Refs

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Search & AI memory
• You need to fill in: Authorization

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

claude mcp add --transport http refs https://refs.video/mcp --header 'Authorization: your-value'

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "refs": {
      "url": "https://refs.video/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "refs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://refs.video/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

• Authorization secret HTTP header
  Not needed to search. For Pro tools: sign in (MCP OAuth: the Claude apps, Claude Code) or send Bearer refs_… from https://refs.video/account.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• search_videos

  Search 4,000+ dissected top-performing videos (launch films, product demos, explainers, motion design, interactive/3D, film + music, teasers, UGC ads). Free: works with no key and no sign-in. Without an account it returns short cards (REF id, title, maker, length, aspect, still,

• get_blueprint

  The full reverse-engineered blueprint of one video: hook frame by frame, beat sheet with timestamps, shot list, style guide, voice and sound, script template, production plan, edit recipe, QA checklist, plus a runnable recipe prompt. Markdown by default; format "json" returns the

• get_frames

  One video's labelled frame sheets as images, so you can see the reference instead of guessing from text: the hook (first 3 s at 0.25 s steps), one frame per shot, and the whole film at fixed steps where measured. sheet "transitions" adds every frame around each cut and in-shot ch

• list_formulas

  Formulas distilled across many videos of one format (e.g. 'the silent UI workflow', 'the delayed hardware reveal'). Returns ids, titles, summaries and their source films; fetch one with get_formula. Needs a Refs account with Pro; without one, the app asks the user to sign in. sea

• get_formula

  The full cross-video formula for one format, as markdown: structure, timing ranges, what top performers share, mistakes to avoid, and a template prompt. Needs a Refs account with Pro; without one, the app asks the user to sign in. search_videos is free.

• list_collections

  Your collections on refs.video (named sets of films you saved) and your favourites, with ids and film counts. Pass an id to get_collection to read the films and use them as references. Needs a Refs account with Pro; without one, the app asks the user to sign in. search_videos is

• get_collection

  Every film in a Refs collection as search cards (REF id, link, length, aspect, measured metrics, why it works). Takes a collection id or refs.video/c/… link: anyone's shared collection, or your own private one; "favourites" gives the films you hearted. Then use them as references

• list_brands

  Your brand imports on refs.video (refs.video/saved → Brandprint): each X account you imported, with its progress and film count. Private to you. Pass an id or handle to get_brand for the brand kit and every film. Needs a Refs account with Pro; without one, the app asks the user t

• get_brand

  One of your brand imports: the brand kit (the brand's house style across all its films: palette, type, logo and end card, motion and easing, pacing and cut rhythm, camera, transitions, sound and voice, recurring formats, written as rules to follow) plus each film's blueprint summ

• plan_video

  Give a brief (product, audience, length, platform) and 1-5 references (REF ids, links or ids, or your brand films' brand: : ids), and optionally one of your imported brands (brand) to plan in its house style. Returns, per reference, the plates that carry its timing and look (form

• storyboard

  Before anything is built, storyboard the film the way an editor does. Send the storyboard you drafted from plan_video: 1 direction for a fixed brief, 2–4 when it's open. Each direction: logline, references (REF id + the one job each does), palette, type, sound, 2–3 style frames a

• check_render

  After rendering a video from a reference, check it against that film's measured timeline and get concrete fixes: cut timing to the frame, pace, brightness curve, motion per shot, loudness for the platform, and format. First measure your render: run `node scripts/measure.mjs ` fro

• ugc_scan

  Paste a product page and Refs finds the UGC ads (creator-style vertical video ads on Meta and TikTok) that are working for its competitors, then takes them apart. Two steps. (1) ugc_scan(url) reads the page and returns a draft: the product (name, category, price, audience) and 5–

• get_ugc_scan

  One of your competitor UGC scans (from ugc_scan): its status and progress while the worker runs (queued → finding competitors → fetching ads → measuring → writing → summary → done), then the board: each competitor's winning UGC ads ranked by signal (days running, variants, reach,

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (refs.video) to the code

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• … Not checked yet

  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 641 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

  Read 14 tool descriptions and found no hidden instructions to the AI

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

• More stars than 0% of the other 7254 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 81% of the other 7254 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 40% of the other 7254 servers in this category

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