Claude Code Adds MCP Tasks and Elicitations support; still in public beta

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Claude Code began supporting MCP Tasks and Elicitations, enabling long-running tasks to be tracked and users to be questioned during execution.

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Claude Code Support MCP Tasks and Elicitations: Plugins can track long-running tasks and ask users questions midway

Dongcha Beating AI news flash, Anthropic announced that Claude Code began supporting MCP Tasks and Elicitations, allowing external plugins to manage the execution status, progress, and results of long-running tasks through standard interfaces, and ask users questions when needed.

For example, plugins can conduct in-depth research or export large reports.MCP servers can first return the task ID, then continue executing it. Claude does not have to wait continuously and can handle other work simultaneously. Once the task is complete,Claude Code will retrieve the result and pass it to Claude. If the task is running on a remote server, it can continue executing even after exiting Claude Code, and tracking can resume after re-entering the original session.Elicitations allows plugins to display a form during execution, request that the user confirm a refund or provide missing information, and then continue working.MCP Tasks became July a protocol extension this year. This is Claude Code adding support for the protocol. It is currently in public beta and requires CLI 2.1.304 or later, and MCP servers also need to be adapted.

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Key points

Anthropic announced Claude Code began supporting MCP Tasks and Elicitations。
MCP Tasks and Elicitations allow external plugins to manage the execution status, progress, and results of long-running tasks, and ask users questions when needed.
MCP Servers can first return the task ID, then continue executing it; once the task is complete,Claude Code will retrieve the result and pass it to Claude.
Tasks on remote servers can continue executing even after exiting Claude Code, and tracking can resume after re-entering the original session.
Elicitations allows plugins to display a form during execution, request that the user confirm a refund or provide missing information.
MCP Tasks became July a protocol extension this year.
This feature is still in public beta and requires CLI 2.1.304 or later,MCP and servers also need to be adapted.

AI-assisted interpretation

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Simply put, plugins can hand time-consuming work off to the background for continued execution and report progress and results; if information is missing, plugins can also pause and ask the user questions.

Why it matters to readers

This means that long-running processes such as in-depth research and large-report exports no longer have to occupy waiting time continuously, while also supporting user confirmation during execution.

If you use Claude Code and MCP plugins, pay attention to the CLI version and whether the plugins have been adapted.

Risks and unknowns

The source is a media news flash; no link to an official Anthropic announcement was provided as evidence.
The feature is still in public beta, and it is unclear whether the official release will retain or expand it.
The evidence does not state how many MCP servers have completed adaptation.

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