Claude Code adds MCP Tasks for background jobs

Alex @alexmichaelioOriginally posted 2026.10.24

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Claude announces MCP Tasks for Claude Code 🚨 Slow tools no longer block Claude. Long jobs run on the server in the background while Claude keeps working. > Start a full test suite and keep shipping > Export a big report without waiting on it > Run hour-long data jobs in the background > Close Claude Code, come back later, and your result is ready Live progress in /tasks. Jobs can even pause to ask you a question. Public beta in the CLI, v2.1.304+

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