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Claude Code v2.1.280 ·

New MCP tool uiMeta passthrough from _meta

MCP tools can now pass a small ui-related metadata block through to the tool definition

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Unclear The finding does not say what the ui field is used for or what the other allow-listed symbol-keyed field is.

What

MCP (Model Context Protocol, the standard Claude Code uses to connect external tools) tools can now supply a uiMeta value, extracted from an allow-listed subset of the tool's _meta field, including a ui key. When present, this uiMeta is attached to the tool's internal info and then passed back out as _meta when the tool definition is built.

Why

This lets an MCP tool pass a small piece of UI-related metadata through Claude Code unchanged, so the host application or interface can use it, without that data being altered or stripped along the way.

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The writer flagged doubtThe finding does not say what the `ui` field is used for or what the other allow-listed symbol-keyed field is.

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