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LiveAgent wires its ticketing engine into the Claude ecosystem via MCP.

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◆Current state
LiveAgent is in dense maintenance mode — multiple version trains and a backport branch all shipping fixes and security patches almost daily — but the AI integration thread has sharpened. The 5.64 release adds an AI Agent Work Distributor for tickets, a new add_note MCP tool, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP server with the explicit goal of letting claude.ai connect as a custom connector. Earlier May releases switched the MCP protocol to Streamable HTTP and renamed MCP tokens for clarity.
◆Where it's heading
The product is positioning MCP as its core integration substrate. Each release adds another MCP refinement — protocol upgrade, naming cleanup, ticket-level AI work distribution — pointing toward a model where Claude or any MCP-aware agent triages and acts on tickets natively. The parallel backport lines (5.62.x, 5.63.x) suggest the AI work is being layered on without forcing customers off the legacy install base.
◆Prediction
Expect the AI Agent Work Distributor to grow into more autonomous resolution flows, with new MCP tools added incrementally (search, reply, escalate), and a more explicit Claude-Connector-ready posture in product marketing.

◆Recent moves

  1. 3d ago

    AI Agent Work Distributor and OAuth 2.1 MCP server for claude.ai land in 5.64.6

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    Three AI-shaped changes hit at once: an AI Agent Work Distributor for tickets, an add_note MCP tool, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP server specifically to support claude.ai's custom connector flow. Together they are the strongest directional move of the quarter — LiveAgent is now wiring its core ticketing actions to be addressable from an external agent.

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  2. 4d ago

    5.63.7 patch: Facebook Graph v20+, AI work fixes, mail parser hardening

    A fix-heavy point release that upgrades Facebook Graph API to v20+ in SSO and patches multiple bugs around AI Work executions, ticket field handling, and forwarded mail parsing. Tells you the AI Work surface is now in real-world use and being shaped by production feedback.

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  3. 9d ago

    5.63.7 hotfix: badge save error and Zendesk import null-field crash

    A two-fix hotfix release. No directional content — typical maintenance for a mature support platform.

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  4. 10d ago

    5.63.7 patch: MCP switches to Streamable HTTP, API and rules fixes

    Switches the MCP protocol to Streamable HTTP and clears a backlog of API and rules engine fixes. The protocol change matters more than it looks — Streamable HTTP is the same transport Claude.ai's connector expects, slotting into the broader MCP positioning shown in the 5.64 release.

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  5. 14d ago

    5.63.7 patch: MCP token rename, security and Facebook fixes

    Renames MCP Tokens to MCP Access Tokens — small but meaningful for a surface that is increasingly user-facing — alongside the usual mix of security improvements and Facebook integration fixes. Consistent with the MCP polish pass happening across May.

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  6. 14d ago

    5.62.18 backport: single security improvement

    A one-line backport-branch release containing only a security improvement. Confirms the older 5.62.x line is still being maintained alongside the active 5.63 and 5.64 trains.

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