The Cost of Work Index
NPM · NIKA-COST-OF-WORK-MCP · SCANNED OCT 4
Cost of 13 back-office tasks per unit: person vs software, US, Greece, Ukraine. Sources cited.
Available components
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security98
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 31 of 93 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency6
- Repository check failed: the declared repository URL returned HTTP 404. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- License check failed: the license (CC-BY-4.0) isn't a recognized OSI-approved license. See how to fix → Fail
- Actively maintained (last published 48 days ago).Pass
- Security-disclosure policy not yet verified: we couldn't inspect the source repository.Unverified
Schema Quality & AI Usability87
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 720 tokens (~120/item across 6 items; 5 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management87
- Stability observed for 26 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 7 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
How do I install the The Cost of Work Index MCP server?
The Cost of Work Index runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y nika-cost-of-work-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · nika-cost-of-work-mcp
claude mcp add kindrat86-cost-of-work -- npx -y nika-cost-of-work-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"kindrat86-cost-of-work": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"nika-cost-of-work-mcp"
]
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"kindrat86-cost-of-work": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"nika-cost-of-work-mcp"
]
}
}
} codex mcp add kindrat86-cost-of-work -- npx -y nika-cost-of-work-mcp
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"kindrat86-cost-of-work": {
"type": "local",
"command": [
"npx",
"-y",
"nika-cost-of-work-mcp"
],
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add kindrat86-cost-of-work --command npx --arg -y --arg nika-cost-of-work-mcp
mcp_servers:
kindrat86-cost-of-work:
command: "npx"
args: ["-y", "nika-cost-of-work-mcp"] {
"McpServers": {
"kindrat86-cost-of-work": {
"Transport": "stdio",
"Command": "npx",
"Arguments": [
"-y",
"nika-cost-of-work-mcp"
]
}
}
} assistant mcp add kindrat86-cost-of-work -t stdio -c npx -a -y nika-cost-of-work-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"kindrat86-cost-of-work": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"nika-cost-of-work-mcp"
]
}
}
} Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 3 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 1 Oct 26 −3
- Stability: pass → 0.77 functional
- 30 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 29 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 28 Sept 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 27 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 25 Sept 26 +1
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 24 Sept 26 −3
- Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 9 Oct 2026 · Analysed npm/nika-cost-of-work-mcp@2026.3.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 93 packages
| Packages resolved | 93 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 31 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
estimate_annual_cost Annualise a task volume ~182
Turn a monthly volume of a task into monthly and annual cost, for a person and for the AI employee, in one market. Use this when someone asks what a workload costs them per year, or what they would save.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| market | string | yes | Market: `us`, `gr` or `ua` (aliases `en`, `el`, `uk` are also accepted). |
| taskId | string | yes | Task id from `list_work_tasks`. One of: invoice-entry, lead-callback, appointment-rescue, review-reply, receivables-chase, returns-case, cod-confirmation, customer-winback, supplier-price-check, quot… |
| unitsPerMonth | number | yes | How many units of this task happen per month, e.g. 120 invoices. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_cost_of_work_index Get the whole Index as JSON ~85
The complete Cost of Work Index as JSON — every task, every market, every source, plus the caveats. Use this when you need the dataset itself rather than one answer; prefer `get_task_cost` for a single figure.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| market | string | – | Optional: restrict the per-market figures to one market (`us`, `gr` or `ua`). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_task_cost Cost of one task, one market ~187
What one unit of a given task costs in a given market — the human cost per unit, the AI cost per unit, and the ratio between them, with the source behind every figure. Markets: `us` (United States), `gr` (Greece), `ua` (Ukraine). Note that `uk` means Ukraine in this dataset, not the United Kingdom.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| market | string | yes | Market: `us`, `gr` or `ua` (aliases `en`, `el`, `uk` are also accepted). |
| taskId | string | yes | Task id from `list_work_tasks`. One of: invoice-entry, lead-callback, appointment-rescue, review-reply, receivables-chase, returns-case, cod-confirmation, customer-winback, supplier-price-check, quot… |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_sources List the Index sources ~57
The official statistics behind the human-cost side of the Index — publisher, exact release title, resolvable URL, reference period, and how the published figure became the number used here. Call this when you need to cite or verify a figure.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_work_tasks List covered tasks ~50
List every task in the Cost of Work Index — the task id, what one unit is, and which AI employee performs it. Call this first when you do not already know the task id you need.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the The Cost of Work Index MCP server?
The Cost of Work Index is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.kindrat86/cost-of-work. Cost of 13 back-office tasks per unit: person vs software, US, Greece, Ukraine. Sources cited. This page covers its npm package (nika-cost-of-work-mcp).
Is the The Cost of Work Index MCP server safe to use?
The Cost of Work Index scores 76 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 4 October 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the The Cost of Work Index MCP server expose?
The Cost of Work Index exposes 5 tools: list_work_tasks, get_task_cost, estimate_annual_cost, list_sources, get_cost_of_work_index. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 561 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the The Cost of Work Index MCP server still maintained?
The Cost of Work Index is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the The Cost of Work Index MCP server under?
The Cost of Work Index declares the CC-BY-4.0 licence, which is not on the OSI-approved list. Read the terms before using it at work, and note this covers the source only, not the cost of any service it calls.