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Claude Code Is Burning Your Token Budget. Here's the Receipt.

Claude Code Is Burning Your Token Budget. Here's the Receipt. I found $2,500/year of hidden token waste in my Claude Code setup. It was the MCP servers.

  • Claude Code using significant token budget, potentially $2,500/year
  • Multiple MCP servers in setup inject schema into every conversation
  • Three-step process to reduce waste: audit servers, remove unused, proxy remaining with mcptoon

MCP Was a Mistake. Here Are 200,000 Tokens That Prove It.

MCP Was a Mistake. Here Are 200,000 Tokens That Prove It. "mcp were a mistake. bash is better." — Peter Steinberger, OpenClaw founder I didn't want to believe it either.

  • MCP protocol touted as AI's USB-C but costly mistake
  • 111,713 tokens injected into context window before interaction
  • 98.7% reduction in token consumption possible with runtime schema loading

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