Enabling or authenticating an MCP server now says whether it is managed, disabled or unapproved, with the step to take.
mcp_toggle (when enabling a server) and mcp_authenticate now run a shared block-reason check that can return managed-policy, disabled, or unapproved, each with its own instructive message, replacing the old generic "blocked by enterprise managed policy" catch-all. A disabled server now instructs you to run mcp_toggle first, and an unapproved server instructs you to approve it in /mcp first.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
* **`curl` succeeds but nothing reaches Claude**: run `/mcp` in your session to check the server's status. A `failed` status usually means a dependency or import error in your server file. To see the stderr trace, restart with `claude --de…channels-reference see the edit
**MCP server URL**: the HTTPS address where the server accepts MCP requests, for example `https://mcp.example.com/mcp`. After you continue, Claude checks the URL and pre-fills the authentication settings it detects, marked "Detected."connectors/custom/remote-mcp see the edit
Anthropic's documentation has since written up /mcp, on Third party connectors with remote MCP.
Fixed /mcp reconnect and enable still connecting a settings-file MCP server that a managed MCP allow/deny list or…