estimate_automation_roi
Estimate the cost of repetitive work
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Calculates how many hours a month a team spends on repetitive tasks, what that costs per year, how much of it automation could take over (the share that is copying between systems, not judgment), and the break-even budget for automating it within 12 and 6 months. Uses only the figures provided; the default hourly cost is $47, the US private-industry average employer cost per hour worked in June 2026 (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| tasks | array | yes | |
| hourly_cost | number | no | Fully loaded cost of an hour of work in USD. Default 47. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"tasks": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"invoices",
"leads",
"reporting",
"dataentry",
"onboarding",
"reminders",
"other"
],
"description": "The kind of work."
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 80,
"description": "A short name for the task, if different from the type."
},
"how_often": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100000,
"description": "How many times it happens per period."
},
"per": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"day",
"week",
"month"
],
"description": "The period for how_often."
},
"minutes_each": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 10000,
"description": "Minutes it takes each time."
},
"people": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 500,
"description": "How many people do it each time. Default 1."
},
"copying_share": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100,
"description": "Percent of the work that is copying between systems rather than judgment. Defaults by type."
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"how_often",
"per",
"minutes_each"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 8
},
"hourly_cost": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1000,
"description": "Fully loaded cost of an hour of work in USD. Default 47."
}
},
"required": [
"tasks"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}