mcptoon 0.7.19 — a README that lands the pitch
The first screen of both READMEs now reads the way a first-time visitor needs it
to: a plain-language lede, a call to action that proves the claim on the reader's
own machine, no duplicated paragraphs, and a two-command hero block. The three
external benchmarks under "This is not just us talking" now link to the original
write-ups (Anthropic engineering, Firecrawl, Scalekit). No code changed in this
release — docs only.
Changed
- README opening rewritten for a first-time reader. The lede now says what
mcptoon is in plain words — a 189KB CLI that takes over every MCP tool and
skill on the machine and keeps both out of the context window — instead of
naming the category. The call to action leads with the command that proves the
claim on the reader's own machine (pip install mcptoon && mcptoon bench, ~30s). - Two duplicated intro paragraphs dropped. The paragraphs under the opening
code block repeated what the "why" and "how" sections already say (tools are
not pre-installed, removal is a no-op, the decoupling layer). The sections keep
the detail; the duplication is gone. - The opening code block shows two commands, not four.
mcptoon add …and
mcptoon manifestleft the hero block because the 30-second quickstart just
below already teaches both. - The three external benchmarks now link to their sources. The Anthropic,
Firecrawl and Scalekit figures under "This is not just us talking" each link
to the original write-up.
No behavior change — docs only. The wheel size and the suite total are unchanged
(189KB, 1059 passed + 1 skipped).