video.refs/refs · v0.8.3 · ai-and-media
Refs is healthy: it completed an MCP handshake in 744 ms and exposes 12 tools.
4,100 launch videos measured shot by shot. Search references, pull blueprints, plan your film.
Endpoint: https://refs.video/mcp (streamable-http)
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| Users (last 30 days) | 0 |
| Handshake | Healthy |
| Auth needed | None |
| Tool count | 12 |
| Latency | 744 ms |
| Last checked (UTC) | 2026-10-20T22:21:01.238Z |
| Checked (UTC) | Status | Latency | Error |
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| 2026-10-20T22:21:01.238Z | Healthy | 744 |
search_videos | Search 4,000+ dissected top-performing videos (launch films, product demos, explainers, motion design, interactive/3D, film + music, teasers). Returns compact cards: REF id, link, a small still (thumb), length, aspect, views, measured metrics (shots, cuts per minute, voice, music) and why each works |
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 plates, toolkit, re |
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 change, for timing tra |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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: plan_video(brief, |
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. |
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 summary with its id (bra |
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 one of your imported brands (brand) to plan in its house style. Returns, per reference, the plates that carry its timing and look (format, hoo |
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 at full look, and 3–3 |
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 <file>` from the Refs sta |