How Progressive Disclosure Saves MCP from Token Bloat

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · Apr 30, 2026 · 25m

Dumping every tool schema into the context window might seem simple, but it burns tokens and tanks model accuracy. This episode explores progressive disclosure — lazy-loading, namespacing, and on-demand reveal — and why it's become essential for scaling the Model Context Protocol. We break down three concrete implementations: paddo's mcp-code-wrapper (speculative execution with just-in-time schema discovery), paralleldrive's jiron (semantic routing with top-k tool group selection), and colinhale1's progressive-reveal-mcp (non-executable capability descriptors with a meta-tool for expansion)…