rate_card
Rate Card
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Turn a cost model into a customer-facing weight-banded price table. PREMIUM (license).
Prices each band at its upper bound so you never under-charge inside a
band, then rounds up to a tidy increment. Typical input {"base_cost": 4.2,
"cost_per_lb": 0.65, "bands_lb": [1, 2, 5, 10], "margin_pct": 25} returns
{"bands": [{"up_to_lb": 1, "cost": 4.85, "price": 6.5}, ...],
"over_top_band": "quote individually"}.
Use when publishing shipping prices customers pay. Not for the cut-off at
which shipping becomes free — that is free_shipping_threshold. Errors: on invalid, missing, or malformed input this tool never raises a protocol error — it returns {"error": "<what is wrong and how to fix it>"} (for example {"error": "bands_lb must contain at least one upper bound"}). Every call is read-only and idempotent, so after correcting the input it is always safe to retry.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| base_cost | number | yes | Fixed cost per shipment before weight, e.g. pick, pack and label. Must be greater than 0. |
| cost_per_lb | number | yes | Marginal cost per pound. Use 0 for a flat rate card. |
| bands_lb | array | yes | Upper weight bound of each band in ascending order, e.g. [1, 2, 5, 10]. At least one band, each greater than 0. |
| margin_pct | number | no | Margin added on top of cost, e.g. 25 for 25%. Default 0. |
| round_to | number | no | Increment to round each published price up to, e.g. 0.5 or 1. Default 0.5. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"base_cost": {
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Fixed cost per shipment before weight, e.g. pick, pack and\nlabel. Must be greater than 0."
},
"cost_per_lb": {
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Marginal cost per pound. Use 0 for a flat rate card."
},
"bands_lb": {
"items": {
"type": "number"
},
"type": "array",
"description": "Upper weight bound of each band in ascending order, e.g.\n[1, 2, 5, 10]. At least one band, each greater than 0."
},
"margin_pct": {
"default": 0,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Margin added on top of cost, e.g. 25 for 25%. Default 0."
},
"round_to": {
"default": 0.5,
"exclusiveMinimum": 0,
"type": "number",
"description": "Increment to round each published price up to, e.g. 0.5 or\n1. Default 0.5."
}
},
"required": [
"base_cost",
"cost_per_lb",
"bands_lb"
],
"type": "object"
}