Making MCP cheaper via CLI
4 hours ago
- #AI agents
- #MCP
- #CLI
- MCP agents overpay by loading entire tool schemas upfront, while CLI loads only necessary details.
- CLI reduces token usage by 94% compared to MCP by lazy-loading tool details.
- Anthropic's Tool Search improves on MCP but is still more expensive than CLI.
- CLIHub provides a directory of CLIs for agent use and can convert MCPs to CLIs.