Ref Tools MCP Server

Name: Ref Tools MCP Server
Author: ref-tools

v1.0.0•APIs•stable

Helping coding agents never make mistakes working with public or private libraries without wasting the context window.

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Helping coding agents never make mistakes working with public or private libraries without wasting the context window.

Features

ref_search_documentation
ref_read_url

Use Cases

A powerful search tool to check technical documentation. Great for finding facts or code snippets. Can be used to search for public documentation on the web or github as well from private resources like repos and pdfs.

A tool that fetches content from a URL and converts it to markdown for easy reading with Ref. This is powerful when used in conjunction with the ref_search_documentation or ref_search_web tool that return urls of relevant content.

ref-tools

Maintainer

LicenseMIT

Languagetypescript

Versionv1.0.0

UpdatedMay 21, 2026

Statushealthy

Maintenanceactive

Works with

ClaudeOpenAIwindowsmacoslinux

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Installation

Manual Installation

npx ref-tools

Examples

Basic Configuration

Configure Ref Tools MCP Server

npx ref-tools

Configuration

Configuration Details

Config File

claude_desktop_config.json

Web UI

Not available

Security

Authentication

RequiredNo

Features

Data Encryption

Audit Logging

RBAC Support

Performance

Response Metrics

Response Time< 200ms

ThroughputMedium

Resource Usage

Memory UsageLow

CPU UsageLow

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Set Up Ref Tools MCP Server in Your Editor

Choose your AI client for step-by-step setup instructions.

🖥️

Claude Desktop

macOS & Windows app

⌨️

Claude Code

CLI & terminal

📝

Cursor

AI-first code editor

💻

VS Code

GitHub Copilot MCP

🏄

Windsurf

Codeium AI editor

🔌

Cline

VS Code extension

Quick Config Preview

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ref-tools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ref-tools"]
    }
  }
}

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json

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