Claude Code adds first-class MCP server support on May 12 — OAuth Client ID configuration for HTTP MCP servers including Slack, GitHub, Figma
Claude Code shipped first-class Model Context Protocol server support on May 12, including OAuth Client ID configuration for HTTP MCP servers such as Slack, GitHub, and Figma. The release follows Anthropic's MCP 2.0 standardization earlier this month and gives Claude Code direct, native access to the standard tool surfaces enterprise developers already authorize.
The OAuth handling is the part that matters operationally. Prior MCP integrations required developers to manually manage tokens, refresh schedules, and permission scopes per tool surface. First-class OAuth means an enterprise admin can authorize Slack, GitHub, or Figma at the OAuth layer once and have Claude Code use that authorization across sessions and machines without per-developer token management. The friction reduction is significant for enterprise rollouts.
The competitive frame against Antigravity 2.0 is direct. Antigravity bets on multi-agent orchestration and a hosted public SDK; Claude Code bets on terminal-native single-agent depth with clean enterprise authorization. Both are plausible bets. The hybrid pattern — Cursor or Copilot for daily editing plus Claude Code for complex tasks — that's now common among senior developers will absorb both releases for a while before the market commits.
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