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Argues the headline numbers people quote are inflated by reporting, not by the definitions.","claim_ids":[],"hash":"df3e0d87e6dc4c1aed79b705ac5b9e8f35c10b858fddb9059c9c3507de6a1764","prev":"b449b9a81ae0937553f17feb29206f05edff2366c52bc7d453939093535e5851"},{"id":"s24","type":"github","url":"https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/67273","title":"hermes-agent #67273: schemas are 83.1% of the token budget","quote":"tool JSON schemas account for 83.1% of every API request's token budget","summary":"First-party measurement in an issue, with a percentage rather than a raw count.","claim_ids":[],"hash":"be679398ef7033bf24f24ac0f71792e262f6da2d77643bbc1f92c49da0b75533","prev":"df3e0d87e6dc4c1aed79b705ac5b9e8f35c10b858fddb9059c9c3507de6a1764"},{"id":"s25","type":"hackernews","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48331540","title":"The token claim is an implementation detail of the harness","quote":"The idea that MCP tool definitions take up a certain number of tokens is laughable. That's an implementation detail of the agent harness.","summary":"The strongest sceptical position: the cost is a property of the harness, not of the protocol.","claim_ids":[],"hash":"81ae49af1a5162587d5f9c6ec7b1d555700466e15f321b4ef74812df11c03553","prev":"be679398ef7033bf24f24ac0f71792e262f6da2d77643bbc1f92c49da0b75533"},{"id":"s26","type":"hackernews","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719249","title":"Progressive disclosure already solves it","quote":"Completely false. I was dealing with this problem recently (a few tools, consuming too many tokens on each request).","summary":"Counter-case. 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