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# List requests waiting for approval

> List the requests in your Needs Approval inbox in the Schedule notifications panel. Input schema, a tools/call example and an example result.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/quinyx/list_approval_requests

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List the requests in your Needs Approval inbox in the Schedule notifications panel.

Quinyx MCP tools: https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/quinyx.md

MCP tool: `quinyx_read → list_approval_requests`

Access: read.

Returns request_id, category, employee, a one-line summary and when it was sent. These are the same five categories as the Needs Approval section of the panel. You see only the requests Quinyx sends to your account, so the list depends on your role and permissions. Pass a request_id to get_approval_request for the full request.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `category` | string | no | One of absence_request, shift_booking, shift_swap, shift_unassignment_request, shift_assignment_away_unit. Default all. |
| `group_id` | string | no | Only requests of this unit or section. |

## tools/call

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "quinyx_read",
    "arguments": {
      "operation": "list_approval_requests",
      "arguments": {}
    }
  }
}
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "content": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
    }
  ],
  "structuredContent": {
    "requests": [
      {
        "request_id": "77310",
        "category": "absence_request",
        "employee": "Elena Ruiz",
        "summary": "Absence 4 to 5 Nov 2026",
        "sent_at": "2026-10-21T16:40:00Z"
      },
      {
        "request_id": "77318",
        "category": "shift_swap",
        "employee": "Sam Okafor",
        "summary": "Swap Opening 28 Oct for Closing 29 Oct with Tom Becker",
        "sent_at": "2026-10-22T08:05:00Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "isError": false
}
```

Previous: [List shifts](https://cotlet.dev/docs/mcp/quinyx/list_shifts.md)
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## For AI agents: sign your user up

Is your user asking you to sign them up for Cotlet? You can do it for them, no account or key needed.

1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

One call creates the account and sends the access request; we email the user when access is granted.