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While I generally prefer CLI over MCP locally, this is bad outdated information. The major harnesses like Claude Code + Codex have had tool search for months n
by nicoritschel 7mo ago
While I generally prefer CLI over MCP locally, this is bad outdated information.
The major harnesses like Claude Code + Codex have had tool search for months now.
- injidup 7mo agoCan you explain how to take advantage. Is there any specific info from anthropic with regards to context window size and not having to care about MCP?
- amzil 7mo agoFair point on tool search. Claude Code and Codex do have it. But tool search is solving the symptom, not the cause. You still pay the per-tool token cost for every tool the search returns. And you've added a search step (with its own latency and token cost) before every tool call. With a CLI, the agent runs `--help` and gets 50-200 tokens of exactly what it needs. No search index, no ranking, no middleware. The binary is the registry. Tool search makes MCP workable. CLIs make the search unnecessary.
- cruffle_duffle 7mo agoLet me guess the command: [error] Wait, better check help. is it -h? [error] Nope? Lemme try —-help. [error] Nope. How about just “help” [error] Let me search the web [tons of context and tool calls]