# respond_to_request

**Respond to a friend request**

Accept or ignore a friend request someone sent me.

- **Category:** People & branches
- **Access:** mutating (changes state)
- **Renders a UI card:** no
- **Returns:** The result of accepting or declining a friend request.

## Parameters

- `requesterUserId` (string, required) — The user id of the person who sent you the request (from friend_requests).
- `action` ("accept" | "ignore", required) — accept = become friends; ignore = silently dismiss it (they are not told).

## Connection

This is a tool on the Bonzai MCP server (`https://mcp.bonzai.me`). Connect any MCP
client and your agent calls it on your behalf. See https://bonzai.me/connect to connect, and
https://bonzai.me/docs for the full picture.

## Related recipes

- [The Reciprocator](https://bonzai.me/cookbook/the-reciprocator)
- [The Doorman](https://bonzai.me/cookbook/the-doorman)

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