HuggingFace Credentials

Use HuggingFace Credentials to establish a secure and authenticated connection between HCL UnO Agentic AI Builder solutions and the Hugging Face API. This credential is required for accessing models or services that require authentication on the Hugging Face platform, often for downloading gated models or interacting with paid/rate-limited endpoints.

Before you begin

Ensure the following prerequisites are met:

  • You must have an active Hugging Face account.

  • You must have generated a valid Hugging Face Access Token from your account settings.

  • Ensure you have access rights to any gated models or specific inference endpoints you intend to use.

Table 1. Mandatory fields
Option Description
Credential Name

A unique, user-defined name for this HuggingFace credential. This name will be used to identify the credential within the HCL UnO Agentic AI Builder.

API Token Your secret token for accessing HuggingFace.
Table 2. Optional fields
Options Description
Endpoint URL The custom inference endpoint URL if you are using a dedicated Hugging Face Inference Endpoint.
Discover Models

When selected, the system automatically retrieves and displays the latest available LLM models from Hugging Face account in the LLM Name dropdown.

When not selected, the system uses the predefined, static list of models bundled with the product, and newly released Hugging Face account models will not appear in the dropdown.