Use Reference from your agent

Your agent can search 221 videos and their prompts before it makes yours.

Claude Code

Install the plugin. It adds the MCP server and a skill that tells Claude to look for a reference whenever you ask for a video.

/plugin marketplace add tpavankalyan/reference
/plugin install reference@reference

Or add only the MCP server:

claude mcp add --transport http reference https://meetreference.com/mcp

Codex

codex mcp add reference --url https://meetreference.com/mcp

Or in ~/.codex/config.toml:

[mcp_servers.reference]
url = "https://meetreference.com/mcp"

For the skill too, copy skill.md to ~/.codex/skills/reference/SKILL.md.

Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, and other clients

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

gemini mcp add --transport http reference https://meetreference.com/mcp

Anything else that supports remote MCP servers, including Claude.ai and Claude Desktop (Settings, then Connectors, then Add custom connector): use https://meetreference.com/mcp. No key or sign-in.

What the MCP server can do

search_videosFind videos like the one you want: a style, subject, format, or tool, with optional filters. Best first.
get_videoEverything needed to recreate one: the creator's prompt word for word, tools, setup, the look, and the storyboard image.
get_promptJust the exact prompt, or prompts in order, and how complete it is.
find_similarVideos most like a given one, to offer alternatives.
list_stylesThe categories, libraries, and agents in the library, with counts.
submit_videoSend a video for review, when you ask your agent to share what you made.

Search API

The same search the site uses: words, meaning, and look, fused. Free and keyless; please keep it under a few requests a second. Filters: cat, built, with, format, length, oneshot=1, full=1.

GET https://meetreference.com/api/search?q=hand-drawn+explainer+about+sleep&limit=3

{
  "query": "hand-drawn explainer about sleep",
  "signals": ["words", "meaning", "look"],
  "results": [
    {
      "slug": "purpose-of-life-collage",
      "title": "Hand-drawn collage on the purpose of life",
      "url": "https://meetreference.com/v/purpose-of-life-collage/",
      "brief": "https://meetreference.com/v/purpose-of-life-collage.md",
      "prompt_url": "https://meetreference.com/v/purpose-of-life-collage/prompt.txt",
      "made_with": { "agents": ["Claude Code"], "models": ["Claude Opus 5.5"], ... },
      "prompt_fidelity": "verbatim",
      "length_seconds": 60,
      "score": 1,
      "close": false
    }
  ]
}

To search by image or by frames from a clip, POST JSON {"images": ["data:image/jpeg;base64,…"]} to the same URL.

Files for agents

/llms.txt: a guide to the library and a link to every brief.
/v/<slug>.md: one video's brief, with the prompt, tools, setup, look, and frame URLs.
/v/<slug>/prompt.txt: the exact prompt as plain text.
/library.json: the whole library as JSON.
/agents/skill.md: the skill, for any agent that reads Agent Skills.

Using prompts fairly

Prompts are the creators' own words, published as they wrote them. Use them to make your own videos, credit the creator when you share one, and link the original post. A prompt marked partial or paraphrased isn't the complete original. Results vary between runs and models.