In a lot of cases, you must be authenticated with a Hugging Face account to interact with
the Hub: download private repos, upload files, create PRs,...
[Create an account](https://huggingface.co/join) if you don't already have one, and then sign in
to get your [User Access Token](https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/security-tokens) from
your [Settings page](https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens). The User Access Token is
used to authenticate your identity to the Hub.  
<Tip>  
Tokens can have `read` or `write` permissions. Make sure to have a `write` access token if you want to create or edit a repository. Otherwise, it's best to generate a `read` token to reduce risk in case your token is inadvertently leaked.  
</Tip>