Elicitly — Claude Code MCP server: confirm dialogs and a doctor
A local MCP server that lets an agent ask the human: a confirmation, a form built from your JSON schema, an inline template. It also checks host support.
claude mcp add elicitly -- npx -y elicitlyWhat Elicitly does
Elicitly runs as a stdio MCP server via npx -y elicitly. It exposes four tools: elicit_confirm for a yes/no question, elicit_form for a form driven by a JSON schema you supply, elicit_display for rendering a LiquidJS template inline, and elicit_doctor for diagnostics.
Elicitation already exists in MCP, yet hosts vary in how much of it they implement, and only a server can fire it. Standing up a server just to ask one question is a waste. That is the gap this fills. The companion package @elicitly/tools registers the same tools on an McpServer you already run. What elicit_doctor reports feeds a public support matrix.
This repo is the Free Edition, Apache-2.0. Hosted pieces — review pages, an audit trail, organization dashboards — sit in the Pro Edition at elicitly.ai. For a local back-and-forth with a person, the free half is enough. Claude Desktop users can grab elicitly.mcpb from the latest release and open it.
What it helps with
- get a human to approve an irreversible step
- collect input through a form defined by your own JSON schema
- render a LiquidJS template inside the agent's reply
- find out whether a given host handles elicitation
- add elicitation tools to an MCP server you already have
Example prompts for the agent
- Call
elicit_confirmand ask whether to ship the build - Build a form with
elicit_formfrom the schema inschema.json - Run
elicit_doctorand tell me if this host supports elicitation
How to install Elicitly
Platform CLI
claude mcp add elicitly -- npx -y elicitlyPlatform CLI
codex mcp add elicitly -- npx -y elicitlyConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"elicitly": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"elicitly"
]
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"elicitly": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"elicitly"
]
}
}
}Platform CLI
gemini mcp add elicitly npx -y elicitlyStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about Elicitly
How do I install Elicitly in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add elicitly -- npx -y elicitly. That registers the local stdio server; there is nothing to clone.
What does Elicitly do?
It gives an agent four ways to talk to a person: a confirmation prompt, a schema-driven form, an inline template, and a check of the host's elicitation support.
How is the Free Edition different from Pro?
The open version ships the local server and the @elicitly/tools library. Review pages, an audit trail and organization dashboards belong to the hosted Pro Edition.
