Documentation MCP Server

Ref Tools Ref Tools MCP

Name: Ref Tools Ref Tools MCP
Author: ref-tools

Provide your AI coding tools with token-efficient access to up-to-date technical documentation for…

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Install

Claude Code

claude mcp add ref-tools-mcp -- npx -y ref-tools-mcp

Cursor

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

VS Code

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

Windsurf

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

Claude Desktop

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

Remote Endpoint Available

This server offers a hosted endpoint — no local installation required.

https://api.ref.tools/mcp

Safety Report

83% Scan found nothing

Scanned 5 months ago

5 passed 1 warnings

Security

Authentication

details

Authentication detected: env_api_key

Pass

CORS Policy

details

stdio transport — CORS not applicable

N/A

Rate Limiting

details

No rate limiting mechanism detected

Info

Known CVEs

details

No known CVEs in dependencies

Pass

Code Quality

Dependency Audit

details

No known vulnerable dependencies detected

Pass

Dangerous Patterns

details

No dangerous code patterns detected

Pass

License

details

License: MIT

Pass

Community

Maintenance Status

details

Last commit 7 months ago

Warning

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Compatibility

Claude CodeFull support

Tested

CursorFull support

Tested

VS CodeFull support via Copilot

Tested

WindsurfFull support

Tested

Claude DesktopFull support

Tested

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Ref Tools Ref Tools MCP?

Provide your AI coding tools with token-efficient access to up-to-date technical documentation for…

Is Ref Tools Ref Tools MCP safe to use?

We cannot tell you that, and nobody scanning at this scale can. What we did in March 2026 was shallow-clone Ref Tools Ref Tools MCP and run five keyword searches over its source: auth identifiers, CORS configuration, rate-limit identifiers, the dependency manifest against a hardcoded list of 18 known-vulnerable packages, and unguarded eval/exec calls. None of them matched. A text search cannot follow a variable, judge intent, or tell you what a server does once it is running, so "nothing matched" is not "safe". What the scan does and does not cover is written out at /mcp/security.

What are alternatives to Ref Tools Ref Tools MCP?

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