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Claude Code NeedHuman check_task_status

How to: Claude Code NeedHuman check_task_status

client:Claude Code transport:streamable-http tool:check_task_status

Add NeedHuman to Claude Code

  1. 01

    Run this in your project directory.

claude mcp add --transport http needhuman-mcp https://needhuman.ai/mcp
  1. 02

    Restart your session so the server is picked up.

  2. 03

    Ask for something check_task_status does. Claude Code lists the server's tools on connect and calls check_task_status itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that NeedHuman's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

Set these first

NeedHuman will not start until these are set, so check_task_status never becomes available.

  • NEEDHUMAN_API_KEY
  • NEEDHUMAN_API_URL

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.