Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a first user equipment (UE) may communicate with one or more other UEs in accordance with a distributed resource allocation mode. To select suitable resources for an intended sidelink transmission, the first UE may transmit, to a second UE, a request for a type of coordination information based on information associated with the intended sidelink transmission from the first UE. The second UE may generate coordination information in accordance with the requested type and may transmit the coordination information to the first UE. The first UE may use the coordination information to select a set of resources over which to perform the intended sidelink transmission from the first UE and may perform the intended sidelink transmission over the selected set of resources.