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15 changes: 9 additions & 6 deletions docs/getting-started/installation.mdx
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We recommend using [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) to install and manage FastMCP.

<Note>
FastMCP 3.0 is currently in beta. You must explicitly opt in to pre-release versions using the flags shown below.
</Note>

If you plan to use FastMCP in your project, you can add it as a dependency with:

```bash
uv add fastmcp
uv add fastmcp --prerelease=allow
```

Alternatively, you can install it directly with `pip` or `uv pip`:
<CodeGroup>
```bash uv
uv pip install fastmcp
uv pip install fastmcp --prerelease=allow
```

```bash pip
pip install fastmcp
pip install fastmcp --pre
```
</CodeGroup>

### Optional Dependencies

FastMCP provides optional extras for specific features:
FastMCP provides optional extras for specific features. For example, to install the background tasks extra:

```bash
# Background tasks (Docket-based distributed task scheduling)
pip install "fastmcp[tasks]"
pip install "fastmcp[tasks]" --pre
```

See [Background Tasks](/servers/tasks) for details on the task system.
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<VersionBadge version="2.14.0" />

<Tip>
Background tasks require the `tasks` optional extra. See [installation instructions](#enabling-background-tasks) below.
</Tip>

FastMCP implements the MCP background task protocol ([SEP-1686](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic/utilities/tasks)), giving your servers a production-ready distributed task scheduler with a single decorator change.

<Tip>
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<VersionBadge version="3.0.0" /> Background tasks require the `tasks` extra:

```bash
pip install "fastmcp[tasks]"
pip install "fastmcp[tasks]" --pre
# or with uv
uv add "fastmcp[tasks]"
uv add "fastmcp[tasks]" --prerelease=allow
```

Add `task=True` to any tool, resource, resource template, or prompt decorator. This marks the component as capable of background execution.
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