# Tools · Networking

> The 26 Networking MCP tools - set up the program, search people, see a profile, join and leave, book a session, accept and decline, How did it go?, reviews, session types, the request queue, the people in the program and the first-session badges. Minimum role, what asks to confirm and recipes.

The [Networking](/espacos/networking) space through the assistant: find someone to talk to, see their times and book; join the program, set up your schedule and session types; answer **How did it go?**; and, for the team, the request queue, the people in the program, the options and the badges. **Every Networking session is free**: no tool touches credits or money.

Each tool has a label: <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> changes nothing, <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> creates or changes something right away, and <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> only acts after your yes to a summary. See [Money and confirmation](/mcp/dinheiro-e-confirmacao).

## In short

| Tool | What it does | Minimum role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| [`get_networking_settings`](#get-networking-settings) | The program options and your participation | Anyone who sees the space | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`update_networking_settings`](#update-networking-settings) | Changes the program options | Admin | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`update_networking_badges`](#update-networking-badges) | The first-session badges | Admin | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`search_networking_profiles`](#search-networking-profiles) | Searches people in Explore | Anyone who sees the space | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`get_networking_profile`](#get-networking-profile) | A person's networking profile | Anyone who sees the space | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`join_networking`](#join-networking) | Asks to be a mentor (in a symmetric program, joins it) | Any | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`update_my_networking_profile`](#update-my-networking-profile) | Edits your profile, pauses and resumes | Any | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`leave_networking`](#leave-networking) | Leaves the program, canceling future sessions | Any | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> |
| [`list_networking_requests`](#list-networking-requests) | The entry request queue | Admin | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`decide_networking_request`](#decide-networking-request) | Approves or declines a request | Admin | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> when declining |
| [`list_networking_participants`](#list-networking-participants) | The people in the program | Admin | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`add_networking_participant`](#add-networking-participant) | Adds someone to the program | Admin | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`update_networking_participant`](#update-networking-participant) | Features, pauses, reactivates or changes the side | Admin | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`remove_networking_participant`](#remove-networking-participant) | Removes someone, canceling future sessions | Admin | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> |
| [`book_networking_session`](#book-networking-session) | Books a session | Any | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`list_networking_sessions`](#list-networking-sessions) | Your sessions: upcoming, past and to review | Any | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`get_networking_session`](#get-networking-session) | One session | Both sides and the team | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`accept_networking_session`](#accept-networking-session) | Accepts a session request | The host | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`decline_networking_session`](#decline-networking-session) | Declines a session request, with a reason | The host | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> |
| [`review_networking_session`](#review-networking-session) | Answers How did it go? | Both sides | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`list_networking_reviews`](#list-networking-reviews) | A person's reviews | Anyone who sees the space | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`update_networking_review`](#update-networking-review) | Hides or shows a review | Moderator | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> when hiding |
| [`list_networking_session_types`](#list-networking-session-types) | A person's session types | Anyone who sees the space | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span> |
| [`create_networking_session_type`](#create-networking-session-type) | Creates a session type | The host | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`update_networking_session_type`](#update-networking-session-type) | Edits a session type | The host | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span> |
| [`delete_networking_session_type`](#delete-networking-session-type) | Removes a session type | The host | <span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> |

"Admin" means the owner and the admin. The roles are the routes' roles: the assistant never does more than the connected person could on screen.

**Borrowed from Scheduling.** The host's schedule is created with [`create_booking_resource`](/mcp/ferramentas-reservas#create-booking-resource) and `kind: "PERSON"` in the Networking space; a person's free times come from [`get_scheduling_host`](/mcp/ferramentas-reservas#get-scheduling-host); **canceling and rescheduling** a session are [`cancel_booking`](/mcp/ferramentas-reservas#cancel-booking) and [`reschedule_booking`](/mcp/ferramentas-reservas#reschedule-booking); the calendar invite is [`get_booking_ics`](/mcp/ferramentas-reservas#get-booking-ics).

**The space.** [`create_space`](/mcp/ferramentas-comunidade#create-space) with `module: "networking"` and the `networking` argument (`preset`: `COMMUNITY_MENTORING`, `COMPANY_MENTORING`, `BUSINESS`, `EVENT` or `CUSTOM`, plus any option) creates the program; [`update_space`](/mcp/ferramentas-comunidade#update-space) changes only the options you send.

