{
 "id": "elicitation",
 "name": "Elicitation",
 "aliases": [
  "MCP elicitation",
  "elicitation/create"
 ],
 "definition_md": "**Elicitation** (`elicitation/create`) is a capability in the **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** that lets an MCP server pause mid-execution and ask the human user—via the client host—for structured additional information validated against a flat JSON Schema, or direct the user to an external URL for out-of-band confirmation. Unlike OAuth authorization (which grants credentials before or outside a tool call), elicitation gathers task-specific runtime parameters (such as confirming a deployment target or choosing among options) without forcing the model to guess. Used by: mcp.",
 "step": "act",
 "related_protocols": [
  "mcp"
 ],
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/index",
   "date": "2026-07-28",
   "label": "VERIFIED"
  }
 ],
 "part_of": null,
 "group": null,
 "url": "https://agenticweb.wiki/terms/elicitation/",
 "okf_url": "https://agenticweb.wiki/okf/terms/elicitation.md",
 "category": "act",
 "type": "term"
}