Lichess
live ChessGamesLichess public API — players, ratings, top lists, cloud eval, tablebase, opening explorer. Keyless.
10 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
Tools
user
required: username Player profile.
Parameters
Name Type Description
username req string — Try it
Response
users
required: usernames Bulk lookup (up to 300).
Parameters
Name Type Description
usernames req array — Try it
Response
user_status
required: usernames Online / playing status.
Parameters
Name Type Description
usernames req array — Try it
Response
user_performance
required: username, perf Single-variant performance + best rated game.
Parameters
Name Type Description
username req string — perf req string — Try it
Response
top_players
required: perf Top-rated players for one variant.
Parameters
Name Type Description
perf req string — limit opt number — Try it
Response
leaderboards Top-10 across all variants.
No parameters required.
Try it
Response
tv_channels Currently-featured TV games.
No parameters required.
Try it
Response
cloud_eval
required: fen Stockfish cloud evaluation for a FEN.
Parameters
Name Type Description
fen req string — multi_pv opt number — Try it
Response
tablebase
required: fen Syzygy tablebase lookup.
Parameters
Name Type Description
fen req string — variant opt string — Try it
Response
opening_explorer
required: scope Lichess/Masters/Player opening DB.
Parameters
Name Type Description
scope req string — fen opt string — play opt string — player opt string — speeds opt string — ratings opt string — moves opt number — Try it
Response
Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lichess/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lichess/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"user","arguments":{"username": "octocat"}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("user", {"username":"example"}); ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("lichess public api — players, ratings, top lists, cloud eval, tablebase, opening explorer");Related packs
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