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Claude Code v2.1.76: MCP Elicitation and Named Sessions.

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MCP servers can now request structured user input mid-task via interactive dialogs. Two new hooks — Elicitation and ElicitationResult — let developers intercept and override responses programmatically. The -n / --name flag sets session display names for monitoring multi-session setups. Releasebot

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