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Claude Adds Support for MCP Tasks and Elicitations, Enabling Long-Running Background Work

October 23, 2026 at 14:27 EDT

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Anthropic has rolled out support for MCP Tasks and Elicitations across Claude products, allowing plugins to execute long-running operations asynchronously and request structured user input mid-execution.

CLAUDE DEVELOPERS · MCP ECOSYSTEM

Tasks and Elicitations Unlock Background Work and Human Approval Loops

Anthropic rolls out MCP 2026-07-28 support: async tasks with polling, mid-execution user input, and 950+ servers ready to adopt.

Core Features Announced

Tasks + Elicitations

950+

MCP Servers Ready

Positioned to adopt

How It Works

1. Client submits long-running work → server responds with task ID

2. Client polls tasks/get while conversation continues

3. Elicitations pause task, request user input, resume automatically

4. Result returned without blocking main conversation

Key Impact

No request timeout constraints on background work
Enables serverless and edge deployment of MCP servers
Human-in-the-loop workflows (confirmation before destructive actions)
Progress visibility through tasks/update

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