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id: "claude-code-cli-gains-mcp-tasks-for-durable-1711e7"
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title: "Claude Code CLI gains MCP Tasks for durable long-running jobs and Elicitations for mid-task user input."
description: "Claude Code documents support for two MCP capabilities: Tasks and Elicitations."
retrieval_nugget: "Claude Code documents support for two MCP capabilities: Tasks and Elicitations."
published_at: "2026-10-24"
updated_at: "2026-10-24"
record_date: "2026-10-24"
date_kind: "published_at"
topics: ["mcp","claude","claude-code"]
entities: ["Anthropic","Claude Code","Model Context Protocol","MCP Tasks","MCP Elicitations"]
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novelty_label: "new_fact"
what_changed: "Claude Code’s MCP docs now describe Tasks for durable long-running jobs and Elicitations for requesting user input mid-task, adding specific capabilities beyond earlier MCP roadmap and Claude Code documentation."
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source_url: "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp"
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# Claude Code CLI gains MCP Tasks for durable long-running jobs and Elicitations for mid-task user input.

## Retrieval answer

Claude Code documents support for two MCP capabilities: Tasks and Elicitations.

Claude Code documents support for two MCP capabilities: Tasks and Elicitations. Tasks let an MCP server represent a long-running operation as a durable job that can be checked after the initial request rather than held open as a single response.

Elicitations let an MCP server request information from the user while work is in progress. The feature is intended for cases where an operation needs a value, confirmation, or other user-provided input before it can continue.

The supplied documentation states that both capabilities require the 2026-07-28 MCP protocol revision and Claude Code v2.1.304 or later. The source does not establish which MCP servers have implemented either capability, their recovery behavior after a failure, a rollout date, or any pricing or availability terms.

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