paycheck-calculator-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
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Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
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| calculate_take_home_payA | Calculates take-home (net) pay for a US employee in any of the 50 states or DC for tax year 2025 or 2026: federal income tax from the IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40 / 2025-32 bracket tables with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act standard deduction ($15,750 single for 2025, $16,100 for 2026), Social Security with the wage base ($176,100 in 2025, $184,500 in 2026), Medicare plus the 0.9% Additional Medicare tax, and state income tax. State tax is exact from each state's 2026 schedule for CA, NY, NJ, IL, PA, GA, NC; other states return a labeled effective-rate estimate (method: "estimate"). Handles pre-tax 401(k) (not FICA-exempt) and payroll HSA (FICA-exempt), and Pennsylvania/New Jersey rules that tax 401(k) or HSA money. Returns per-period and annual figures. Local taxes (NYC etc.) are out of scope. Figures copied from irs.gov and state revenue sites in Oct 2026. |
| compare_states_take_homeA | Runs the same gross pay through 2 to 10 states (or DC) and ranks them by annual take-home pay for tax year 2025 or 2026, showing state income tax, the method for each state (exact 2026 schedule for CA, NY, NJ, IL, PA, GA, NC; labeled estimate elsewhere; no wage income tax in AK, FL, NV, NH, SD, TN, TX, WA, WY) and how far each trails the best. Federal tax and FICA use the IRS 2025/2026 tables and wage base. Use it for relocation and remote-work offers. |
| salary_to_hourlyA | Converts an annual salary to an hourly rate and to weekly, biweekly (26), semimonthly (24) and monthly gross pay. Defaults: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks (2,080 hours). Gross pay only; use calculate_take_home_pay for net. |
| hourly_to_salaryA | Converts an hourly wage to weekly, monthly and annual gross pay, with optional weekly overtime hours at a multiplier (1.5 by default). Defaults: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks. Gross pay only; use calculate_take_home_pay for net. |
| get_federal_tax_bracketsA | Returns the exact federal income tax brackets (rate, lower and upper bound, tax on lower brackets) and standard deduction for tax year 2025 or 2026 and a filing status, from IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40 and Rev. Proc. 2025-32, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) standard deduction increase for 2025 ($15,750 / $31,500 / $23,625). Also returns the Social Security wage base and Medicare thresholds for that year. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 5 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose: net pay calculation, multi-state comparison, two salary/hourly conversion directions, and federal bracket lookup. The boundaries are explicit, and the descriptions reinforce when to use each tool. No two tools appear to compete for the same request.
All names use snake_case and are descriptive, but the set mixes verb_noun patterns (calculate_take_home_pay, compare_states_take_home, get_federal_tax_brackets) with conversion patterns (salary_to_hourly, hourly_to_salary). The deviations are minor and still highly readable.
Five tools is well-scoped for a paycheck calculator: one core calculator, one comparison tool, two conversion helpers, and one reference lookup. Each tool earns its place without obvious redundancy.
The surface covers net pay calculation, state comparison, salary/hourly conversions, and federal bracket lookup, which are the core workflows for this domain. Local taxes are explicitly out of scope, and some niche payroll cases are not covered, but agents can work around these limitations.