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Lichess MCP Server

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Lichess public API: players, ratings, eval, tablebase, opening explorer

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Lichess public API: players, ratings, eval, tablebase, opening explorer

Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lichess/mcp

Security Report

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Low Risk10.0Low Risk

Valid MCP server (1 strong, 0 medium validity signals). No known CVEs in dependencies. Imported from the Official MCP Registry. Trust signals: trusted author (371/371 approved). 1 finding(s) downgraded by scanner intelligence.

21 tools verified · Open access · 1 issue found

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Permissions Required

This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.

HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

How to Connect

Remote Plugin

No local installation needed. Your AI client connects to the remote endpoint directly.

Add this to your MCP configuration to connect:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-pipeworx-io-lichess": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lichess/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

@pipeworx/lichess

Lichess.org public API MCP — player profiles, games, broadcasts, opening explorer, tablebase. Keyless.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1394+ live data sources.

Tools

  • user(username) — player profile + ratings across variants
  • users(usernames[]) — bulk lookup (up to 300)
  • user_status(usernames[]) — online / playing status
  • user_performance(username, perf) — single-variant performance + best rated game
  • top_players(perf, limit?) — top players for a variant (bullet/blitz/rapid/classical/etc.)
  • leaderboards() — top 10 across all variants
  • tv_channels() — currently-featured TV games per variant
  • cloud_eval(fen, multi_pv?) — engine cloud eval for a FEN position
  • tablebase(fen, variant?) — Syzygy tablebase result (≤7 pieces)
  • opening_explorer(scope, fen|play, ...) — Lichess / masters / player opening DB

Data source

https://lichess.org/api, https://explorer.lichess.ovh, https://tablebase.lichess.ovh.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lichess": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lichess/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 1394+ data sources:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Lichess data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

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License

MIT

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