// MCP TOKEN COST

The Mcp Socialapi MCP server costs 11,590 tokens before the first call.

Connect Mcp Socialapi and its 75 tool definitions are loaded into the model's context on every request — 5.8% of a 200k window spent before your agent does anything.

QUICK ANSWER The Mcp Socialapi MCP server's tool definitions consume 11,590 tokens — 6.1× the median MCP server (1,905 tokens). A scoped grant exposing only the tools you use cuts that roughly in proportion.

MEASURED FROM SCHEMAS 75 tools · 11,590 tokens · 5.8% of 200k · 1.2% of 1M Method →

// CONTEXT WINDOW SHARE

What that buys before your agent starts working.

Tool definitions are overhead: they occupy context on every request and compete with your code, documents and conversation history for the same window.

200K WINDOW 5.8%

1M WINDOW 1.2%

Corpus context: Mcp Socialapi ranks #141 of 3,213 measured MCP servers by definition cost. The median is 1,905 tokens, p90 is 7,952, and the heaviest (Fusionauth) is 183,337 — 92% of a 200k window on its own.

// PER-TOOL BREAKDOWN

Where the 11,590 tokens go.

Each row is one tool definition as a tools/list entry — name, description and input schema — counted with o200k_base. Average: 155 tokens per tool.

Tool	Category	Tokens	% of server
social_api_create_post	Write	466	4.0%
social_api_update_post	Write	404	3.5%
social_api_list_posts	Read	301	2.6%
social_api_list_inbox_posts	Read	296	2.6%
social_api_list_events	Read	258	2.2%
social_api_get_media_upload_url	Read	247	2.1%
social_api_list_conversations	Read	238	2.1%
social_api_validate_post	Read	236	2.0%
social_api_get_reviews	Read	215	1.9%
social_api_create_export	Write	209	1.8%
social_api_list_post_comments	Read	203	1.8%
social_api_list_webhook_deliveries	Read	202	1.7%
social_api_connect_account	Write	199	1.7%
social_api_get_comment_replies	Read	197	1.7%
social_api_reply_to_comment	Write	197	1.7%
social_api_create_invite	Write	193	1.7%
social_api_moderate_comment	Destructive	188	1.6%
social_api_test_webhook	Read	186	1.6%
social_api_send_dm	Write	185	1.6%
social_api_update_account_page	Write	183	1.6%
social_api_private_reply_to_comment	Write	179	1.5%
social_api_get_mentions	Read	178	1.5%
social_api_create_webhook	Write	175	1.5%
social_api_events_summary	Read	171	1.5%
social_api_update_webhook	Write	166	1.4%
social_api_send_feedback	Write	161	1.4%
social_api_list_messages	Read	159	1.4%
social_api_reply_to_review	Read	152	1.3%
social_api_update_review_reply	Write	152	1.3%
social_api_update_conversation	Write	147	1.3%
social_api_exchange_oauth	Read	145	1.3%
social_api_unpublish_post	Destructive	140	1.2%
social_api_retry_webhook_delivery	Read	139	1.2%
social_api_get_export	Read	137	1.2%
social_api_hide_comment	Write	137	1.2%
social_api_get_creator_info	Read	136	1.2%
social_api_get_usage	Read	136	1.2%
social_api_get_account_limits	Read	135	1.2%
social_api_get_webhook_delivery	Read	134	1.2%
social_api_delete_comment	Destructive	131	1.1%
social_api_get_webhook	Read	131	1.1%
social_api_list_media	Read	131	1.1%
social_api_revoke_key	Destructive	125	1.1%
social_api_unlike_comment	Write	124	1.1%
social_api_delete_review_reply	Destructive	122	1.1%
social_api_get_post	Read	122	1.1%
social_api_create_key	Write	122	1.1%
social_api_update_brand	Write	121	1.0%
social_api_disconnect_account	Destructive	120	1.0%
social_api_get_export_videos	Read	120	1.0%
social_api_verify_media_upload	Read	120	1.0%
social_api_like_comment	Write	120	1.0%
social_api_unhide_comment	Write	115	1.0%
social_api_get_post_metrics	Read	114	1.0%
social_api_patch_me	Write	114	1.0%
social_api_list_accounts	Read	112	1.0%
social_api_mark_conversation_read	Write	110	0.9%
social_api_delete_webhook	Destructive	107	0.9%
social_api_delete_media	Destructive	106	0.9%
social_api_list_exports	Read	106	0.9%
social_api_list_account_pages	Read	105	0.9%
social_api_delete_post	Destructive	104	0.9%
social_api_get_conversation	Read	104	0.9%
social_api_create_brand	Write	104	0.9%
social_api_retry_post	Write	101	0.9%
social_api_list_keys	Read	100	0.9%
social_api_list_webhooks	Read	99	0.9%
social_api_list_invites	Read	98	0.8%
social_api_delete_me	Destructive	94	0.8%
social_api_revoke_invite	Destructive	92	0.8%
social_api_get_me	Read	92	0.8%
social_api_get_constraints	Read	88	0.8%
social_api_get_storage_usage	Read	84	0.7%
social_api_delete_brand	Destructive	77	0.7%
social_api_list_brands	Read	73	0.6%

