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Ref Tools

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API Development
Developer Tools
Learning & Documentation

Provides AI coding tools and agents with access to documentation for APIs, services, and libraries.

About

Ref Tools is a ModelContextProtocol (MCP) server designed to furnish AI coding tools and agents with comprehensive documentation for APIs, services, libraries, and more. It acts as a centralized hub, ensuring your agent remains current with necessary documentation in a fast and token-efficient manner. By offering tools to search documentation, read web pages, and optionally search the web, Ref Tools empowers agents to access and utilize technical information effectively.

Key Features

  • Supports both stdio and experimental streamable HTTP server setups.
  • 3 GitHub stars
  • Provides a powerful documentation search tool (ref_search_documentation).
  • Offers a tool to read full web page content (ref_read_url).
  • Offers a visual interface for testing and monitoring MCP server interactions via the Inspector tool.
  • Includes an optional web search tool (ref_search_web) as a fallback.

Use Cases

  • Providing up-to-date information to AI agents for improved code generation and problem-solving.
  • Allowing agents to independently research and learn about new technologies.
  • Enabling AI coding assistants to understand and utilize APIs.