{"version":"2.1.288","anchor":"mcp-serve-honours-strict-mcp-config","canonical_anchor":"mcp-serve-honours-strict-mcp-config","heading":"claude mcp serve now takes --strict-mcp-config into account","tier":"notice","area":"MCP","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.288\/e\/mcp-serve-honours-strict-mcp-config","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.288","markdown":"### `claude mcp serve` now takes `--strict-mcp-config` into account\n\nRunning `claude mcp serve` now passes the `--strict-mcp-config` option along before the server starts\n\n**Unclear.** How the recorded value is used afterwards was not checked.\n\n**What**\n\nA flag is an option you add to a command. The `claude mcp serve` command now records the value of the `--strict-mcp-config` flag before it starts. Before, the command ran without passing that value on.\n\n**Why**\n\nThe `--strict-mcp-config` option now reaches `claude mcp serve` as well.\n\n- Area: MCP\n- Names: `--strict-mcp-config`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}