reference-mcp MCP Server

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reference-mcp runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 58 installs a week from npm.

Reference integrity for AI agents. Scans and verifies links, imports, assets, deps.

Installs per day peak 513 · avg 49 · -75% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · reference-mcp

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Stars

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Last commit

8 releases in 90 days

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License

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check reference-mcp every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add reference-mcp -- npx -y reference-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reference-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reference-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.reference-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "reference-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reference-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reference-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "reference-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reference-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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reference-mcp — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for reference-mcp?

reference-mcp runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package reference-mcp was installed 58 times last week.

How do I connect reference-mcp?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls reference-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use reference-mcp?

The npm package reference-mcp was installed 58 times in the last week. Week over week that is -75%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.