You've Been a Bad Agent 2025 Reflections: What surprised us, Comeback of the CLI, Claude Code
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Jan 24, 2026 They unpack a new Cloudflare code mode that discovers APIs and runs concise JavaScript for agent tasks. They debate code vs bash vs SQLite for tool use and large-file search. They reflect on 2025 trends like Claude Code, MCP adoption, and the rise of reasoning models. Quickfire picks and a peek at files and folders returning as agent-native data round out the conversation.
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Packing Cloudflare API Into One MCP Server
- Matt stuffed the whole Cloudflare API into one MCP server using about a thousand tokens of context.
- He discovered 2,500+ tools in the spec and made discovery work on demand with code mode.
Progressive Disclosure For Large APIs
- Use progressive disclosure to expose huge APIs without blowing the model context window.
- Let the model generate small discovery code then run it in a fast sandbox to fetch only needed endpoints.
Models Writing And Running Search Code
- Letting models write concise JavaScript to search structured specs is token-efficient and effective.
- Running that generated code in a millisecond sandbox avoids context bloat while preserving capability.
