Refero MCP
OfficialServer Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENAI_API_KEY | No | OpenAI API key for vibe search via text-embedding-3-small. Without it, search falls back to keyword scoring. | |
| REFERO_API_BASE | No | Override the base URL for the Refero API. Default is https://styles.refero.design | https://styles.refero.design |
| REFERO_CACHE_DIR | No | Directory for local catalog mirror, embeddings, and detail cache. Default is ~/.refero-cache | ~/.refero-cache |
| REFERO_CACHE_TTL_MS | No | How long a cached page is considered fresh in milliseconds. Default is 86400000 (24h). | 86400000 |
| REFERO_MCP_VAULT_DIR | No | Absolute path to vault root for writing DESIGN.md files. If unset, refero_design_md returns markdown but does not write to disk. |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| refero_searchA | Natural-language search over the styles.refero.design catalog. Returns the top matches scored by an embedding model (when OPENAI_API_KEY is set) or a BM25-lite keyword fallback. The local catalog is mirrored on first call and refreshed automatically every 24 hours. |
| refero_getA | Fetch the full design system for a single style. Accepts a uuid, a hostname/URL (e.g. cursor.com), or a site name (e.g. "Cursor"). Fuzzy-matches site names within Levenshtein distance 2. |
| refero_design_mdA | Render a Refero style as an agent-friendly DESIGN.md (frontmatter, north star, color table, fonts, dos/donts, tags). When |
| refero_similarA | Refero's own "similar styles" recommendation list for a given style. Useful for follow-up exploration once you've found a candidate via refero_search. |
| refero_listA | Browse the local catalog mirror with optional theme/tag filters. Returns paginated, stably-ordered results (newest first, then site name). |
| refero_refreshA | Force a full re-fetch of the styles.refero.design catalog and overwrite the local mirror. Useful after the catalog has changed and you don't want to wait for the 24h TTL. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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