Tag: MCP tool calling

MCP Code Execution vs. Direct Tool Calling: How AI Agents Should Actually Use MCP

Aug 5, 2026

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Prakhar

TL;DR: Letting AI agents write and execute code instead of making direct MCP tool calls reduces token usage by up to 77% with no drop in task success rate. Anthropic, Cloudflare, and the open-source community are all converging on this pattern independently. Why AI agents should write code instead of calling tools – and how…