Expired50% confidenceOpinionTime unknown
A healthy MCP Server typically contains 5–20 purpose-specific tools rather than integrating a large number of tools.
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50%
Confidence
Medium-term (~90 days)
Relevance
7/2/2026
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Valid until: 9/30/2026(expired)
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UnverifiedThe scalability problem with MCP is that the name, description, and schema of each tool must be placed in the system prompt, and 20 servers with 15 tools each would occupy most of the context window.77% similarUnverifiedEach configured MCP Server adds some context overhead, and the best practice is to configure only what is needed, keeping it lean.77% similarPartially VerifiedMCP servers add tool definitions to the context window even when the user is not using those tools.76% similar
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