MCP servers culled from 17 to essentials

decision Mon Jul 06 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) agent-toolingsession-2026-07-06

MCP servers culled

Cut list (from .mcp.json)

• serena — Slow indexer, not used
• codebase-memory — Local exe, redundant with foam
• one-search-mcp — Overlaps with searxng/keenable
• resend — Unused (email tool, no active broadcast work)
• screenpipe — Runs standalone, no MCP needed daily
• morph-mcp — Plugin already provides morph-compact
• foam — Kept (knowledge queries)
• shrimp-task-manager — Unused, TaskCreate/harness covers it
• pandoc — Unused (doc conversion, rare)
• mermaid — Rare use
• oxidize-pdf — Unused
• mcp-observatory — Debug tool, on-demand only
• mcp-doctor — Debug tool, on-demand only

Kept

• fetch, searxng, open-websearch, mcp-crawl (web access)

Rationale

Each MCP server = startup latency + schema tokens. ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH=auto helps but fewer servers = faster. Re-add on demand.