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I counted the MCP tools in my Cursor setup: 882,846 tokens of tool definitions, re-sent every turn
882,846 That's not my download count. Not my traffic either. It's the full text of the 209 MCP tool definitions I have wired into Cline, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Hermes Agent. Added up, token by to
Oct 13, 20263 min read
Claude Code / Codex / Cursor / Hermes Agent: zero config, one shared MCP config and skill set
One environment variable, four clients, one silent miss Last week I added an environment variable to one of my MCP servers — API_BASE, pointed at an internal host. Added it in Claude Code. Worked. Add
Oct 6, 20265 min read3
Stop Hand-Crafting MCP JSON for Cursor and Claude Code: Sync Once, Cut 98% Discovery Tokens
Last Friday, while cross-debugging a payment refactoring branch, I had Cursor open on my left monitor for frontend reviews and Claude Code running in my terminal on the right. To let both AI assistant
Oct 4, 20265 min read2
The Name Index Pattern: Cutting Agent Context 99.2% on Tools and Skills Alike
There's a pattern I keep reaching for whenever an agent's context gets crowded, and it took me too long to notice it applies in two places at once. The pattern is small: keep names resident, fetch bod
Oct 1, 20264 min read4
The 4,250-Token Handshake: What 24 MCP Tools Charge Before Your Agent Answers a Single Question
If you run an AI agent wired to MCP servers, there's a handshake happening before every single reply — and you've never seen the invoice. This post is that invoice, itemized, plus the exact engineerin
Sep 10, 20264 min read2
The MCP Token Tax Hides in the Braces, Not the Descriptions
Last week I did something a little ridiculous: I audited my own MCP traffic the way an accountant audits expense reports. Not to catch a bug — to find out where the money goes. My agent was burning to
Sep 7, 20264 min read5