MCP Server Is Eating Your Context Window. There's a Simpler Way

TL;DR: MCP tool definitions can burn 55,000+ tokens before an agent processes a single user message. We built the Apideck CLI as an AI-agent interface instead:an ~80-token agent prompt replaces tens of thousands of tokens of schema, with progressive disclosure via `--help` and structural safety baked into the binary. Any agent that can run shell commands can use it. No protocol support required.
127 points by gertjandewilde 219 days ago www.apideck.com 107 comments
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