I think the “tool search” and “code mode” counter-arguments against the “MCP eats your context” argument is a bit hand-wavy.
Progressive disclosure has obvious benefits, but I think it would be more valuable to address how agents using either approach can still know which MCP server to search through. Maybe each tool has a search interface, and agents kick off searches in parallel for any ‘yet to be discovered’ tools, but there may be downsides to that as well
Progressive disclosure has obvious benefits, but I think it would be more valuable to address how agents using either approach can still know which MCP server to search through. Maybe each tool has a search interface, and agents kick off searches in parallel for any ‘yet to be discovered’ tools, but there may be downsides to that as well