Claude Code v2.1.76

March 14, 2026

Summary

Release Notes

- Added MCP elicitation support — MCP servers can now request structured input mid-task via an interactive dialog (form fields or browser URL) - Added new Elicitation and ElicitationResult hooks to intercept and override responses before they're sent back - Added -n / --name <name> CLI flag to set a display name for the session at startup - Added worktree.sparsePaths setting for claude --worktree in large monorepos to check out only the directories you need via git sparse-checkout - Added PostCompact hook that fires after compaction completes - Added /effort slash command to set model effort level - Added session quality survey — enterprise admins can configure the sample rate via the feedbackSurveyRate setting - Fixed deferred tools (loaded via ToolSearch) losing their input schemas after conversation compaction, causing array and number parameters to be rejected with type errors - Fixed slash commands showing "Unknown skill" - Fixed plan mode asking for re-approval after the plan was already accepted - Fixed voice mode swallowing keypresses while a permission dialog or plan editor was open - Fixed /voice not working on Windows when installed via npm - Fixed spurious "Context limit reached" when invoking a skill with model: frontmatter on a 1M-context session - Fixed "adaptive thinking is not supported on this model" error when using non-standard model strings - Fixed Bash(cmd:) permission rules not matching when a quoted argument contains - Fixed "don't ask again" in the Bash permission dialog showing the full raw command for pipes and compound commands - Fixed auto-compaction retrying indefinitely after consecutive failures — a circuit breaker now stops after 3 attempts - Fixed MCP reconnect spinner persisting after successful reconnection - Fixed LSP plugins not registering servers when the LSP Manager initiali

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