Tip: Set alwaysLoad on Critical MCP Servers to Eliminate Tool-Search Latency in Claude Code
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Claude Code 2.1.121 introduces an alwaysLoad boolean in MCP server config. When true, all tools from that server are loaded at startup instead of being deferred behind tool-search. For servers you use every session (database, deployment, file management), this eliminates the round-trip of searching for a tool before using it. Add '"alwaysLoad": true' to your server entry in settings.json. Trade-off: increases initial context size, so only enable for servers with tools you genuinely need on every session.