# Career Experience Calculator — MCP tool `findutils:career_experience_calculator`

Calculate total professional experience across several jobs: total days, years/months/days, weeks, working days (5/7), working hours (8 per working day), per-job durations, and career milestones (1 to 25 years). Jobs with an invalid or reversed date range are skipped and counted.

- Category: datetime
- MCP server: https://mcp.findutils.com/ (Streamable HTTP, no API keys, 120 req/min per IP)
- REST endpoint: POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/career-experience-calculator/execute (no API keys, 60 req/min per IP)
- Reference page: https://findutils.com/mcp/career-experience-calculator/
- Same tool on the other surface: https://findutils.com/api/career-experience-calculator/

## Connect

```bash
claude mcp add findutils --transport http https://mcp.findutils.com/
```

Claude Desktop (`claude_desktop_config.json`):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "findutils": {
      "url": "https://mcp.findutils.com/"
    }
  }
}
```

## Call the tool (verified example)

```bash
curl -X POST https://mcp.findutils.com/ \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "career_experience_calculator",
      "arguments": {
        "experiences": [
          {
            "company": "Acme",
            "start_date": "2020-01-01",
            "end_date": "2021-01-01"
          }
        ],
        "reference_date": "2026-04-18"
      }
    }
  }'
```

## Input schema

| Argument | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `experiences` | array | yes | List of jobs. Each item: { company?: string, start_date: "YYYY-MM-DD", end_date?: "YYYY-MM-DD", is_current?: boolean }. A current job ends at reference_date. |
| `reference_date` | string | no | End date used for current jobs (ISO 8601). Default: now (UTC). |

Example arguments (verified):

```json
{
  "experiences": [
    {
      "company": "Acme",
      "start_date": "2020-01-01",
      "end_date": "2021-01-01"
    }
  ],
  "reference_date": "2026-04-18"
}
```

## Also a REST endpoint

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/career-experience-calculator/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "experiences": [
      {
        "company": "Acme",
        "start_date": "2020-01-01",
        "end_date": "2021-01-01"
      }
    ],
    "reference_date": "2026-04-18"
  }'

# Parameter schema
curl https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/career-experience-calculator
```

Full REST reference: https://findutils.com/api/career-experience-calculator/ · OpenAPI 3.1 spec: https://findutils.com/api/openapi.json

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