List team join requests
List pending requests to join a team you lead, with each applicant's message and profile.
MCP tool lichess_read → list_team_join_requests
read
Returns each request with the applicant username, the message they wrote, their ratings and account age. Only a leader of the team can read the requests. It reads only and does not change the queue.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| team_id string required | string | Team ID from list_user_teams, e.g. 'coders' for lichess.org/team/coders. |
| declined boolean | boolean | Return the declined requests instead of the pending ones. Default false. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "lichess_read",
"arguments": {
"operation": "list_team_join_requests",
"arguments": {
"team_id": "coders"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"requests": [
{
"username": "maya_plays",
"message": "Hi, I live in Riverside and play in the Tuesday school club.",
"rating_blitz": 1432,
"account_created": "2024-08-02"
},
{
"username": "bonus_link_77",
"message": "Visit my site for free chess lessons",
"rating_blitz": 1500,
"account_created": "2026-10-16"
}
],
"total": 2
},
"isError": false
}