Replace static MCP tool catalogs with search-first dynamic toolsets — up to 160x token reduction

The New Stack·medium signal

Rather than registering every MCP tool upfront, give the agent 2–3 lightweight meta-tools that retrieve full schemas on demand; benchmarks show up to 160x fewer tokens (avg 96% on inputs) at 100% task success. Cloudflare went further, compressing 2,500 API endpoints into 2 tools for a 99.9% reduction. Also default tool results to small pages (10–20 items) with a has_more flag so the agent chooses when to fetch more instead of dumping full result sets into context.