Claude Code CLI now supports MCP Tasks for long-running plugin jobs and Elicitations for requesting user input mid-task; other Claude products will follow.

Anthropic’s original MCP Tasks demonstration shows Claude Code connected to an MCP server, with a job-status area alongside the terminal.

Published 23 Oct 2026 · 19:37 UTC

Claude Developers ↗ · Source dated 23 Oct 2026

Claude Code CLI now supports MCP Tasks for long-running plugin jobs and Elicitations for requesting user input mid-task; other Claude products will follow. · ournews.ai