Claude Adds Support for MCP Tasks and Elicitations
October 23, 2026
Anthropic has introduced support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) Tasks and Elicitations in Claude. This allows the model to trigger long-running plugin jobs, such as deep research, and receive updates upon completion.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can now build more complex, asynchronous agentic workflows using the MCP standard.