Does Hugging Face MCP Server work with ChatGPT (Codex)?

Q: Does Hugging Face MCP Server work with ChatGPT (Codex)?

Yes. In our test on 2026-10-22 (Codex CLI 0.162.0-alpha.17.2, mcp-remote 0.15.2, plan: ChatGPT Plus), Hugging Face MCP Server passed install, connect, tools and an agent task.

Yes. Hugging Face MCP Server passed every step of our test in ChatGPT (Codex) on Oct 22, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.

Result

ResultPassed

Date testedOct 22, 2026

Plan tested onChatGPT Plus

App versionCodex CLI 0.162.0-alpha.17.2

Server packagemcp-remote 0.15.2

Connect timeconnect time not recorded

Modelgpt-6-luna (reasoning low)

Steps

install OK
connect OK
tools visible OK
agent task: paper lookup OK

From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.

Versions tested

Codex CLI 0.162.0-alpha.17.2 · mcp-remote 0.15.2 · connect time not recorded · tested Oct 22, 2026

Server package tested: mcp-remote 0.15.2 (npm, Node v20.19.2; resolved 2026-10-22)

Direct and key dependencies as resolved: express 4.22.3 · open 10.2.0 · strict-url-sanitise 0.0.1 · undici 7.30.1

All 79 resolved dependencies

accepts==1.3.8
array-flatten==1.1.1
body-parser==1.20.9
bundle-name==4.1.1
bytes==3.1.2
call-bind-apply-helpers==1.0.2
call-bound==1.0.4
content-disposition==0.5.4
content-type==1.0.5
cookie==0.7.2
cookie-signature==1.0.7
debug==2.6.9
default-browser==5.5.1
default-browser-id==5.0.1
define-lazy-prop==3.0.0
depd==2.0.0
destroy==1.2.0
dunder-proto==1.0.1
ee-first==1.1.1
encodeurl==2.0.0
es-define-property==1.0.1
es-errors==1.3.0
es-object-atoms==1.1.2
escape-html==1.0.3
etag==1.8.1
express==4.22.3
finalhandler==1.3.2
forwarded==0.2.0
fresh==0.5.2
function-bind==1.1.2
get-intrinsic==1.3.0
get-proto==1.0.1
gopd==1.2.0
has-symbols==1.1.0
hasown==2.0.4
http-errors==2.0.1
iconv-lite==0.4.24
inherits==2.0.4
ipaddr.js==1.9.1
is-docker==3.0.0
is-inside-container==1.0.0
is-wsl==3.1.1
math-intrinsics==1.1.0
media-typer==0.3.0
merge-descriptors==1.0.3
methods==1.1.2
mime==1.6.0
mime-db==1.52.0
mime-types==2.1.35
ms==2.0.0, 2.1.3
negotiator==0.6.3
object-inspect==1.13.4
on-finished==2.4.2
open==10.2.0
parseurl==1.3.3
path-to-regexp==0.1.13
proxy-addr==2.0.8
qs==6.16.1
range-parser==1.2.1
raw-body==2.5.3
run-applescript==7.1.0
safe-buffer==5.2.1
safer-buffer==2.1.2
send==0.19.2
serve-static==1.16.3
setprototypeof==1.2.0
side-channel==1.1.1
side-channel-list==1.0.1
side-channel-map==1.0.1
side-channel-weakmap==1.0.2
statuses==2.0.2
strict-url-sanitise==0.0.1
toidentifier==1.0.1
type-is==1.6.18
undici==7.30.1
unpipe==1.0.0
utils-merge==1.0.1
vary==1.1.2
wsl-utils==0.1.0

Captured with: npm ls --all --json in the npx env.

What happened in this run

Install config we used

[mcp_servers.huggingface-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://huggingface.co/mcp"]

Connection check

server answered tool calls during the task

Tools check

verified via task step: agent saw and called the server's tools

Agent task: paper lookup

Tool calls, in order: huggingface-mcp:hf_fs

Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.

Set it up in ChatGPT (Codex)

Copy-paste config for every app is on the Hugging Face MCP Server page. Not connecting? ChatGPT (Codex) MCP troubleshooting.

Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Cursor (passed).

All MCP servers tested in ChatGPT (Codex)