Too many MCP tools: internal data says 77% of agent tokens are wasted
Jazzlike-Form9669 · reddit · 2026-10-21
The Ogcode team argues that developers installing hundreds of skills and MCP tools confuses coding agents' tool selection and bloats context — unused tool descriptions still consume tokens turn after turn. Their internal traffic data suggests this waste can account for up to 77% of total tokens consumed per task. The team is working on dynamic tool/skill selection and is soliciting ideas from the community.
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