Kjell Tore Guttormsen
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By default Claude Code defers MCP tool schemas (names-only, ~120 tok; full
schemas on demand via tool search). CA-TOK-006 detects config-file signals that
force the FULL schemas into the always-loaded prefix every turn:
- settings.json env.ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH="false" (high)
- "ToolSearch" in permissions.deny (high)
- configured model is a Haiku model (medium)
- per-server .mcp.json alwaysLoad:true (CC v2.1.121+) (high)
auto[:N] is threshold mode (info, not a trigger).
New engine lib/mcp-deferral.mjs: pure assessMcpDeferral({settings,mcpServers})
(unit-tested, no IO) + thin IO wrapper assessMcpDeferralForRepo shared by TOK and
GAP. Severity scales with aggregate forced-upfront tokens (medium-confidence
reasons cap at medium). feature-gap cliOverMcpLeverFinding fires only as a
companion to CA-TOK-006 (prefer gh/aws/gcloud over MCP for common ops).
Honest scoping (Verifiseringsplikt): triggers on config files ONLY — never
process.env shell vars. Vertex / custom ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL / runtime /model
switch are launch state (would flap snapshots machine-dependently), so they are
DISCLOSED in every finding, not triggered. Tool-level anthropic/alwaysLoad and
claude.ai connectors likewise disclosed. Mechanism verified 2026-06-23 against
code.claude.com/docs (context-window.md, mcp.md#configure-tool-search +
#exempt-a-server-from-deferral, costs.md); the prefix-cache invalidation claim
was NOT-CONFIRMED in docs and is not asserted.
alwaysLoad added to CA-MCP VALID_SERVER_FIELDS (no longer flagged as unknown).
active-config-reader surfaces per-server alwaysLoad. Byte-stable: CA-TOK-006
fires only on new conditions; frozen v5.0.0 + SC-5 snapshots untouched.
Tests 1215 -> 1239 (engine 16, integration 5, lever 2, mcp-field guard 1).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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"mcpServers": {
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"plain-srv": { "command": "npx", "args": ["fake-pkg"], "tools": [{"name": "t_0", "description": "tool 0"},{"name": "t_1", "description": "tool 1"},{"name": "t_2", "description": "tool 2"},{"name": "t_3", "description": "tool 3"},{"name": "t_4", "description": "tool 4"},{"name": "t_5", "description": "tool 5"},{"name": "t_6", "description": "tool 6"},{"name": "t_7", "description": "tool 7"},{"name": "t_8", "description": "tool 8"},{"name": "t_9", "description": "tool 9"}] }
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}
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}
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