How to Set Up Bifrost MCP Gateway for Production Token Cost Optimization
If you’re running AI agents with a large number of MCP tools registered, you’ve likely run into the context overhead problem: every request arrives carrying descriptions of dozens or hundreds of tools, most of which the agent won’t use for that particular task. Those tokens add up fast. Bifrost MCP Gateway is an open-source Go proxy that sits between your AI agent and your MCP tool servers, compressing context, caching repeated calls, and routing tool calls more efficiently. Community benchmarks report 92% token cost reduction at 500+ tools scale. ...