<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: contextbloat</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=contextbloat</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:42:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=contextbloat" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by contextbloat in "I still prefer MCP over skills"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>  Using a skill often requires loading the entire SKILL.md into the LLM’s context window, rather than just exposing the single tool signature it needs.<p>Isn't this, like, the exact thing MCP is the worst at? You need to load the entire MCP into the context even if you're not using the MCP's relevant functions. Which is why some people put them on subagents, which is like, equivalent to putting the MCP behind a CLI function, at which point, why not just have the CLI function and selectively load it when yo- OH WAIT, THERE'S A NAME FOR THAT!</p>
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