The Cost of Work Index
NPM · NIKA-COST-OF-WORK-MCP · SCANNED AUG 20
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 →
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
- 30 of 96 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 3 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 Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
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
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
Add this component to your MCP client. Where a client-specific snippet is available, pick your client below and copy it straight into your config; otherwise use the connection detail shown.
npm · nika-cost-of-work-mcp
claude mcp add kindrat86-cost-of-work -- npx -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": {
"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.
- 18 Aug 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 17 Aug 26 48
First indexed and scored.
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 20 Aug 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 |
Dependencies 96 packages
| Packages resolved | 96 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 30 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
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.
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.