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Ask Your AI Anything About Your Operation

Who is clocked in? Where is the field team? How much did the Sydney office cost last quarter? What’s the custom report your BI team never had time to build?
TheDeskMonitor MCP answers all of it — live, through Claude, Copilot, or Gemini.

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ANSWERS ANY W-QUESTION ABOUT YOUR OPERATION: Who What Where When Which Why How much · Connected to your live data via 22 MCP tools

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TheDeskMonitor provides a free demo API key with synthetic workforce data — 8 employees, 3 teams, 3 active projects. All 9 analytics tools and 3 discovery tools work in demo mode so you can explore the full query experience before creating an account.


dm_demo_public — no registration, no credit card

Add the MCP endpoint https://api.thedeskmonitor.com/api/mcp/v1/ to your AI client with this key as a Bearer token. Then ask: "Who is clocked in right now?"

Try asking

"Who is clocked in right now?"
"What's the budget burn on the Henderson project?"
"Give me overtime by department for last month."
"How much is the Sydney team costing per productive hour?"
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What is TheDeskMonitor’s MCP Server?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants — Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Continue, Cline — connect to external data sources via a structured tool API. TheDeskMonitor’s MCP cloud server at https://api.thedeskmonitor.com/api/mcp/v1/ exposes 22 live workforce tools so any MCP-compatible AI client can query your operational data in plain English.

Unlike a chatbot that responds from training data, the MCP interface connects your AI assistant to your live, real-time data. When you ask “Who hasn’t clocked in today?”, the AI reads today’s actual clock-in records from your account and gives you a real answer — not a generic response.

  • Cloud MCP server — no local install required
  • 22 live tools across 6 workforce categories
  • Works with Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client
  • Try with dm_demo_public — no account required

Works with

Claude Desktop Gemini CLI GitHub Copilot Cursor Continue Cline + any MCP client
MCP Endpoint: https://api.thedeskmonitor.com/api/mcp/v1/

Browse Every Question You Can Ask

88 example questions across 22 tools — click any to see its command guide

Attendance & Time

Analytics & Insights

Employees & Directory

Setup & Configuration

Discovery & Help

Attendance & Time Analytics & Insights Employees & Directory Setup & Configuration Discovery & Help

Six categories. Every question answered.

From live clock-in status to cost-per-productive-hour benchmarks and ad-hoc custom reports — the MCP command interface covers your entire operation.

Clock-in status, who is in, late, or absent right now, live team headcount, attendance patterns, shift compliance.

"Who is clocked in right now?"
"Was Sarah on time every day this week?"
"Who hasn't clocked in yet today?"
See all Workforce commands

Project budget burn, task allocation, workload alerts, which employee is assigned what, deadline risk, hours vs estimate.

"What's the budget burn on the Henderson project?"
"Which tasks does Mark have open this week?"
"Which projects are over budget right now?"
See all Project commands

GPS position of any team member, nearest field worker to an address, geofence compliance, on-site vs remote confirmation.

"Where is James right now?"
"Who is closest to the client site on Collins Street?"
"Which employees are outside their designated zones?"
See all Location commands

Productivity scores, cost-per-productive-hour, vs-market benchmarks, cost of low productivity, declining performance signals.

"How much is the Sydney team costing per productive hour?"
"Why is Alex's productivity score down this month?"
"Which teams are below benchmark productivity?"
See all Productivity commands

Team-vs-team, org-vs-market, period-over-period comparisons. The intelligence that turns people data into strategic decisions.

"Compare the Melbourne and Sydney team productivity scores."
"How did Q2 labour costs compare to Q1?"
"Which team has the highest overtime this week?"
See all Comparison commands

The report no standard out-of-box tool ships. The AI assembles answers from live data on demand — no developer, no export, no BI licence, no waiting.

"Give me overtime by department for the last 3 months."
"Which employees logged the most hours on non-billable tasks?"
"Give me employees with overdue tasks and their team leads."
No developer. No SQL. No BI licence.
If the data exists in TheDeskMonitor, the AI can query it.
See Custom Report examples

How to Connect Your AI to DeskMonitor

Setup takes under 5 minutes — and you can start with the demo key before creating an account.

