What
MCP 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:
- The error for a claude.ai MCP connector that needs connecting drops "(run /mcp to connect it)" in those sessions.
- 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 toclaude mcpor to/mcpin an interactive session. - In the status summary Claude sees, disabled servers can now be described as "Disabled for this project", telling the user to run
/mcpin this project, in a terminal where the session runs. Otherwise the old "Disabled (ask the user to enable via /mcp)" text stays. - 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
/mcpin the project from a terminal where the session runs; otherwise it keeps the/mcp enable <name>advice.
Why
Claude 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.
/mcp
Claude Code changelog modified, high confidence
* Added a scrollbar to the `/skills`, `/mcp` and `/plugin` Installed lists in fullscreen mode, like the one `/workflows` now has: it appears while the mouse is over the list and can be clicked or draggedsee the edit
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It is not confirmed that the second message is for remote-controlled sessions, only for sessions where slash commands are not offered.
Anthropic's documentation agrees
/mcp on Claude Code changelog
Anthropic's release notes agree
Fixed lists with a scrollbar, such as /skills and /mcp, being two columns narrower outside fullscreen mode, where the scrollbar can never…