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ref-tools-mcp

Grade B: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work

Helping coding agents never make mistakes working with public or private libraries without wasting the context window.

ActiveDeps unknownChecked Oct 19, 2026Free

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Why this verdict

How we check →

4 commits by 1 contributor in the last 90 days (4 in the last 30). receipt ↗
Not counted in verdict: TypeScript 5 → 7. receipt ↗

Snapshot: commit f5feb82 on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:41 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.

Dependency freshness

Package	Declared	Latest	Status
TypeScript typescript	5.3.3	7.0.2	Behind, not counted

Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.

What the README says you get

API
Documentation search toolA powerful search tool to check technical documentation
API
URL to markdown readerfetches content from a URL and converts it to markdown
API
Public web docs searchsearch for public documentation on the web or github
API
Private resource searchprivate resources like repos and pdfs
API
Filtered search resultsRef will never return repeated results
API
Relevant token extractionreturn the most relevant 5k tokens
API
Session search trackingtrack search trajectory and minimize context usage
API
OpenAI deep research supportRef can be used as a source for deep research
Deploy
Streamable HTTP servervia the streamable-http server (recommended)
Deploy
Local stdio serverlocal stdio server (legacy)

Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Sep 29, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.

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History

Sep 29, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.

Show as a table

Date	Maintenance	Dependencies	Commits (90d)
Oct 19, 2026	Active	Deps unknown	4
Oct 12, 2026	Active	Deps unknown	4
Sep 29, 2026	Active	Deps unknown	4

Sources

Every claim on this page comes from these public records, checked Oct 19, 2026. Open them to verify.

Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
Releases ↗ latest release
package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit f5feb82)
README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
npm registry ↗ latest versions (each linked in the table above)

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