**Times.** The times you send are always on the **community's clock** (`"2026-11-04T15:00"`, no suffix).

## The program

### `get_networking_settings`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**The program options**: sides and names, who can offer, how each side joins, durations, acceptance, limits, reviews, who sees reviews, labels, categories and filters, and your own participation. Parameter: `space`. It returns `canBook` (you can book in this space) and `canJoinAsHost` (you can ask to be a mentor); `me: null` is normal for those who only book, and the person already books without joining the program. `canJoinAsParticipant` always comes back `false`. It also returns `hostRestricted` and `hostEligible` (the rule for who can ask to be a mentor and whether you match it) and, for the owner and the admin, `hostRule`.

### `update_networking_settings`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Changes the options**: the `networking` argument carries only those you send (`sides`, `side_labels`, `offerers`, `host_join`, `participant_join`, `durations`, `default_duration`, `request_approval`, `location`, `limits`, `rating`, `reviews_visibility`, `badges`, `taxonomy`); a list (durations, categories, fields) replaces the stored one. Applies at once. A registration field the member page never shows can't become a filter.

`host_rule` (`group_ids`, `tags`, `badge_ids`) limits who can **ask** to be a mentor to those in one of the groups (from `list_member_groups`), with one of the tags or with one of the badges (from `list_badges`; private ones count). Each list you send replaces the stored one and `[]` clears it; with everything empty, anyone with the allowed role can ask. The rule adds to the role rule; the owner and the admin always pass, and the team can still add anyone with `add_networking_participant`. Mentors who no longer match stay (`list_networking_participants` shows `outsideHostRule`).

**Ask like this:** *"In the Mentoring space, mentors now join with approval and the limit goes to 3 sessions a week."*

### `update_networking_badges`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**The first-session badges**: the catalog badge for the first session as host and as participant in this space (or none). Parameters: `space`, `first_session_hosted`, `first_session_attended`.

## Finding people

### `search_networking_profiles`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**Explore.** Returns the cards (name, job title, company, country, labels, completed sessions, reviews and years of experience), with the same filters as the screen and the same privacy.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `space` | id or link | Yes | The Networking space |
| `q` | text | No | Name, company or job title |
| `category` | key | No | `all`, `new`, `availableNow`, `featured` or one of the space's categories |
| `available_now` | yes/no | No | With a free time in the next 7 days |
| `from`, `to` | `YYYY-MM-DD` | No | People with a free time on those days, up to 31 days |
| `country`, `language`, `company` | text | No | Member page filters |
| `fields` | field id → value | No | The space's registration fields |
| `page`, `limit` | number | No | Pagination |

**Ask like this:** *"Who in Networking knows about product and has a free time this week?"*

### `get_networking_profile`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**A person's profile**: what they offer and look for, specialties, languages, session types, numbers, whether you can book (`canBook`) and whether you can message them (`canMessage`). Free times come from `get_scheduling_host`. Parameters: `space`, `member_id`.

## Joining and leaving

### `join_networking`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Asks to be a mentor** (or, in a symmetric program, joins to offer and book, and `side` is ignored). In a mentoring program nobody needs to join to book or see sessions, so the request is with `side: "HOST"`; `PARTICIPANT` is optional and only stores what the person is looking for and the categories. The assistant only suggests this tool to those who can ask to be a mentor (`canJoinAsHost`). Outside the space's groups, tags or badges rule, the request returns `403` `hostNotEligible`, and the assistant explains that mentoring there is for a specific group, without trying again. The side's rule decides: open joins at once; with approval, the request waits (and the team gets an e-mail); by invitation, it refuses. Takes `offers`, `seeks` and `category_keys`. As a host, the next step is the schedule and the session types.

### `update_my_networking_profile`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Your profile**: `offers`, `seeks`, `category_keys`, and `paused` (with an optional `paused_until`) to pause or resume. While paused, you show **Unavailable now** and nobody books you; sessions already booked continue.

### `leave_networking`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span>

**Leaves the program.** The summary shows the future sessions that will be canceled (both people get the cancellation by e-mail). To come back, you join again under the program's rule.

## The team

### `list_networking_requests`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**The entry request queue**, oldest first, with the person and the side requested. Parameter: `space`.

### `decide_networking_request`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> when declining

**Approves or declines a request.** `decision`: `approve` or `reject`; to decline, `reason` is required and goes to the person by e-mail. Approving runs on the first call.

