Anthropic's engineering blog explains how code execution can make MCP-connected agents more efficient as tool counts scale. Instead of loading hundreds of tool definitions upfront into context, agents can use code to dynamically discover and batch MCP tool calls — reducing tokens and latency. The post covers two optimization patterns: lazy tool loading and result pipelining via code.
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Code execution with MCP: Building more efficient agents
Anthropic shows how agents can use code to dynamically discover and batch MCP tool calls, cutting token overhead and latency compared to loading all tool definitions upfront.
Saturday, April 4, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Anthropic Engineering BlogBY sys://pipeline
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