video.refs/refs

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Refs

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4,100 launch videos measured shot by shot. Free account to search; Pro for blueprints and plans.

Summary by lookupd

Searches and analyzes dissected video references, giving shot-level blueprints, formulas, frame sheets, and render checks for video…

Install

Claude Code, remote (streamable-http)

claude mcp add --transport http refs https://refs.video/mcp

Codex, remote (streamable-http)

codex mcp add refs --url https://refs.video/mcp

Cursor, remote (streamable-http) → .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "refs": {
      "url": "https://refs.video/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Tools (14 tools)

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• search_videos Search 4,000+ dissected top-performing videos (launch films, product demos, explainers, motion design, interactive/3D, film + music, teasers, UGC ads). Needs a
• 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, p
• 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 sho
• 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 sou
• 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
• 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
• 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: an
• 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 h
• 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 rhyt
• plan_video Give a brief (product, audience, length, platform) and 1-5 references (REF ids, links or ids, or your brand films' brand:<import>:<film> ids), and optionally on
• 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 i
• 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
• 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 apar
• 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 → writi

Details

• Version: 0.17.0
• Transports: streamable-http
• Uptime (7 days): 100%
• Median latency: 479 ms
• First indexed: 2026-11-01T10:09:36.522Z
• Last seen in registry: 2026-11-08T00:17:19.005Z
• Website: https://refs.video/connect

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