// MCP TOKEN COST

The Doit MCP server costs 85,570 tokens before the first call.

Every request your agent makes carries every tool definition this server exposes — context your code, documents and conversation can't use, mostly for tools the agent never calls. You don't need them all in the window, and you don't have to pay for them.

QUICK ANSWER The Doit MCP server's 238 tool definitions consume 85,570 tokens — 43% of a 200k context window, and 45× the median MCP server (1,908 tokens). A scoped grant exposing only the tools you use cuts that roughly in proportion.

MEASURED FROM SCHEMAS tiktoken o200k_base · rank #18 of 9,753 measured servers · refreshed every build Method →

// CONTEXT WINDOW SHARE

What that costs 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 43%

1M WINDOW 8.6%

Corpus context: Doit ranks #18 of 9,753 measured MCP servers by definition cost. The median is 1,908 tokens, p90 is 17,335, and the heaviest (ReplyNodes) is 432,983 — 216% of a 200k window on its own. New to this? See MCP token cost and context window in the glossary.

Token cost is one axis. See the risk picture across your whole stack →

// PER-TOOL BREAKDOWN

Where the 85,570 tokens go.

Each row is one tool definition as a tools/list entry — name, description and input schema — counted with o200k_base. Average: 360 tokens per tool.

Tool	Category	Tokens	% of server
async_run_inline	Execute	4,398	5.1%
run_query	Execute	4,379	5.1%
update_report	Write	3,948	4.6%
create_report	Write	3,869	4.5%
import_cloudflow_flow	Write	1,814	2.1%
update_budget	Write	1,465	1.7%
create_budget	Write	1,457	1.7%
update_allocation	Write	1,438	1.7%
create_allocation	Write	1,377	1.6%
post_insight_results	Write	1,072	1.3%
update_cloudflow_connection	Write	1,066	1.2%
create_cloudflow_connection	Write	1,024	1.2%
update_alert	Write	1,006	1.2%
create_alert	Write	975	1.1%
send_datahub_events	Write	900	1.1%
list_gcp_planned_purchases	Read	864	1.0%
post_insight_resource_results	Write	849	1.0%
compare_spend	Read	789	0.9%
update_customer	Write	747	0.9%
patch_anomaly	Write	740	0.9%
list_optimization_recommendations	Read	659	0.8%
list_gcp_spend_cuds	Read	631	0.7%
test_run_cloudflow_flow	Read	594	0.7%
post_insight_result	Write	594	0.7%
create_signup_request	Write	577	0.7%
list_aws_planned_purchases	Read	558	0.7%
export_datahub_dataset_records	Write	555	0.6%
update_annotation	Write	546	0.6%
update_theme	Write	532	0.6%
list_gcp_recommendations	Read	531	0.6%
get_gcp_recommendation	Read	516	0.6%
datahub_events_csv_file	Read	491	0.6%
create_annotation	Write	470	0.5%
get_widget	Read	450	0.5%
create_custom_theme	Write	445	0.5%
update_resource_permissions	Write	425	0.5%
get_cloud_diagram_components	Read	423	0.5%
list_gcp_billing_accounts_settings	Read	423	0.5%
get_cloudflow_flow_run	Read	416	0.5%
update_service_account_token	Write	415	0.5%
get_gcp_billing_account	Read	408	0.5%
get_aws_member_account	Read	398	0.5%
update_service_account	Write	398	0.5%
assign_objects_to_label	Write	389	0.5%
list_budgets	Read	386	0.5%
create_service_account_token	Write	382	0.4%
get_aws_organization	Read	371	0.4%
update_user	Write	368	0.4%
list_commitment_policies	Read	366	0.4%
update_insight_status	Write	362	0.4%
create_service_account	Write	356	0.4%
update_ticket	Write	335	0.4%
cost_breakdown	Read	333	0.4%
get_cloud_diagram_cost_snapshot	Read	332	0.4%
create_account_role	Write	332	0.4%
list_commitments	Read	331	0.4%
list_aws_organizations_settings	Read	330	0.4%
get_cloud_diagram_resource_relationships	Read	329	0.4%
list_aws_reserved_instances	Read	329	0.4%
create_ticket	Write	329	0.4%
create_role	Write	327	0.4%
update_role	Write	321	0.4%
list_labels	Read	317	0.4%
datahub_import_provider_records	Write	315	0.4%
list_aws_savings_plans	Read	311	0.4%
update_aws_feature	Write	308	0.4%
update_datahub_dataset	Write	307	0.4%
list_gcp_resource_cuds	Read	306	0.4%
list_reports	Read	304	0.4%
verify_signup_request	Read	304	0.4%
get_statussheet_components	Read	301	0.4%
trigger_cloudflow_flow	Execute	300	0.4%
create_signup_session	Write	299	0.3%
get_cloud_diagrams_stats	Read	296	0.3%
get_commitment_policy	Read	295	0.3%
list_assets	Read	292	0.3%
invite_user	Write	291	0.3%
list_widgets	Read	290	0.3%
list_annotations	Read	288	0.3%
export_cloudflow_flow	Write	288	0.3%
cost_trend	Read	287	0.3%
get_async_operation_results	Read	287	0.3%
list_aws_organizations	Read	285	0.3%
assign_contract_template	Write	283	0.3%
get_insight_resources	Read	276	0.3%
ask_ava_sync	Read	273	0.3%
list_alerts	Read	272	0.3%
list_cloud_diagram_activity_groups	Read	272	0.3%
list_gcp_billing_accounts	Read	272	0.3%
add_ticket_tags	Write	269	0.3%
update_label	Write	267	0.3%
get_dimension	Read	266	0.3%
get_cloud_incidents	Read	265	0.3%
list_tickets	Read	262	0.3%
remove_ticket_tags	Destructive	256	0.3%
list_service_quotas	Read	256	0.3%
list_aws_member_accounts	Read	255	0.3%
list_cloud_diagram_node_activities	Read	253	0.3%
get_signup_request	Read	251	0.3%
list_alert_slack_channels	Read	248	0.3%
cancel_invite	Destructive	245	0.3%
search_cloud_diagrams	Read	244	0.3%
list_cloudflow_flow_runs	Read	243	0.3%
reassign_shared_payer_account	Write	242	0.3%
