Ref - Up-To-Date Docs
Ref powerful search tool connets your coding tools with documentation context. It includes an up-to-date index of public documentation and it can ingest your private documentation…
MCP server · by ref-tools
About
Ref - Up-To-Date Docs is an MCP server published by ref-tools. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). We first saw it on 2026-10-11 and have recorded no change since. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-12.
Ref powerful search tool connets your coding tools with documentation context. It includes an up-to-date index of public documentation and it can ingest your private documentation (eg. GitHub repos, PDFs) as well.
What it asks for
- Runs on your machine
- Secrets: 1
- Settings: 1
- Tools: 2
Tools it declares: 2. As declared on: Docker MCP Catalog.
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What it declares, asks for and runs, in full
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Connect
Commands and configs built only from what its marketplaces declare. We do not run them for you and do not test plugins.
As a local MCP server: Docker image
Built from what Docker MCP Catalog declares.
claude mcp add --env "REF_API_KEY=<YOUR_REF_API_KEY>" --transport stdio ref -- docker run -i --rm -e REF_API_KEY mcp/ref-tools-mcp[mcp_servers.ref]
command = "docker"
args = ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "REF_API_KEY", "mcp/ref-tools-mcp"]
[mcp_servers.ref.env]
REF_API_KEY = "<YOUR_REF_API_KEY>"{
"mcpServers": {
"ref": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"REF_API_KEY",
"mcp/ref-tools-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REF_API_KEY": "<YOUR_REF_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}docker run -i --rm -e "REF_API_KEY=<YOUR_REF_API_KEY>" mcp/ref-tools-mcpReplace the values in angle brackets with your own. We show the names of the settings, never values.
We do not store launch arguments. If the server needs any, its own documentation names them.
Where it is published
| Marketplace | Status | Version | Figures | Verified | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog (Open on Docker Hub) | Listed | sha256:8b5fcfe3e4e1 | Forks (GitHub): 71 Pulls (Docker Hub): 19 070 Stars (Docker Hub): 2 Stars (GitHub): 1 180 |
Not marked |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
What changed
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