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Making MCP cheaper via CLI
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MCP agents incur high costs due to the inclusion of an extensive tool catalog in JSON Schema format. A CLI generated from an MCP server using CLIHub performs the same functions at a significantly reduced cost.
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- Praise: The CLI approach offers practical benefits for token reduction, which can enhance efficiency in AI interactions by minimizing unnecessary context bloat.
- Praise: Existing paradigms like Skills effectively mitigate context bloat and selection overhead, showcasing a more structured approach to tool discovery in AI applications.
- Concern: MCP tools contribute significantly to context bloat, as they require sending extensive tool catalogs with every request, which can hinder performance.
- Concern: The claim that MCP tools need to dump the entire tool catalog into the conversation is outdated, as more advanced clients like Claude Code have improved this process.