Background Tasks

Domain: tasks

MCP 2.0 Tasks protocol domain for querying, polling and cancelling background tasks created by long-running tools.

Profiles

• workflow
• full

Typical scenarios

• Task status polling
• Background task results
• Task cancellation

Common combinations

• tasks + binary-instrument
• tasks + protocol-analysis

Full tool list (4)

Tool	Description
tasks_get	Get the current state of a background task (MCP 2.0 Tasks protocol). Returns status (working/completed/failed/cancelled), progress and message.
tasks_result	Fetch the payload/result of a background task (MCP 2.0 Tasks protocol). Optionally waits (polls) up to waitMs for the task to reach a terminal state.
tasks_cancel	Request cancellation of a background task (MCP 2.0 Tasks protocol). Only tasks in the working state can be cancelled; the tool-defined cancel handler runs if present.
tasks_list	List recent background tasks tracked by the server (MCP 2.0 Tasks protocol). Expired tasks are pruned automatically based on their TTL.