MCP Server · Content & Writing

Ref MCP Server

Token-efficient documentation search across public and private technical docs, with URL-to-markdown reading and a web-search fallback. Requires a free API key.

Claude

Claude Code

OpenClaw

Hermes

Cursor

Any MCP Client

Documentation

Install in Claude / OpenClaw / Hermes

Add this snippet to your client's MCP config (claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, the MCP panel for OpenClaw, or the equivalent for Hermes). Restart the client to load the server.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ref": {
      "url": "https://api.ref.tools/mcp?apiKey=YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Available tools

ref_search_documentation, ref_read_url

Compatibility

This MCP server works with any MCP-compatible client, including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, OpenClaw, Hermes, Cursor and Windsurf. Configuration syntax differs slightly between clients — check each tool's documentation.

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