// SCOPED GRANT

Most agents use a handful of these tools. They pay for all 75.

A PolicyLayer grant exposes only the tools you allow — ungranted definitions are filtered out of the tool list, so they never enter the context window. Estimates below assume typical-weight tools (155 tokens each).

Grant scope	Definition cost	Reduction
All 75 tools (no gateway)	11,590 tokens	—
3 granted tools	~464 tokens	−96%
5 granted tools	~773 tokens	−93%
10 granted tools	~1,545 tokens	−87%

Model your own stack in the token-cost calculator, or see the Mcp Socialapi policy for what a sensible grant looks like.

//FAQ

Mcp Socialapi token-cost questions.

How many tokens does the Mcp Socialapi MCP server use?+

Its 75 tool definitions total 11,590 tokens — 5.8% of a 200k context window — measured with tiktoken o200k_base over the serialised tools/list payload. Exact counts vary slightly by client and model.

Why does Mcp Socialapi consume tokens before I send a message?+

MCP clients load every connected server's tool definitions — name, description, and input schema — into the model's context so it knows what it can call. That payload is charged against your context window on every request, whether or not a tool is used.

How do I reduce Mcp Socialapi's token usage?+

Expose fewer tools. A PolicyLayer grant scopes Mcp Socialapi to only the tools you allow — ungranted definitions are filtered out of the tool list, so they never enter the context window. A grant of 3 typical tools costs roughly 464 tokens, a 96% reduction.

Does deferred tool loading fix this?+

Partially, in some clients. Claude Code defers MCP tool schemas behind a tool-search step by default, and VS Code has experimental grouping — but you still pay tokens per search and reload, and Cursor, Windsurf and Gemini CLI load definitions upfront. Reducing the exposed tool set cuts the cost in every client.

// METHOD & REVIEW

How these numbers were measured.

Serialisation

Each tool is serialised as a tools/list entry — name, description, input schema — from the schemas in the PolicyLayer scan database. Clients differ slightly in framing, so treat counts as close estimates.

Tokeniser

tiktoken o200k_base (GPT-4o/o-series). Anthropic's current tokeniser isn't published, so Claude's exact counts will differ; for English text and JSON schemas the totals are close enough to treat these as estimates.

Deferred loading

Some clients now defer schema loading (Claude Code's tool search; VS Code experimental grouping). You still pay per search and reload — and Cursor, Windsurf and Gemini CLI load everything upfront.

Computed 07-06-2026 from the PolicyLayer scan database over all 75 catalogued Mcp Socialapi tools. Counts refresh with every site build.

Expose only the tools you use — the rest never enter your context.

A PolicyLayer grant scopes Mcp Socialapi to the tools you actually allow. Ungranted definitions never load, and every call that does run is checked against policy first.

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