Refract MCP Server

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Refract runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 43 installs a week from npm. Last commit 12 Nov 2026.

git log for Wikipedia: typed events for changed sentences, citations, and structure on any page.

Installs per day peak 20 · avg 3 · +39% w/w

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · @refract-org/cli

Stars

3 open issues

12 Nov 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

AGPL-3.0

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Refract 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 refract -- npx -y @refract-org/cli

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "refract": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@refract-org/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.refract]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@refract-org/cli"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "refract": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@refract-org/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "refract": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@refract-org/cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Refract — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Refract?

Refract 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 @refract-org/cli was installed 43 times last week.

How do I connect Refract?

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 @refract-org/cli straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Refract?

The npm package @refract-org/cli was installed 43 times in the last week. Week over week that is +39%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Refract open source?

Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 3 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.