Elicitly MCP server
Human-in-the-loop for AI agents over MCP elicitation: confirm/form dialogs plus a capability doctor
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Elicitly tools (3)
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elicit_confirmAsk the user an OK/Cancel confirmation via elicitation (convenience wrapper over elicit_form), modeled on JavaScript's confirm(). Use this for a single yes/no question; use elicit_form to collect arbitrary fields. Returns three-state {confirmed}: true = proceed, false = a human explicitly said no, null = no answer was obtained (reason: "dismissed" | "error") — ask again later.
elicit_doctorCheck whether the connected MCP host actually supports elicitation (and sampling/roots) before relying on it — advertising a capability is not the same as it working. Use it to decide whether to call elicit_form/elicit_confirm, to explain why a prompt did or didn't appear, or to contribute a host capability fingerprint. Returns a passive report derived from the initialize handshake; set probeElici
elicit_formTrigger a form elicitation with a caller-supplied JSON schema; returns the raw {action, content}. For a plain OK/Cancel question, prefer elicit_confirm. MUST NOT be used to request secrets, credentials, or other sensitive information.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-20 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan2 source files scanned25/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 4 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; website matches verified namespace9/10
What the publisher says
From the Elicitly repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
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 elicitconfirm ("Ship it?"), elicitform (your own JSON schema), or elicit_doctor (does this host actually support elicitation?).
Packages
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
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Install directly
Runs npx -y elicitly on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add elicitly -- npx -y elicitly
Elicitly: common questions
- Is Elicitly MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (94/100). Read the Elicitly safety report
- How do I install Elicitly?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
- Does Elicitly need an API key?
- Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
- Is Elicitly maintained?
- The last commit was 6 days ago (2026-09-15). The latest release is v0.7.2.