Model Context Protocol4 min read
Two Token Bills Before Your Agent Answers: 71,929 for MCP Tools, 1,109,242 for Skills
Everyone's started auditing the first bill. Almost nobody has found the second one. Here's what I mean. Open your agent's context and count what's already loaded before you type a single character. There are two line items, and they come from two different places: MCP tool schemas.
By MCP Token SaverDev.to AI

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Originally published by Dev.to AI on Oct 1, 2026.
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