Connection Pooling and Caching

toml

`[mcp.postgres] max_connections = 10 connection_timeout = 30 query_cache_ttl = 300 # 5 minutes

[mcp.github]
rate_limit_buffer = 10 # Keep 10 requests in reserve cache_responses = true cache_ttl = 600 # 10 minutes`

Security Best Practices

• Store secrets in environment variables, not config files
• Use least-privilege access tokens
• Regularly rotate API keys and tokens
• Monitor MCP server access logs
• Implement rate limiting to prevent API exhaustion

Performance Monitoring

Token Usage Optimization

bash

`# Monitor token usage patterns claude cost --detailed --export csv > token_usage.csv

# Analyze conversation efficiency
claude analyze-conversations --metric tokens-per-task

# Optimize with targeted compacting claude compact --keep-last 5 --focus "implementation decisions"`

Model Selection Strategy

• Sonnet-4: Routine tasks, code formatting, simple debugging
• Opus-4: Complex architecture decisions, advanced debugging, performance optimization

Memory Management

bash

`# Clean up old conversation data claude cleanup --older-than 30d

# Optimize CLAUDE.md files claude memory optimize --remove-duplicates --compress-examples

# Monitor disk usage du -sh ~/.claude/`

Team Collaboration