### `list_networking_participants`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**The people in the program**, with side, status and featured; filter by `status` (`PENDING`, `ACTIVE`, `PAUSED`, `REJECTED`, `REMOVED`). `outsideHostRule` flags a mentor whom the current rule for who can ask would no longer let in.

### `add_networking_participant`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Adds someone**, already active, with an e-mail to them: the way in when mentors join by invitation. The person needs access to the space and, as a host, a role the program accepts. Parameters: `space`, `member_id`, `side` and the profile.

### `update_networking_participant`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Features, pauses, reactivates or changes the side**: `featured`, `status` (`ACTIVE` or `PAUSED`) and `side` (`HOST`, `PARTICIPANT` or `BOTH`).

### `remove_networking_participant`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span>

**Removes someone from the program**: they leave Explore and their future sessions in the space are canceled. Nothing is deleted.

## Sessions

### `book_networking_session`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Books a session**, for you, always free. Having access to the space is enough: the `403` `notParticipant` only comes when the team removed you from the program. The host needs to be active as a mentor.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `space` | id or link | Yes | The Networking space |
| `host_member_id` | id | Yes | The host (from `search_networking_profiles`) |
| `starts_at` | date and time | Yes | Local time (`"2026-11-04T15:00"`) |
| `session_type_id` | id | No | The session type; its duration is used |
| `duration_minutes` | number | No | Without a type, one of the program's durations |
| `reason` | text | Yes | The reason for the conversation, which the host reads |

Without acceptance, the session is confirmed and both get the invite. With acceptance, it becomes a request and the time is held. **Time taken** (409): the answer brings `next_slots` and the assistant offers the first. **The person already has another session** at that time (409). **Program rule** (422, with `rule_refused`): weekly limit, limit with the same person, notice, days ahead or duration; the assistant explains the rule and doesn't retry the same way.

### `list_networking_sessions`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**Your sessions**, as host or participant. `tab`: `upcoming` (default), `past` or `to_review` (those that ended in the last 3 days and are waiting for your How did it go?). Without `space`, every Networking space.

### `get_networking_session`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**One session**: both sides, type, reason, times, status, call link (only when confirmed) and what you can do. Parameter: `session_id`.

### `accept_networking_session`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Accepts a request** before its time: the session is confirmed and both get the invite. Only the host (or the owner and the admin).

### `decline_networking_session`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span>

**Declines a request**, with a `reason`, sent by e-mail to the booker. The time becomes free again.

### `review_networking_session`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**How did it go?**, after the end and for up to 3 days: `attended` (yes or no) and, depending on the space, `rating` (1 to 5) and `comment`. Each side answers once.

## Reviews

### `list_networking_reviews`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**The reviews a person received** in the space, according to **Who sees the reviews**. Parameters: `space`, `member_id`.

### `update_networking_review`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span> when hiding

**Hides** (`hidden: true`, with `reason`) or **shows again** (`hidden: false`) a review. Hidden, it leaves the profile and the average. Owner, admin and moderator.

## Session types

### `list_networking_session_types`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-read">Read-only</span>

**A person's session types** (without `member_id`, yours). Others only see the active ones.

### `create_networking_session_type`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Creates a type**: `title`, `description`, `duration_minutes`, `requires_approval` (the request needs your acceptance) and `active`. The owner and the admin create one for someone else with `member_id`.

### `update_networking_session_type`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-write">Changes</span>

**Edits a type**: only what you send changes; `active: false` stops new sessions of it. Those already booked continue.

### `delete_networking_session_type`

<span class="tool-kind tool-kind-confirm">Asks to confirm</span>

**Removes a type**: nobody books it anymore; sessions already booked continue. To stop it for a while, use `active: false`.

## Recipes

- [Book a Networking conversation](/mcp/receitas#105-book-a-networking-conversation): find someone, see their times and book.
- [Start mentoring](/mcp/receitas#106-start-mentoring): join as a host, create the schedule and the session types.
- [Reschedule or cancel a session](/mcp/receitas#107-reschedule-or-cancel-a-session): with the Scheduling tools.
- [Decide the program's requests](/mcp/receitas#108-decide-the-program-s-requests): the team's queue.

In Claude, the recipe **Find someone and book a session** is ready in the menu. See [Ready-made recipes in the menu](/mcp/conectar-o-claude#ready-made-recipes-in-the-menu).

## Related

- [Networking](/espacos/networking)
- [Tools · Bookings and Scheduling](/mcp/ferramentas-reservas)
- [Tools](/mcp/ferramentas)