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Building an MCP Server: Granular Tools Cut Token Use 15x

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer shares lessons from building an MCP server for nuzur, an AI-assisted project management tool. Granular tools reduced task completion time from 15 minutes to under a minute and drastically lowered token usage. The post emphasizes designing for AI agents rather than mirroring traditional APIs.

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Practical advice from a real build, but the sample size of one limits generalizability; still, the token-efficiency insight is valuable for anyone building AI tool integrations.
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