// MCP TOKEN COST

The Binalyze AIR MCP Server MCP server costs 14,723 tokens before the first call.

Connect Binalyze AIR MCP Server and its 116 tool definitions are loaded into the model's context on every request — 7.4% of a 200k window spent before your agent does anything.

QUICK ANSWER The Binalyze AIR MCP Server MCP server's tool definitions consume 14,723 tokens — 7.7× the median MCP server (1,905 tokens). A scoped grant exposing only the tools you use cuts that roughly in proportion.

MEASURED FROM SCHEMAS 116 tools · 14,723 tokens · 7.4% of 200k · 1.5% 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 7.4%

1M WINDOW 1.5%

Corpus context: Binalyze AIR MCP Server ranks #96 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 14,723 tokens go.

Each row is one tool definition as a tools/list entry — name, description and input schema — counted with o200k_base. Average: 127 tokens per tool.

Tool	Category	Tokens	% of server
update_policy	Write	733	5.0%
create_policy	Write	647	4.4%
assign_triage_task	Write	500	3.4%
remove_tags_from_assets	Destructive	453	3.1%
add_tags_to_assets	Write	453	3.1%
create_acquisition_profile	Write	440	3.0%
purge_and_uninstall_assets	Destructive	418	2.8%
remove_endpoints_from_case	Destructive	416	2.8%
acquire_baseline	Write	409	2.8%
uninstall_assets	Destructive	408	2.8%
get_policy_match_stats	Read	392	2.7%
start_tagging	Execute	391	2.7%
assign_image_acquisition_task	Write	348	2.4%
assign_acquisition_task	Write	266	1.8%
update_ftps_repository	Write	223	1.5%
create_ftps_repository	Write	198	1.3%
assign_isolation_task	Write	187	1.3%
assign_log_retrieval_task	Write	182	1.2%
update_sftp_repository	Write	181	1.2%
create_organization	Write	175	1.2%
validate_ftps_repository	Read	174	1.2%
update_organization_by_id	Write	174	1.2%
update_amazon_s3_repository	Write	168	1.1%
update_case	Write	166	1.1%
assign_version_update_task	Write	157	1.1%
create_sftp_repository	Write	157	1.1%
assign_reboot_task	Write	155	1.1%
assign_shutdown_task	Write	154	1.0%
create_amazon_s3_repository	Write	146	1.0%
validate_amazon_s3_repository	Read	142	1.0%
create_triage_rule	Write	142	1.0%
update_smb_repository	Write	141	1.0%
update_triage_rule	Write	140	1.0%
create_case	Write	137	0.9%
update_auto_asset_tag	Write	126	0.9%
create_smb_repository	Write	124	0.8%
update_note_in_case	Write	124	0.8%
create_auto_asset_tag	Write	120	0.8%
update_azure_storage_repository	Write	113	0.8%
update_policy_priorities	Write	113	0.8%
delete_note_from_case	Destructive	109	0.7%
call_webhook	Write	98	0.7%
create_azure_storage_repository	Write	93	0.6%
get_task_assignments	Read	90	0.6%
get_case_users	Read	87	0.6%
add_note_to_case	Write	84	0.6%
post_webhook	Write	83	0.6%
list_triage_tags	Read	81	0.6%
import_task_assignments_to_case	Write	78	0.5%
get_case_tasks_by_id	Read	77	0.5%
list_acquisition_profiles	Read	77	0.5%
get_report_file_info	Read	76	0.5%
compare_baseline	Write	76	0.5%
create_triage_tag	Write	76	0.5%
download_case_ppc	Read	74	0.5%
download_task_report	Read	73	0.5%
get_case_endpoints	Read	73	0.5%
assign_users_to_organization	Write	73	0.5%
export_case_endpoints	Write	72	0.5%
update_organization_shareable_deployment	Write	72	0.5%
remove_task_assignment_from_case	Destructive	71	0.5%
get_comparison_report	Read	71	0.5%
delete_tags_from_organization	Destructive	70	0.5%
remove_user_from_organization	Destructive	69	0.5%
add_tags_to_organization	Write	69	0.5%
export_audit_logs	Write	69	0.5%
list_audit_logs	Read	65	0.4%
update_organization_deployment_token	Write	64	0.4%
change_case_owner	Write	61	0.4%
get_acquisition_profile_by_id	Read	58	0.4%
list_triage_rules	Read	56	0.4%
get_auto_asset_tag_by_id	Read	53	0.4%
get_task_assignments_by_id	Read	53	0.4%
list_repositories	Read	52	0.4%
delete_auto_asset_tag_by_id	Destructive	51	0.3%
get_asset_tasks_by_id	Read	51	0.3%
list_policies	Read	51	0.3%
get_triage_rule_by_id	Read	50	0.3%
list_assets	Read	50	0.3%
list_cases	Read	50	0.3%
list_tasks	Read	50	0.3%
list_users	Read	50	0.3%
export_cases	Write	50	0.3%
get_case_activities	Read	49	0.3%
get_shareable_deployment_info	Read	49	0.3%
list_e_discovery_patterns	Read	49	0.3%
export_case_activities	Write	49	0.3%
get_organization_by_id	Read	48	0.3%
get_organization_users	Read	48	0.3%
get_repository_by_id	Read	48	0.3%
export_case_notes	Write	48	0.3%
check_organization_name_exists	Read	47	0.3%
get_asset_by_id	Read	47	0.3%
get_case_by_id	Read	47	0.3%
get_policy_by_id	Read	47	0.3%
get_task_by_id	Read	47	0.3%
get_user_by_id	Read	47	0.3%
list_acquisition_artifacts	Read	47	0.3%
delete_task_assignment	Destructive	46	0.3%
delete_triage_rule	Destructive	46	0.3%
validate_azure_storage_repository	Read	46	0.3%
validate_triage_rule	Read	46	0.3%
cancel_task_assignment	Destructive	45	0.3%
check_case_name	Read	45	0.3%
open_case_by_id	Write	45	0.3%
cancel_task_by_id	Destructive	44	0.3%
delete_policy_by_id	Destructive	44	0.3%
delete_task_by_id	Destructive	44	0.3%
archive_case_by_id	Write	43	0.3%
close_case_by_id	Write	43	0.3%
update_banner_message	Write	43	0.3%
delete_organization	Destructive	42	0.3%
delete_repository	Destructive	42	0.3%
list_drone_analyzers	Read	33	0.2%
list_auto_asset_tags	Read	32	0.2%
list_organizations	Read	28	0.2%

// SCOPED GRANT

Most agents use a handful of these tools. They pay for all 116.

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 (127 tokens each).

Grant scope	Definition cost	Reduction
All 116 tools (no gateway)	14,723 tokens	—
3 granted tools	~381 tokens	−97%
5 granted tools	~635 tokens	−96%
10 granted tools	~1,269 tokens	−91%

Model your own stack in the token-cost calculator, or see the Binalyze AIR MCP Server policy for what a sensible grant looks like.

//FAQ

Binalyze AIR MCP Server token-cost questions.

How many tokens does the Binalyze AIR MCP Server MCP server use?+

Its 116 tool definitions total 14,723 tokens — 7.4% 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 Binalyze AIR MCP Server 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 Binalyze AIR MCP Server's token usage?+

Expose fewer tools. A PolicyLayer grant scopes Binalyze AIR MCP Server 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 381 tokens, a 97% 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 116 catalogued Binalyze AIR MCP Server tools. Counts refresh with every site build.

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

A PolicyLayer grant scopes Binalyze AIR MCP Server 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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