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Re:Stop Burning Your Context Window – How We Cut MCP Output ... by esafak on Saturday February 28, 2026 @03:55PM (#47200130)
If this breaks the cache it is penny wise, pound foolish; cached full queries have more information and are cheap. The article does not mention caching; does anyone know?

I just enable fat MCP servers as needed, and try to use skills instead.

Re:Stop Burning Your Context Window – How We Cut MCP Output ... by mksglu on Saturday February 28, 2026 @04:14PM (#47200320)
It doesn't break the cache. The raw data never enters the conversation history, so there's nothing to invalidate. A short summary goes into context instead of the full payload, and the model can search the full data from a local FTS5 index if it needs specifics later. Cache stays intact because you're just appending smaller messages to the conversation.