elicit_ping

A connectivity smoke test for the hosted Pro server: proves the authenticated MCP session round-trips before you exercise the approval tools.

When to use

First call after connecting — or any time the approval tools misbehave and you want to rule out the session itself. A successful pong proves transport, auth, and tool dispatch end to end.

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
message	string	no	Echoed back in the response. Default "ping" — the common zero-argument call just proves the session works.

{ "message": "hello" }

Output

Plain text (the one Elicitly tool that does not return JSON):

pong: hello

Related

• elicit_doctor — diagnose the host’s elicitation support (a different question from server connectivity)
• Approval Flow — what to exercise once the ping round-trips