Compress MCP tool descriptions
caveman-shrinkmcp_serversetup L2★0
JuliusBrussee/caveman ↗What it does
Compress MCP server tool descriptions while preserving code, URLs, and identifiers
Best for
Reduce token cost of large MCP tool catalogs by 20-40% without changing tool semantics.
Inputs
- · upstream MCP server command
- · field names to compress (default: description)
Outputs
- · proxied MCP responses with shrunk prose fields
Requires
- · upstream MCP server
Preconditions
- · upstream MCP server runnable as subprocess
- · caveman compression rules defined
Failure modes
- · upstream server errors pass through
- · aggressive compression may lose nuance
Trust signals
- · stdio proxy pattern proven
- · token savings measured
- · conservative (no response mutation)