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Elicitly

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Human-in-the-loop for AI agents over MCP elicitation: confirm/form dialogs plus a capability doctor

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Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

NPM package elicitly
Claude Code 
claude mcp add elicitly -- npx -y elicitly@0.8.4
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "elicitly": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "elicitly@0.8.4"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. Elicitly — Free Edition
  2. Quick start
  3. Packages
  4. Why
  5. Develop
  6. License

Elicitly — Free Edition

Your AI has questions. Your users have answers. Elicitly connects them — human-in-the-loop for prompts and Agent Skills over MCP elicitation.

This repository is the open-source Free Edition: the elicitly local MCP server and the @elicitly/tools library. The hosted Pro Edition — durable approvals with review pages, an audit trail, and organization dashboards — lives at elicitly.ai.

Quick start

Run the local (stdio) MCP server straight from npm — no clone, no config:

npx -y elicitly

Register it in your MCP host (Claude Code shown; any stdio host works):

claude mcp add elicitly -- npx -y elicitly

Or skip the command line: in Claude Desktop, download elicitly.mcpb from the latest release and open it — a one-click, self-contained desktop extension.

Then ask your agent to call elicit_confirm ("Ship it?"), elicit_form (your own JSON schema), elicit_doctor (does this host actually support elicitation?), or elicit_display (show a LiquidJS template rendered inline as an MCP App).

Packages

PackageWhat it is
elicitlyThe local stdio MCP server (npx -y elicitly)
@elicitly/toolsEmbeddable toolkit: register the elicitation tools on your own McpServer

Why

MCP has a native answer for asking a human — elicitation — but host support is inconsistent, and only an MCP server can trigger it. Nobody wants to roll their own server just to ask a question. Elicitly is that server (or, via @elicitly/tools, the toolkit inside yours), plus the diagnostic (elicit_doctor) that makes real-world host support visible — feeding the public Support Matrix.

Develop

pnpm install pnpm build # tsdown builds both packages pnpm test # vitest pnpm test:coverage # vitest + v8 coverage (thresholds enforced; HTML report in coverage/) pnpm typecheck # tsc pnpm check # biome

License

Apache-2.0

Elicitly™ is a trademark of Preneur LLC — see TRADEMARKS.md.

Frequently asked questions

What is Elicitly?

Human-in-the-loop for AI agents over MCP elicitation: confirm/form dialogs plus a capability doctor

How do I install Elicitly?

It runs on your machine. In Claude Code: claude mcp add elicitly -- npx -y elicitly@0.8.4. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does Elicitly need an API key?

Its registry entry lists no required key or secret. Some features may still need an account with the service it connects to.

Is Elicitly open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license.

Who maintains Elicitly?

It is published by elicitly. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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