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Your MCP Server Is Eating Your Context Window. There's a Simpler Way
AI agents using MCP often have context bloat, where extensive tool definitions consume tens of thousands of tokens. In these cases, giving your agent a CLI instead is easier, as it allows for progressive discovery of capabilities through `--help` commands. This CLI approach reduces token consumption and improves reliability by running locally, but is worse at org-wide authentication.
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