Aakash Gupta warns that adding many MCP tools increases baseline context and token spend on every run, creating a hidden cost that can degrade throughput before any work starts.
Every MCP you add to Claude Code is a silent tax on every task it runs.
More tools, more power. But each MCP consumes thousands of tokens just by existing in the context window.
Before Claude writes a single line
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