{"version":"2.1.282","anchor":"claudeai-mcp-connector-error-drops-the-mcp-hint-in-some-se","canonical_anchor":"claudeai-mcp-connector-error-drops-the-mcp-hint-in-some-se","heading":"MCP messages adapt to sessions where \/mcp can't be run, and reconnecting a disabled server now says so","tier":"notice","area":"MCP","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.282\/e\/claudeai-mcp-connector-error-drops-the-mcp-hint-in-some-se","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.282","markdown":"### MCP messages adapt to sessions where \/mcp can't be run, and reconnecting a disabled server now says so\n\nMCP connect, sign-in and disabled-server messages change wording in some sessions, and reconnecting a disabled server now explains it is disabled\n\n**Unclear.** It is not known exactly which kinds of session drop the hint.\n\n**What**\n\nMCP servers connect outside tools to Claude Code. Several MCP messages now use different wording in sessions where Claude Code hides slash-command hints, the same check it uses elsewhere to avoid suggesting commands like `\/mcp`:\n\n- The error for a claude.ai MCP connector that needs connecting drops \"(run \/mcp to connect it)\" in those sessions.\n\n- The text Claude sees about MCP servers that need signing in now has two wordings. One says \"Claude cannot start the OAuth flow itself.\" and points to `\/mcp`. The other keeps the older non-interactive wording, which points to `claude mcp` or to `\/mcp` in an interactive session.\n\n- In the status summary Claude sees, disabled servers can now be described as \"Disabled for this project\", telling the user to run `\/mcp` in this project, in a terminal where the session runs. Otherwise the old \"Disabled (ask the user to enable via \/mcp)\" text stays.\n\n- Reconnecting a disabled MCP server now reports that it is disabled. Before, the check tested the wrong value and could never match, so no explanation appeared. In those sessions the message says to run `\/mcp` in the project from a terminal where the session runs; otherwise it keeps the `\/mcp enable <name>` advice.\n\n**Why**\n\nClaude and Claude Code stop telling people to run a command they may not be able to run from where they are, and reconnecting a disabled server now gives a reason instead of nothing.\n\n- Area: MCP\n- Names: `\/mcp`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}