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Claude Developers: Claude Code CLI adds MCP Tasks for long-running plugin jobs and Elicitations that let plugins ask for input mid-task; more Claude products follow

Posted on X by Claude Developers (@ClaudeDevs) on 23 October 2026. The headline is our summary; the post itself is quoted below.

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We’re adding support for MCP Tasks and Elicitations in Claude. Tasks let Claude give plugins long-running jobs such as deep research and report back when…

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