list_shared_payer_account_mappings	Read	232	0.3%
resend_signup_verification	Execute	230	0.3%
resend_invite	Write	230	0.3%
update_folder	Write	230	0.3%
async_run_report_by_id	Execute	228	0.3%
build_cloud_flow	Execute	228	0.3%
get_aws_recommendation	Read	226	0.3%
delete_datahub_events_by_filter	Destructive	223	0.3%
list_billing_transfer_program_management_accounts	Read	222	0.3%
list_billing_transfer_end_customers	Read	219	0.3%
list_dimensions	Read	219	0.3%
accept_budget_suggestion	Write	218	0.3%
get_resource_permissions	Read	216	0.3%
list_billing_transfer_reseller_accounts_with_tenants	Read	216	0.3%
delete_user_geographic_access_scope	Destructive	212	0.2%
create_label	Write	212	0.2%
refine_cloudflow	Execute	211	0.2%
list_billing_transfer_end_customers_by_reseller	Read	211	0.2%
update_user_geographic_access_scope	Write	210	0.2%
delete_service_account_token	Destructive	208	0.2%
get_insight	Read	208	0.2%
get_user_geographic_access_scope	Read	208	0.2%
list_ticket_tags	Read	207	0.2%
ava_feedback	Read	206	0.2%
delete_service_account	Destructive	204	0.2%
get_async_operation	Read	203	0.2%
update_customer_group	Write	199	0.2%
stop_cloudflow_flow	Execute	198	0.2%
cancel_async_operation	Destructive	197	0.2%
update_geographic_access_custom_region	Write	197	0.2%
list_shared_payer_management_accounts	Read	189	0.2%
list_shared_payers	Read	189	0.2%
confirm_action	Destructive	188	0.2%
set_active_theme	Write	188	0.2%
delete_customer_geographic_access_scope	Destructive	186	0.2%
get_report_results	Read	186	0.2%
get_cloud_overview	Read	185	0.2%
get_entity_invoice_explainer	Read	185	0.2%
get_service_account_token	Read	185	0.2%
update_customer_geographic_access_scope	Write	184	0.2%
get_customer	Read	182	0.2%
get_customer_geographic_access_scope	Read	182	0.2%
list_products	Read	182	0.2%
create_geographic_access_custom_region	Write	181	0.2%
list_service_account_tokens	Read	180	0.2%
list_aws_recommendations	Read	178	0.2%
unassign_customer_group_user	Write	177	0.2%
trigger_cloud_flow	Execute	176	0.2%
list_contracts	Read	176	0.2%
assign_customer_group_user	Write	175	0.2%
get_label	Read	174	0.2%
list_billing_transfer_reseller_accounts	Read	174	0.2%
create_customer_group	Write	174	0.2%
get_asset	Read	173	0.2%
get_theme	Read	173	0.2%
list_allocations	Read	173	0.2%
create_folder	Write	173	0.2%
get_service_account	Read	172	0.2%
get_anomaly_explanation	Read	171	0.2%
list_folders	Read	170	0.2%
get_folder	Read	169	0.2%
list_cloudflow_templates	Read	169	0.2%
get_allocation	Read	168	0.2%
get_billing_transfer_program_management_accounts_status	Read	168	0.2%
create_ticket_comment	Write	167	0.2%
get_annotation	Read	163	0.2%
get_role	Read	163	0.2%
delete_insight_results	Destructive	162	0.2%
get_billing_explainer_per_payer	Read	162	0.2%
list_cloudflow_connections	Read	162	0.2%
delete_role	Destructive	161	0.2%
list_customer_group_users	Read	160	0.2%
delete_customer_group	Destructive	158	0.2%
list_budget_suggestions	Read	158	0.2%
get_contract_template	Read	156	0.2%
delete_geographic_access_custom_region	Destructive	155	0.2%
delete_insight_result	Destructive	155	0.2%
find_cloud_diagrams	Read	154	0.2%
get_budget	Read	154	0.2%
get_cloud_incident	Read	153	0.2%
dismiss_budget_suggestion	Read	152	0.2%
get_cloud_connect_supported_features	Read	151	0.2%
get_customer_group	Read	150	0.2%
get_geographic_access_custom_region	Read	149	0.2%
list_cloud_diagram_layer_snapshots	Read	149	0.2%
create_datahub_dataset	Write	149	0.2%
get_alert	Read	147	0.2%
get_aws_account	Read	143	0.2%
delete_datahub_datasets	Destructive	141	0.2%
list_contract_templates	Read	140	0.2%
list_service_accounts	Read	137	0.2%
id_of_asset	Destructive	135	0.2%
get_anomalies	Read	134	0.2%
get_cloud_diagram_layer_snapshot	Read	134	0.2%
delete_folder	Destructive	133	0.2%
delete_cloudflow_connection	Destructive	131	0.2%
export_cloud_diagram_json	Write	131	0.2%
get_cloudflow_connection	Read	130	0.2%
get_contract	Read	129	0.2%
list_geographic_access_countries	Read	128	0.1%
get_datahub_dataset	Read	127	0.1%
create_asset	Write	127	0.1%
get_active_theme	Read	126	0.1%
list_customer_groups	Read	126	0.1%
get_cloudflow_template	Read	125	0.1%
list_cloudflows	Read	125	0.1%
list_geographic_access_custom_regions	Read	125	0.1%
list_invoices	Read	123	0.1%
delete_ava_conversation	Destructive	120	0.1%
get_label_assignments	Read	120	0.1%
delete_account_role	Destructive	119	0.1%
delete_datahub_dataset	Destructive	118	0.1%
delete_alert	Destructive	115	0.1%
delete_label	Destructive	114	0.1%
delete_annotation	Destructive	113	0.1%
delete_report	Destructive	113	0.1%
validate_user	Read	113	0.1%
delete_allocation	Destructive	112	0.1%
get_invoice	Read	112	0.1%
get_report_config	Read	112	0.1%
delete_custom_theme	Destructive	110	0.1%
delete_user	Destructive	110	0.1%
list_account_team	Read	108	0.1%
delete_budget	Destructive	107	0.1%
get_commitment	Read	107	0.1%
list_users	Read	106	0.1%
get_anomaly	Read	103	0.1%
list_ticket_comments	Read	100	0.1%
list_themes	Read	98	0.1%
list_platforms	Read	97	0.1%
list_roles	Read	87	0.1%
list_organizations	Read	86	0.1%
list_datahub_datasets	Read	85	0.1%
get_ticket	Read	81	0.1%