1
Get an API key

Use dm_demo_public to start with synthetic data — no account required. Or sign in to DeskMonitor Settings → API Keys to generate a live key (dm_live_...).

2
Add the MCP endpoint

Open your AI client’s configuration and add the DeskMonitor MCP server (api.thedeskmonitor.com/api/mcp/v1/) with your key as a Bearer token. Takes under 2 minutes. Full guide here.

3
Ask your first question

Type any W-family question in plain English — “Who is clocked in?” or “What’s the cost per productive hour for the dev team this month?” — and get a live answer from your real data.

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Voice Commands & AI Queries

Any question in this library can be spoken using your device’s voice-to-text input. Speak your question into Claude Desktop, Gemini, or Copilot — the AI converts it to text, queries the MCP server, and reads the answer back.

Android users can configure tap-and-hold shortcuts for common commands like Clock In and Clock Out — no typing required.

  • Works with any voice-to-text AI client
  • Android tap-and-hold shortcuts for Clock In/Out
  • Hands-free workforce queries while on-site
Setup Guide

AI Action Commands

TheDeskMonitor’s MCP interface isn’t read-only. Write-capable commands let your AI assistant take real actions in your account — with your confirmation.

"Clock me in at the Sydney office."
"Clock out James from the Henderson site."

Action commands require a user-scoped live API key (dm_live_...), not available in demo mode. See the full action command reference:

All Action Commands

Natural-Language Workforce Queries — W-Family Reference

TheDeskMonitor’s MCP interface is purpose-built to answer W-family questions about your operation — the same questions you’d ask a COO or HR director, now answerable by your AI in seconds.

Who
"Who is clocked in right now?"
"Who hasn't logged in this week?"
"Who is nearest to the client site?"
What
"What is the budget burn on Project X?"
"What tasks does Alex have open?"
"What did we spend on overtime last month?"
Where
"Where is James right now?"
"Where are the field team today?"
"Where is the gap in geofence coverage?"
When / Which
"When did the Sydney team clock in today?"
"Which projects are over budget?"
"Which team has the most overtime this week?"
Why / How much
"Why is Alex's productivity down this month?"
"How much did the Sydney office cost last quarter?"
"How much overtime did we log in August?"
Custom (Any W)
"Give me overtime by department for last quarter."
"Employees with overdue tasks and their team leads."
"Cost per productive hour per location, this month."

All questions are answered live from your TheDeskMonitor data — not from training data or cached reports.

Full Command Reference & Setup

INFO Query Commands

All read-only commands — workforce, projects, locations, productivity, costs, comparisons, and custom reports. With example prompts and plan requirements.

ACTION Commands

Write-capable commands — clock in, clock out, and more. Create real data in TheDeskMonitor through your AI assistant.

AI Setup Guide

Step-by-step: connect Claude, Copilot, Gemini, or Cursor to your DeskMonitor account. Includes demo-key walkthrough AND post-signup live-key setup.

Technical Tool Manifest

Machine-readable reference: all 22 MCP tool names, parameters, categories, and usage contracts. For developers and AEO / AI-crawler consumption.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Paste the demo key dm_demo_public into your AI client’s MCP configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client) and ask any question about a synthetic workforce — no account, no credit card, no registration. Try right now.

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini connect to external data sources. Add the DeskMonitor MCP endpoint to your AI client with your API key — the AI then calls TheDeskMonitor’s 22 live tools and answers workforce questions in plain English.

Yes. Speak your question into Claude Desktop, Gemini, or Copilot using your device’s voice-to-text input. Android users can also set up tap-and-hold shortcuts for Clock In and Clock Out — no typing required.

Yes. Any authorized manager can ask for ad-hoc reports in plain English — overtime by department, employees with overdue tasks, cost per productive hour by office — and receive a live answer within seconds. No developer. No SQL. No BI licence. If the data exists in TheDeskMonitor, the AI can query it.

No. The MCP cloud server and all 22 tools are included in every TheDeskMonitor plan at no extra charge. You bring your own AI assistant — TheDeskMonitor provides the live data connection.

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