Fewer MCP servers, more skills
Tool schemas cost tokens on every turn. A skill costs tokens once, when its description matches the task. If your agent got slower and more confused as you added servers, disconnect the ones no procedure needs and write the procedures down.
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---
name: release
description: Cut a release of a package in this monorepo.
---The skill file also turns out to be the best documentation the team has, because it's the only documentation used every day.
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