What it is

An MCP server that searches public and private documentation from any MCP-compatible coding agent, tuned to return the relevant chunk rather than a whole page. Served at https://api.ref.tools/mcp using an x-ref-api-key header or OAuth. Ref also ships Ref Plans, a plan-review workspace sharing the same credit pool.

Why it earns a slot

Point it at your own private docs — internal API references, a design system, a team wiki — and the agent stops guessing at in-house conventions. Token efficiency keeps doc lookups from crowding out your actual code.

Know before you commit

No meaningful free tier, and credits are shared with Ref Plans, so plan-orchestration usage quietly drains your documentation-search budget.

Getting started

claude mcp add --transport http Ref https://api.ref.tools/mcp --header 'x-ref-api-key: YOUR_KEY'

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Pricing snapshot

$9/mo for 1,000 queries · $10 per additional 1,000 credits

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Evaluate Ref (Ref Context) (https://ref.tools) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Token-efficient docs search MCP. An MCP server that searches public and private documentation from any MCP-compatible coding agent, tuned to return the relevant chunk rather than a whole page. Served at https://api.ref.tools/mcp using an x-ref-api-key header or OAuth. Ref also ships Ref Plans, a plan-review workspace sharing the same credit pool.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Point it at your own private docs — internal API references, a design system, a team wiki — and the agent stops guessing at in-house conventions. Token efficiency keeps doc lookups from crowding out your actual code.
Watch out for: No meaningful free tier, and credits are shared with Ref Plans, so plan-orchestration usage quietly drains your documentation-search budget.
Pricing: $9/mo for 1,000 queries · $10 per additional 1,000 credits
Setup: claude mcp add --transport http Ref https://api.ref.tools/mcp --header 'x-ref-api-key: YOUR_KEY'
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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