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Why we cut our MCP server from 83 tools to 8 (Notte)
Notte's MCP server was generated from its OpenAPI schema, one tool per route, and had reached 83. Eight hand-written tools built around the browser loop replaced it on September 4, cutting per-turn tool definitions from about 38,000 tokens to about 4,500.
In plain words
- Notte cut the number of tools offered to automated browser assistants from 83 to eight.
- Each new tool covers a complete user task, instead of giving the assistant a separate control for every small software operation.
- The full collection remains available separately for developers who need it.
- Developers using the shorter list give their assistants much less instruction text to read each time they respond.
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Sep 25, 2026 · in the sections
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