15 MCPS INSTALLED. CLAUDE USES 3. YOU'RE PAYING FOR THE OTHER 12.
Every MCP eats your token budget before you type a single word.
Riley just posted a demo running a whole MCP stack — Notion, YouTube thumbnails, scripts. It looks incredible.
But here's what's happening under the hood:
→ Each MCP injects its tool descriptions into every prompt
→ Claude scans all of them just to pick one
→ The unused ones still burn context on every message
→ Your "smart setup" makes Claude dumber, not sharper
Fewer, sharper MCPs > big stack of "just in case."
Pawel nailed it — it's not Claude's limits, it's your harness.
i test Claude setups every week. follow @squizerx for the next breakdown
full argument 👇