chess_rig — BetterChess MCP Tool
chess_rig
(chess rig) is one of 4 tools on the
BetterChess
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call chess_rig from your client
- Claude Code BetterChess chess_rig run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop BetterChess chess_rig ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor BetterChess chess_rig ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code BetterChess chess_rig .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed BetterChess chess_rig ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf BetterChess chess_rig ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline BetterChess chess_rig ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI BetterChess chess_rig ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok BetterChess chess_rig .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT BetterChess chess_rig Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai BetterChess chess_rig Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain BetterChess chess_rig pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http betterchess https://mcp.betterchess.coOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.