---
title: "Respond Connection Request"
method: POST
path: "/mcp/tools/respond_connection_request"
tags: ["mcp"]
---

# Respond Connection Request

`POST /mcp/tools/respond_connection_request`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.iridiumhqmcp.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.iridiumhqmcp.com/mcp/tools/respond_connection_request`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Respond to ONE received connection request: accept it or decline it. Do not run this
without first listing the connection requests to the user (list_connection_requests). Use
only after the user has decided specifically what to do, and has named who clearly: a
person ("accept Brenda") or a clearly defined group ("decline all the recruiters", "accept
everyone from Gitforce"). Never respond on your own initiative, and never just because a
request is labelled accept or decline.

For a group, work it out yourself from the list (name, headline, note, message), then call
this once per person, one at a time, until you have covered them all. If any request
doesn't clearly fit what the user described, skip that one, finish the rest, then ask the
user about the skipped ones. If the user asks about something specific, call
list_connection_requests once first, then confirm with them which people and which action,
so both you and the user know the right operation was requested.

Takes one `handle` (from list_connection_requests) and `action`: `accept` or `decline`.
Synonyms the user may use: accept / approve / add / connect with; decline / reject /
ignore / dismiss / turn down; applied to connection requests, invites or invitations.
"Ignore" means decline (there is no separate ignore action).

Not instant: each request is queued and answered in the background, spaced out and under a
daily limit, to protect the LinkedIn account. After the last one, tell the user once that
they'll get an email when it's done. It cannot be undone.

Do NOT use to send or withdraw your own connection requests, or to reply to messages.

## Request body

- RespondConnectionRequestRequest
  - `handle` string, required
  - `action` 'accept' | 'decline', required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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