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Apideck CLI – An AI-agent interface with much lower context consumption than MCP
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MCP servers can consume a significant portion of the context window, with tool definitions using up to 55,000 tokens before processing user messages. Each MCP tool requires between 550 and 1,400 tokens for its name, description, and schema, impacting the available token limit for AI tasks.
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- Praise: MCP provides a structured registry that allows for the enforcement of policies, ensuring security across multiple servers, which is crucial for sensitive applications.
- Praise: The discussion highlights the potential for smarter context management in agents, suggesting that better strategies could mitigate the context consumption issue without discarding MCP.
- Praise: Lazy loading of tool definitions based on actual usage could significantly reduce context bloat, indicating a path forward for improving agent efficiency.
- Concern: The sentiment that MCP is outdated overlooks its advantages in providing consistent protocols and security measures that ad hoc skill files cannot guarantee.
- Concern: The debate over MCP versus CLI seems misguided, as it fails to acknowledge the importance of usability for non-technical users who benefit from structured interfaces.