24 Live MCP Tools
AI Commands Reference
Ask Claude, Copilot, Gemini, or any MCP-compatible AI assistant about your team's attendance, productivity, and workforce data — in plain English. No dashboards. No SQL.
Example — Ask Your AI
"Who is clocked in right now and are there any workload alerts?"
24 employees tracked. 21 clocked in, 18 active, 3 idle. 1 workload alert: Jordan Lee — 42h this week (threshold 40h).
All 24 AI Commands
| Command | Category | What It Does | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
get_started_guide
Getting Started Guide
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Setup & Configuration | Use when a user wants onboarding guidance or an orientation to DeskMonitor's features and setup process. | Read |
get_data_dictionary
Data Dictionary
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Setup & Configuration | Use when a user wants to understand DeskMonitor's data fields, metrics definitions, or terminology. | Read |
switch_to_demo
Demo Mode
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Setup & Configuration | Use when a user wants to explore DeskMonitor with sample data without affecting their real tenant data. | Action Admin |
switch_to_production
Production Mode
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Setup & Configuration | Use when a user wants to return to their live tenant data after using demo or sandbox mode. | Action Admin |
get_demo_scenarios
Demo Scenarios
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Setup & Configuration | Use when a user wants to explore specific pre-built demo walkthroughs or scenario guides in DeskMonitor. | Read |
get_dashboard_summary
Dashboard Summary
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Analytics & Insights | Use when a user wants a quick overview of current workforce status, active employees, and key metrics. | Read |
summarize_team_hours
Team Hours Summary
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Analytics & Insights | Use when a user wants a summary of total hours worked by their team for a given period. | Read |
list_recent_activity
Recent Activity
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Analytics & Insights | Use when a user wants a chronological feed of recent workforce events such as clock-ins, approvals, and alerts. | Read |
get_workload_alerts
Workload Alerts
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Analytics & Insights | Use when a user wants to see current workload anomalies such as employees significantly over or under their scheduled hours. | Read |
get_productivity_overview
Productivity Overview
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Analytics & Insights | Use when a user wants a structured summary of team or individual productivity metrics for a given period. | Read |
list_my_timesheet
My Timesheet
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Attendance & Time | Use when a user wants to view their own timesheet entries for a given period. | Read |
list_pending_approvals
Pending Approvals
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Attendance & Time | Use when a manager or admin wants to review timesheet entries awaiting their approval. | Read Manager |
clock_in
Clock In
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Attendance & Time | Use when a user wants to record their clock-in time for the current shift. | Action |
clock_out
Clock Out
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Attendance & Time | Use when a user wants to record their clock-out time at the end of a shift. | Action |
list_employees
List Employees
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Employees & Directory | Use when a user wants a directory listing of current employees in the tenant. | Read Manager |
get_employee_details
Employee Details
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Employees & Directory | Use when a user wants the profile, role, department, and recent activity of a specific employee. | Read Manager |
invite_staff
Invite Staff
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Employees & Directory | Use when an administrator wants to invite a new team member to the DeskMonitor tenant. | Action Admin |
get_capabilities
Capabilities
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Discovery & Help | Use when a user wants to know what DeskMonitor can do or what AI commands are available. | Read |
get_pricing_and_plans
Pricing & Plans
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Discovery & Help | Use when a user wants to know about DeskMonitor's pricing tiers, plan features, or upgrade options. | Read |
start_free_trial
Start Free Trial
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Discovery & Help | Use when a user wants to start a free trial of DeskMonitor or learn how to sign up. | Action |
get_analytics_overview
Platform Analytics Overview
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Analytics & Insights | Use when an admin wants platform-level usage stats — AI queries served, web sessions, active unique visitors, and top referring sources. | Read Admin |
get_analytics_feature_usage
Platform Feature Usage Breakdown
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Analytics & Insights | Use when an admin wants to see which DeskMonitor MCP tools users call most — returns tool call counts grouped by tool name. | Read Admin |
ask_workforce
Ask a Workforce Question
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Analytics & Insights | Use when you want to ask a free-form, open-ended question about your workforce that you are not sure which other tool answers. | Read Admin |
get_analytics_questions
Demand Analytics — Questions & Themes
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Analytics & Insights | Use when an admin wants to see what questions they have asked most, top question themes, or which data they are looking for most often. | Read Admin |
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