Releases·Tool Release
Skipper: a git MCP that rule them all.
A developer open-sourced Skipper, a single git MCP covering GitHub, GitLab, and Gitea instead of exposing each forge's full toolset. After a healthcare company adopted it, its monthly bill dropped by roughly $5,500, as exposing 500+ tools to Claude Code had been inflating token usage across its 80-person team.
6 engagement1 sourceWed, Sep 23, 2026, 09:41 AM
AI Overview
- Mentor at healthcare company finds 500+ exposed MCP tools inflated Claude Code token usage; his custom git MCP saved $40/week
- 80-person team burned ~$12k/month on tool exposure; open-sourced Skipper cut their bill ~$5,500 in one month
- Skipper needs gh/tea/glab installed and authenticated; exports few tools instead of GitHub MCP's 125 (up from 87), works with Claude Code, free, no paid version
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