Every MCP ships disabled; enable one or two per session

Ship every MCP server disabled and switch on one or two per session. Developer using Superpowers skills in his coding agent.

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what to steal

Set MCP servers to off by default and switch them on only for the task.

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lws-mcps-off-by-default.toml

# Ship every MCP server disabled and switch on one or two per session
# source: https://lws.io/blog/my-ai-coding-setup-march-2026/

[rig]
who     = "Developer using Superpowers skills in his coding agent"
author  = "Kevin Lewis"
date    = "2026-03"

harness = ["OpenCode"]
models  = []

[keep]
  - Superpowers skills (brainstorm, plan, implement, review) triggered automatically
  - 4 MCP servers in config, all enabled: false
  - Directus MCP is the one he enables most
[cut]
  - Always-on MCP servers

thing	status	why (per source)
Always-on MCP servers	disabled	Each loaded server adds latency and token overhead to every interaction

Source: https://lws.io/blog/my-ai-coding-setup-march-2026/ · checked 2026-10-14

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