18 Local Apps Behind One MCP Endpoint: Tool-Search Architecture
jarjav69 · reddit · 2026-08-27
The author demonstrates wrapping 18 local desktop apps (screen recording, Whisper, etc.) into a single MCP endpoint using OpenAPI specs. It auto-discovers tools for clients like Claude Code and Cursor. To prevent agent overload from hundreds of operations, a 'tool-search' meta-gateway dynamically loads only relevant tools per task.
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