// CUT THE COST

Your agent uses a handful of these tools. It pays for all 238.

You don't need all 238 of those definitions in the window. PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway that sits in front of Doit: only the tools you grant are exposed to the agent, the rest never load. A smaller window means a sharper agent — less noise when it picks a tool — and every request costs less:

Grant scope	Definition cost	Reduction
All 238 tools (no gateway)	85,570 tokens	—
3 granted tools	~1,079 tokens	−99%
5 granted tools	~1,798 tokens	−98%
10 granted tools	~3,595 tokens	−96%

The risk dividend: 29 of these 238 tools are critical-risk (destructive or financial) and cost 4,501 tokens (5% of the definition load). Block them — the recommended starter policy — and you reclaim that context before tuning anything else.

Create a free account and register Doit — nothing to install.
Grant only the tools you use — ungranted definitions never enter the context window.
Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.

CUT DOIT TOKEN COST →

Instant setup, no code required.

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

//FAQ

Doit token-cost questions.

How many tokens does the Doit MCP server use?+

Its 238 tool definitions total 85,570 tokens — 43% 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 Doit 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 Doit's token usage?+

Expose fewer tools. A PolicyLayer grant scopes Doit 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 1,079 tokens, a 99% 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.

01

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.

02

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.

03

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 08-10-2026 from the PolicyLayer scan database over all 238 catalogued Doit tools. Counts refresh with every site build.