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Reference MCP Server

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Reference is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.

Brand-neutral cutting tool reference: grade cross-reference, materials, turning starting values.

Uptime history 67 days of history · worst day 93%
67 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
3
Tools
read from the server
217 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 24 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

23 Sep a tool description was rewritten grade_cross_reference

Nothing serious here today

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

Three servers free · no card

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add reference --transport http https://cuttingtoolsai.eu/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://cuttingtoolsai.eu/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.reference]
url = "https://cuttingtoolsai.eu/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reference": {
      "url": "https://cuttingtoolsai.eu/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "reference": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://cuttingtoolsai.eu/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 3

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

grade
grade_cross_reference
Cross-reference a carbide insert grade across manufacturers. Given any maker's grade (e.g. GC4325, KC5010, IC807), returns its ISO 513 application position(s) and the grades other manufacturers publish at the same position, each row carrying its verification status (multi-source consensus / confirmed by 2+ manufacturer charts / single-source chart). Comparable-at-ISO-position is a trial starting point, not an interchangeability guarantee.
material
material_cross_reference
Cross-reference a workpiece material designation across standards (EN, Werkstoffnummer, AISI/ASTM/UNS, JIS) from a curated 77-material set, e.g. "1.4404" -> AISI 316L / X2CrNiMo17-12-2 / SUS316L. Each match includes the ISO 513 machining group, a machining note, and whether the pairing is a same-composition equivalent or a nearest commonly-cited counterpart. Always verify against the material certificate.
speeds
speeds_feeds_starting_values
Starting cutting-speed and feed ranges for coated-carbide TURNING by ISO 513 material group (P steel, M stainless, K cast iron, N aluminium, S_TI titanium, S_NI nickel superalloy, H hardened steel). These are deliberately wide practice ranges, not from any one catalog; the maker's data for the exact grade always wins.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://cuttingtoolsai.eu/mcp streamable-http answering 296 ms 9 min ago

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Reference — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Reference do?
It exposes 3 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: grade_cross_reference, material_cross_reference, speeds_feeds_starting_values. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is Reference working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 217 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Reference?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Reference need an API key?
No. Reference completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 3 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Reference?
It answers our handshake in 217 ms on average, which is faster than 62% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.