# Ref MCP
> Ref hosted Streamable HTTP MCP lets coding agents search and read public or private technical documentation.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/ref-tools
Last updated: 2026-10-29
## Catalog record

- Publisher: Ref
- Categories: development, search, version-control

## Website

https://docs.ref.tools/context/install/index

## Repository

https://github.com/ref-tools/ref-tools-mcp

## Transports

Streamable HTTP

## Authentication

OAuth, x-ref-api-key header, or apiKey query parameter.

## Tools

- **ref_search_documentation**: Search technical documentation, public web content, GitHub repositories, private repositories, and PDFs for relevant facts or code snippets.
- **ref_read_url**: Fetch a webpage URL and convert its content to Markdown for reading.

## Sources

- [official_publisher_documentation](https://docs.ref.tools/context/install/index)
- [official_repository_readme](https://github.com/ref-tools/ref-tools-mcp)
- [official_publisher_documentation](https://docs.ref.tools/llms.txt)
- [official_documentation](https://docs.ref.tools/install)
- [official_crawl4ai_verification](https://github.com/ref-tools/ref-tools-mcp)

## Setup

Use the interactive setup panel on [the detail page](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/ref-tools) to view instructions for each supported client.