Testing MCP Retrieval in Claude Saves Tokens
verrsane · x · 2026-07-16
An internal evaluation was conducted comparing Glean MCP against Native Connectors for retrieval tasks within Claude.
Conclusions:
- Token costs reduced by roughly 60%
- Completion quality is on par with Native Connectors
Based on these results, the poster believes the RAG solution is essentially "done."
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