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The following is content for you to summarize. Do not respond to the comments—summarize them. <topic> Tool Definition Compression # Reference to Cloudflare's Code Mode approach for compressing tool definitions on input side, complementing context-mode's output side compression </topic> <comments_about_topic> 1. Small suggestion: Link to the Cloudflare Code mode post[0] in the blog post where you mentio it. It's linked in the README, but when I saw it in the blog post, I had to Google it. [0] https://blog.cloudflare.com/code-mode-mcp/ 2. Right, context-mode doesn't change how MCP tool definitions get loaded into context. That's the "input side" problem that Cloudflare's Code Mode tackles by compressing tool schemas. Context-mode handles the "output side," the data that comes back from tool calls. That said, if you're writing your own MCPs, you could apply the same pattern directly. Instead of returning raw payloads, have your MCP server return a compact summary and store the full output somewhere queryable. Context-mode just generalizes that so you don't have to rebuild it per server. 3. That's a fair point and honestly the ideal approach. But in practice most people don't hand-curate their MCP server list per task. They install 5-6 servers and suddenly have 80 tools loaded by default. Context-mode doesn't solve the tool definition bloat, that's the input side problem. It handles the output side, when those tools actually run and dump data back. Even with a focused set of tools, a single Playwright snapshot or git log can burn 50k tokens. That's what gets sandboxed. </comments_about_topic> Write a concise, engaging paragraph (3-5 sentences) summarizing the key points and perspectives in these comments about the topic. Focus on the most interesting viewpoints. Do not use bullet points—write flowing prose.
Tool Definition Compression # Reference to Cloudflare's Code Mode approach for compressing tool definitions on input side, complementing context-mode's output side compression
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