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pi-mcp-adapter
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Token-efficient MCP adapter for Pi coding agent
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Token-efficient MCP adapter for Pi coding agent
nicobailon/pi-mcp-adapter is an open-source project by nicobailon: Token-efficient MCP adapter for Pi coding agent. Indexed here so it can be found — not resold.
It is free. Get it from the upstream repository: https://github.com/nicobailon/pi-mcp-adapter
From the project's own README (excerpt, reproduced for discovery under its MIT license):
Pi MCP Adapter
Use MCP servers with Pi without burning your context window.
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Why This Exists
Mario wrote about why you might not need MCP. The problem: tool definitions are verbose. A single MCP server can burn 10k+ tokens, and you're paying that cost whether you use those tools or not. Connect a few servers and you've burned half your context window before the conversation starts.
His take: skip MCP entirely, write simple CLI tools instead.
But the MCP ecosystem has useful stuff - databases, browsers, APIs. This adapter gives you access without the bloat. One proxy tool (~200 tokens) instead of hundreds. The agent discovers what it needs on-demand. Servers only start when you actually use them.
pi-mcp-adapter vs Pi's built-in MCP
Since then, Pi 0.99 added MCP support of its own, which also keeps tool definitions out of context. Installing the adapter replaces it in Pi sessions. What you get by switching: • Install many servers without paying for idle ones. The built-in starts every enabled server in every Pi session and keeps it running until the session ends. By default, the adapter starts a server when the model first calls it and stops it after 10 idle minutes. • Fewer tokens on everyday calls. By default, the built-in runs every MCP call as a codemode script, even a single lookup. The adapter's scripts are off by default, so a lookup is one small JSON call to the mcp tool, which cost 10–33% less in our tests. For bulk work across many records, turn scripts on with settings.scriptMode; then it costs about the same as codemode. • More servers work fully. Servers can ask you questions through forms, show interactive UIs, and offer prompt templates as slash commands. The built-in…
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05Versions
Full history →| Version | Channel | Released | Notes |
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| 0.0.0 | stable | Oct 19, 2026 | Indexed listing — see the upstream repository for real release history. |