# reference-mcp (npm · reference-mcp)

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

- Trust score: 67/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- npm · `reference-mcp`: 67/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp/reference-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp/reference-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `reference-mcp`
- Version: `0.1.6`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 95 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 19/100
  - Repository check failed: no source repository is declared.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).
  - Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 125 tokens (~62/item across 2 items; 2 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 2 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 2 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the reference-mcp server?

reference-mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y reference-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp -- npx -y reference-mcp
```

### Cursor

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

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reference-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp -- npx -y reference-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "reference-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg reference-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "reference-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "reference-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y reference-mcp
```

### Other

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

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-18 (score 67, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 66, 0)

- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security] Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet.
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.1.3 → 0.1.6

### 2026-09-16 (score 66)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (2)

### `reference.scan` (~51 tokens)

Scan a repository and extract every reference: URLs, local imports, assets, and module dependencies. Returns a deduplicated list by kind.

Input parameters:

- `path` (string): Repository root. Defaults to the current directory.

### `reference.check` (~74 tokens)

Verify the references in a repository. Local paths are checked against the filesystem, module names against the npm registry, and URLs over HTTP. Returns findings with a status per reference.

Input parameters:

- `checkRemote` (boolean): Whether to check remote URLs over the network
- `path` (string): Repository root. Defaults to the current directory.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp/reference-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 67
- 2026-09-19: 67
- 2026-09-18: 67
- 2026-09-17: 66
- 2026-09-16: 66

## Common questions

### What is the reference-mcp server?

reference-mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.AbduljabbarBXR/reference-mcp. Reference integrity for AI agents. Scans and verifies links, imports, assets, deps. This page covers its npm package (reference-mcp).

### Is the reference-mcp server safe to use?

reference-mcp scores 67 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the reference-mcp server expose?

reference-mcp exposes 2 tools: reference.scan, reference.check. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 125 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the reference-mcp server still maintained?

reference-mcp is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the reference-mcp server under?

reference-mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/reference-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/reference-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp/reference-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp/reference-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/abduljabbarbxr-reference-mcp/reference-mcp