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- A small, stable, predictable tool or document set favours a monolithic strategy for its simplicity and single-round-trip latency. A large, growing, or highly variable set favours progressive discovery to control token cost and reduce tool-selection distraction. The decision should be revisited as the tool or document catalogue grows past the point where monolithic loading was originally justified, rather than fixed once at launch or applied uniformly.
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