Claude Code adds MCP Tasks for background jobs and Elicitations for mid-run user prompts
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The Claude Code CLI beta now lets connected MCP servers run long jobs in the background and hand back a task ID that Claude checks later. A new Elicitations feature pauses a workflow to ask the user for input or approval.
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