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A1RO — Irish employment tools

By A11RO

Irish temp worker cost, public holiday pay and holidays, and SafeHandle certificate checks.

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Checks passed
12 / 22

2 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
232 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
5

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Responded

The server completed its last measured handshake. This is an observation, not a guarantee.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
222

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 232 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name a1ro.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 5 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 232 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 232 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    15 of 15 parameters have a description (100%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Not measured
    Website matches publisher

    This namespace is not a reverse domain, so the website comparison does not apply.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Fail
    Repo owner matches

    The GitHub repository owner does not match the namespace login.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-11-07T17:57:19.854972Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using A1RO — Irish employment tools

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http a1ro-irish-employment-tools https://a1ro.ie/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 5

about_a1ro

What A1RO's products do and cost: A1ROTime (timesheets, payroll calculation and invoicing for staffing agencies), A1ROMatch, A1ROHire, SafeHandle (online manual handling training) and the AI screening bot.

Discovered
check_safehandle_certificate

Check whether a SafeHandle manual handling certificate (issued by A1RO under S.I. No. 299 of 2007) is valid, using the certificate number and the holder's surname. Returns valid, expired or not found, with issue and expiry dates. Never returns the holder's name.

Discovered
irish_public_holidays

List Ireland's public holidays for 2026, 2027 or 2028, or the next upcoming ones.

Discovered
public_holiday_pay_ireland

Check whether a full-time, part-time or casual worker in Ireland is entitled to a public holiday and what they are owed (the 40-hours-in-5-weeks rule, a day's pay, or one fifth of weekly pay).

Discovered
temp_worker_cost_ireland

Work out what a temp or agency worker really costs an employer in Ireland per week and per hour: pay, holiday pay accrual, employer PRSI (correct band and rate for the date), MyFutureFund auto-enrolment, optional construction CWPS, and the margin if a client charge rate is given.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected232 ms5

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