column names in double quotes, strings in single quotes. Supports =, <>, >, <, >=, <=, AND, OR, NOT.

Example: "label"=1 AND "text" LIKE '%hello%'

get_dataset_size

Get row counts and byte sizes for all configs and splits.

get_dataset_size(dataset: string)

list_parquet_files

Get URLs for the dataset's Parquet files for direct download or processing.

list_parquet_files(dataset: string)

get_statistics

Get descriptive statistics for each column in a dataset split.

get_statistics(dataset: string, config: string, split: string)

Examples

Find text classification datasets

search_datasets(filter: ["task_categories:text-classification"], sort: "downloads", limit: 10)

Get IMDB dataset info

list_splits(dataset: "stanfordnlp/imdb")
get_dataset_info(dataset: "stanfordnlp/imdb", config: "plain_text")

Fetch rows from a dataset

get_rows(dataset: "stanfordnlp/imdb", config: "plain_text", split: "train", offset: 0, length: 10)

Search for specific content

search_dataset(dataset: "stanfordnlp/imdb", config: "plain_text", split: "train", query: "amazing movie")

Filter rows

filter_rows(dataset: "stanfordnlp/imdb", config: "plain_text", split: "train", where: "\"label\"=1", length: 10)

License

MIT