{"schemaVersion":"hugging-bay.welcome.v1","hello":"Hugging Bay: open-model metadata and reviewed file mirrors. Reads need no key.","firstCall":{"method":"GET","url":"https://huggingbay.xyz/api/v1/search?q=embedding&limit=5","note":"Returns catalog rows; a row is metadata, not proof you can download it."},"discover":["https://huggingbay.xyz/api/index.json","https://huggingbay.xyz/openapi.json","https://huggingbay.xyz/llms.txt","https://huggingbay.xyz/agents.txt"],"rules":["Never claim a model is downloadable or runnable unless its serve decision says so — read the download-plan's serveExplanation, not the search row.","Verify every file's SHA-256 locally before trusting bytes. A manifest signature is on /api/keys/manifest-signing.","Errors are one envelope: code, message, next. next tells you the single next step. Honor retry_after_s on 429."],"keys":{"reads":"no key","saving":"POST /api/account/reader-token (self-serve, shown once)","running":"Bay Run key from https://run.huggingbay.xyz/v1/keys/free — separate service, separate key, unstable under load — check before building on it"},"lastChecked":"2026-09-26","plain":{"summary":"Hugging Bay lists open AI models and keeps copies of some of their files on its storage. A copy becomes a download only after it passes our public checks — ask the download plan. You can look things up without signing up or using a key. A model being listed does not mean you can download it. Ask its download plan first — it says yes or no, and why. After you download a file, check its fingerprint (SHA-256) matches the one we list. If something goes wrong, the reply tells you the one next thing to do. Running models is a different service (Bay Run) with its own key. It can be slow or fail when busy, and there is no support for it.","steps":["Hugging Bay lists open AI models and keeps copies of some of their files on its storage. A copy becomes a download only after it passes our public checks — ask the download plan.","You can look things up without signing up or using a key.","A model being listed does not mean you can download it. Ask its download plan first — it says yes or no, and why.","After you download a file, check its fingerprint (SHA-256) matches the one we list.","If something goes wrong, the reply tells you the one next thing to do.","Running models is a different service (Bay Run) with its own key. It can be slow or fail when busy, and there is no support for it."],"bayRun":"Bay Run is a separate service with a separate key. The free demo key may fail under load, and Bay Run comes with zero support — don't build anything critical on it."}}