MCP server exposing 10 tools for lichess.
This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.
POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lichess/mcp
Content-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}user — Fetch a Lichess player's public profile by username, including ratings across all variants (bullet, blitz, rapid, classical, chess960, etc.) and account metadata.users — Bulk lookup of up to 300 users by username.user_status — Online / playing status for the given usernames (up to 100).user_performance — Single-variant performance + best rated game for a user.top_players — Lichess leaderboard for a single chess variant: the highest-rated Lichess accounts in one perf (bullet, blitz, rapid, classical, correspondence, chess960, crazyhouse, atomic, antichess, horde, kingOfTheHill, racingKings, threeCheck, ultraBullet), up to 200 entries. Returns each player username, title, and current rating in that variant. Answers who the top-rated blitz or bullet players on Lichess are right now.leaderboards — Fetch the top-10 rated players across every Lichess variant in a single call; returns one ranked list per variant (bullet, blitz, rapid, classical, and more).tv_channels — Currently-featured TV games per variant.cloud_eval — Stockfish cloud evaluation for a FEN position.tablebase — Syzygy tablebase lookup (≤7 pieces). Variant: standard (default), atomic, antichess.opening_explorer — Opening explorer. scope: "lichess" (community), "masters" (top 2200+ humans), "player" (single user). As of mid-2026 Lichess began requiring a Personal API Token on every explorer.lichess.ovh request — pass yours via _apiKey. Create one (free) at https://lichess.org/account/oauth/token; no scopes required for read-only Explorer access.Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/lichess/
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