[deep-report] Strip or avoid the fixed ~2.2-2.8k-char base64 icon block in GitHub MCP tool responses' _meta.serverInfo

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Description: GitHub MCP Structural Analysis (discussion #57431) confirmed across 5 measured days (2026-08-25 to 2026-08-31) that every non-wrapper GitHub MCP tool response carries a fixed ~2.2-2.8k-character base64 icon block in _meta.serverInfo, which often outweighs the actual payload for small lookups (e.g. get_label: ~30 tokens of real data vs. ~630 tokens total; search_users, list_discussions similarly dominated by this fixed overhead). Wrapper-style tools that omit this field (e.g. the list_workflows mcpscripts wrapper, 150 tokens, 5/5 rated) are consistently more token-efficient than the equivalent raw GitHub MCP tool call.

Expected Impact: Reducing or stripping this fixed per-call overhead (or preferring/adding more mcpscripts-style wrappers for small, frequently-called GitHub MCP tools like get_label, search_users, list_discussions) would cut token cost on every one of these calls repo-wide, compounding across the many agentic workflows that call the GitHub MCP server directly.

Suggested Agent: New investigation (MCP tooling / mcpscripts)

Estimated Effort: Medium (1-4 hours)

Data Source: DeepReport analysis 2026-08-31, sourced from discussion #57431 (GitHub MCP Structural Analysis)

Warning

Firewall blocked 2 domains

The following domains were blocked by the firewall during workflow execution:

• api.anthropic.com
• api.github.com

[!TIP]
api.github.com is blocked because GitHub API access uses the built-in GitHub tools by default. Instead of adding api.github.com to network.allowed, use tools.github.mode: gh-proxy for direct pre-authenticated GitHub CLI access without requiring network access to api.github.com:

tools:
  github:
    mode: gh-proxy

See GitHub Tools for more information on gh-proxy mode.

To allow these domains, add them to the network.allowed list in your workflow frontmatter:

network:
  allowed:
    - defaults
    - "api.anthropic.com"
    - "api.github.com"

See Network Configuration for more information.

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• expires on Sep 2, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC-08:00