ref-tools-mcp
Helps AI coding agents efficiently access public or private library documentation, reducing context window waste.
- Type
- MCP
- Open source
- Yes
- GitHub Stars
- ★ 1.1k
- Source
- mcp-github
- Repository
- github.com/ref-tools/ref-tools-mcp
Overview
Ref MCP is a ModelContextProtocol server that provides API, service, and library documentation access for AI coding tools or agents. It maintains agent access to documentation in a fast and token-efficient manner. Designed to match model search patterns while minimizing context usage to prevent context degradation. Supports filtering search results and extracting relevant sections from pages, improving efficiency and lowering costs.
Capabilities
- ▪Efficient technical documentation search
- ▪Extract content from URLs and convert to Markdown
- ▪Track search history to minimize context usage
- ▪Filter duplicate search results
- ▪Extract most relevant parts of documentation
Use cases
Setup
Recommended to use HTTP server: \
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