18:01
2026-09-19
pub.towardsai.net
ai-agents
Agent Skills vs MCP Tools: We Measured 6,434 Skills. The Median Costs You 78 Tokens, a Tool 177.5.
A measurement of 6,434 distinct public agent skills, drawn from 7,670 SKILL.md files across 228 cloned repositories on 18 September 2026, found a skill's always-on context footprint is 78 tokens at th…