# Work-rest ratio MCP for safety analysis. AI Agent Connect

> Work-rest ratio MCP provides your AI client with the math needed to manage ergonomic safety. It calculates work versus rest intervals, validates shift schedules against safety limits, and compares different work configurations to prevent overexertion in high-intensity environments.

## Overview
- **Category:** productivity
- **Price:** Free
- **Endpoint:** https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_BPPOvG4Np1VqARlkWdL790ApuYHpbigvQiGyZUMn/ai-agent-connect
- **Tags:** ergonomics, productivity, safety, workload, health

## Description

You can use this MCP to manage occupational health and safety through precise workload monitoring. Instead of guessing if a shift is too intense, you give your AI client the ability to run exact calculations on work-to-rest intervals. This is useful for preventing physical fatigue and ensuring your team stays within safe operating limits. You can check single intervals or run batch calculations across entire schedules to see where risks lie. By using this tool, your agent can flag dangerous schedules before they are implemented, helping you maintain safety standards without manual math. It works by looking at the ratio of active work time against recovery time to determine if a task intensity is sustainable.

## Tools

### batch_calculate_ratios
This tool processes multiple work-rest intervals at once. It's useful for analyzing an entire week of schedules in one go.

### compare_ratios
This tool lets your agent evaluate two different work configurations side-by-side. Use it to see which setup is less intensive.

### get_ratio
This tool calculates the specific numerical quotient of work time versus rest time. It provides the base metric for any safety check.

### validate_schedule
This tool checks a proposed work plan against defined safety thresholds. It tells your agent if a schedule stays within safe limits.

## Prompt Examples

**Prompt:** 
```
What is the work-rest ratio for 45 minutes of work and 15 minutes of rest?
```

**Response:** 
```
The work-rest ratio is 3.0, which indicates a high-intensity workload.
```

**Prompt:** 
```
Is a schedule of 50 minutes of work and 10 minutes of rest safe if the max allowed ratio is 4.0?
```

**Response:** 
```
No, the schedule is not safe. The calculated ratio is 5.0, which exceeds the 4.0 limit.
```

**Prompt:** 
```
Compare two setups: A (30m work, 10m rest) and B (40m work, 5m rest).
```

**Response:** 
```
Configuration B is more intensive with a ratio of 8.0, while configuration A has a ratio of 3.0.
```

## Capabilities

### Workload Calculation
Your agent calculates the exact ratio of work to rest for any given interval.

### Safety Validation
The AI checks if a proposed work schedule violates safety thresholds.

### Batch Processing
Your agent analyzes large sets of work intervals simultaneously.

### Configuration Comparison
The AI compares different work-rest setups to find the safest option.

## Use Cases

### Shift Planning
Check if a new shift rotation stays within ergonomic safety bounds.

### Fatigue Prevention
Monitor task intensity to ensure workers get enough rest to prevent overexertion.

### Compliance Auditing
Validate that existing work patterns meet established health and safety thresholds.

### Operational Comparison
Compare two different work-rest models to decide which is safer for a specific task.

## Benefits

- Identifies high-intensity workloads through numerical quotients.
- Flags unsafe schedules that exceed safety limits.
- Reduces manual math by automating interval calculations.
- Provides data-driven comparisons for different work setups.

## How It Works

You connect the MCP to your AI client and start asking for safety analysis.

1. Connect the MCP to your client like Claude or Cursor via Vinkius.
2. Provide your work or rest durations to your agent.
3. The agent uses the tools to calculate or validate the data.
4. Your agent reports the ratios or safety status back to you.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**What is a work-rest ratio?**
It is the numerical quotient of work time versus rest time. It helps determine the intensity of a workload.

**How can this MCP help with ergonomics?**
It allows your agent to monitor fatigue thresholds and ensure work plans stay within safe limits.

**Can I check multiple schedules at once?**
Yes, you can use the batch calculation tool to analyze multiple intervals in one request.

**Which AI clients can use this MCP?**
Any MCP-compatible client like Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, or VS Code can use this tool.

**Does this MCP host the data?**
Vinkius hosts and manages the MCP, so you just connect your client and start working.

**How do I calculate a single work-rest ratio?**
You can use the `get_ratio` tool by providing the total minutes spent working and the total minutes spent resting.

**Can I check if my work schedule is safe?**
Yes, use the `validate_schedule` tool. It compares your planned work and rest minutes against a maximum allowed ratio to determine if the schedule is safe.

**How can I analyze multiple work periods at once?**
The `batch_calculate_ratios` tool allows you to pass an array of work and rest intervals to find the average ratio and total durations.