Ref
by ref-tools
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| REF_ALPHA | No | Alpha configuration - still supported for former alpha users | |
| REF_API_KEY | Yes | API key for Ref Tools - sign up to get an API key | |
| DISABLE_SEARCH_WEB | No | Set to 'true' to disable the ref_search_web tool |
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ref_search_documentationB | Search for documentation on the web or github as well from private resources like repos and pdfs. Use Ref 'ref_read_url' to read the content of a url. |
| ref_read_urlA | Read the content of a url as markdown. The entire exact URL from a Ref 'ref_search_documentation' result should be passed to this tool to read it. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_docs | A quick way to check technical documentation. This prompt helps you search documentation for any technical platform, framework, API, service, database, or library. |
| my_docs | Search through your private documentation, repos, and PDFs that you've uploaded to Ref. |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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