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  tags:
    - Requests
    - POST
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  description: >-
    Asks for a provider or job the catalog does not cover yet. The request is…
    Reference for the POST /v1/capability-requests endpoint in the looot API.
sidebar:
  label: Request a capability
  badge: POST
title: Request a capability
type: openapi-operation
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Asks for a provider or job the catalog does not cover yet. The request is idempotent. The MCP `capability_request` tool does the same.

`POST /v1/capability-requests`
