chesscom.player.profile

SERVERApibase SOURCEapibase-mcp-client

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 11 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/chesscom.player.profile.md

WHAT IT DOES

What chesscom.player.profile does on Apibase

AI agents call chesscom.player.profile to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`username`	string	Yes	Chess.com username (3–25 characters; lowercase letters, digits, hyphens, and underscores only). Example: "hikaru", "magnuscarlsen".

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

RISK

Why chesscom.player.profile is rated Low

Retrieves publicly available player profile data without modification or side effects.

From the tool's definition Get a Chess.com player's profile — username, country, title, join date, online status, followers, league.

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs chesscom.player.profile safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For chesscom.player.profile, this is the rule to start with:

chesscom.player.profile Allowed

chesscom.player.profile is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "chesscom.player.profile": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every chesscom.player.profile call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about chesscom.player.profile

What does the chesscom.player.profile tool do? +

Get a Chess.com player's profile — username, country, title (GM/IM/FM), join date, online status, followers, league. Distinct from Lichess: Chess.com is the world's largest chess platform with 100M+ users. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does chesscom.player.profile accept? +

chesscom.player.profile accepts 1 parameter: username. Required: username. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on chesscom.player.profile? +

Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for chesscom.player.profile: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.

What risk level is chesscom.player.profile? +

chesscom.player.profile is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit chesscom.player.profile? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the chesscom.player.profile rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.

How do I block chesscom.player.profile completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for chesscom.player.profile. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.

What MCP server provides chesscom.player.profile? +

chesscom.player.profile is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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