Hugging Face
Hugging FaceAI API1 credential
User Access Token
huggingface / user-access-token
Hugging Face User Access Tokens authenticate Hub, git, library, and Inference Provider access. Hugging Face documents tokens with the hf_ prefix and recommends separate tokens per app or usage.
Looks like
examplehf_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXLocation
HF_TOKEN, HUGGINGFACEHUB_API_TOKENAuthorizationBearer token used by Hub and Inference Provider API calls
$HF_HOME/token, ~/.cache/huggingface/tokendefault local token cache used by huggingface_hub
notebooks, model-loading scripts, training jobs, committed .env files
CI/CD variables, Spaces secrets, cloud secret managers
git, HTTP, or notebook output that prints bearer tokens
Notes
Token scope controls whether a leak grants read, write, or admin-style Hub access. A write token can publish or overwrite models, datasets, and Spaces reachable by the account.
Scope
Authorized use
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