MCP Server Setup with Claude Code: The Complete Guide
Claude Code's own toolset costs 122,137 bytes as an MCP server. That number is the budget every server you install is competing against, and nothing surfaces it.
Aug 918 min read
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Multiple MCP Servers in One Client: Configuration Guide
Five servers start concurrently in under three seconds. The bill that actually matters is 30,218 bytes of tool definitions sitting in context on every single message.
Aug 912 min read
Best MCP Servers for Developers
Tool counts, cold and warm startup, and the context each server spends before doing anything — plus the two servers every list recommends that npm returns 404 for.
Aug 812 min read
mcp.json Configuration Explained
The three scopes, every field that does something, and the unset-variable trap that passes the literal string ${VAR} to your server instead of failing.
Aug 811 min read
MCP Server Not Working: A Troubleshooting Guide
Why -32000 Connection closed means four different things, the corrupt-stdout failure the health check calls ✔ Connected, and a committed script that separates them.
Aug 812 min read
The Complete Claude Code Command Reference
Three surfaces, one reference: shell subcommands, CLI flags, and in-session slash commands, reconciled against what the binary actually accepts.
Aug 715 min read
Claude Code Subagents: A Practical Guide
Two real subagents committed to this repo, a zero-cost discovery probe, and the debug-log evidence for three failure modes the session never shows you.
Aug 717 min read
Claude Ignores CLAUDE.md: Why It Happens and How to Fix It
We audited 27 articles against 14 written rules. Rules backed by the build had zero violations. Rules that existed only as sentences had 89.
Aug 711 min read