identify_opening — Lumichess MCP Tool
identify_opening
(identify opening) is one of 8 tools on the
Lumichess
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call identify_opening from your client
- Claude Code Lumichess identify_opening run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop Lumichess identify_opening ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor Lumichess identify_opening ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code Lumichess identify_opening .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed Lumichess identify_opening ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf Lumichess identify_opening ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline Lumichess identify_opening ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI Lumichess identify_opening ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok Lumichess identify_opening .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT Lumichess identify_opening Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai Lumichess identify_opening Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain Lumichess identify_opening pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http chess https://lumichess.com/api/mcpOther tools on this server
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 10 November 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.