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MCP server tool actions gain a 'quickstart' option when quickstart is enabled
What
When a server has quickstartOn set, the list of actions available for an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server tool now includes quickstart, alongside the existing open, pin, get_endpoints, and call_endpoint/run_script actions.
Why
This adds a dedicated quickstart action for MCP servers that support it, giving users a direct way to get started with a server's tools.
Names in the bundlequickstart
Documented inapi/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/best-practices
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.
Added since
A small documentation edit on Hooks reference touched a line naming quickstart after this was published.
Hooks are user-defined shell commands, HTTP endpoints, MCP tool calls, LLM prompts, or subagents that execute automatically at specific points in Claude Code's lifecycle. Claude Code fires the same hook events wherever it runs: sessions in…hooks see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation has since written up quickstart, on Error reference.
* A command that exists but isn't available in this session because a requirement isn't met, such as your platform, plan, or authentication method. The troubleshooting entries for [`/web-setup`](/docs/en/web-quickstart#web-setup-shows-no-c…errors see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation has since written up quickstart, on Error reference.