# Papershift MCP by usefulapi (io.usefulapi/papershift): tool descriptions scored

- tools/list taken: 2026-11-02 (UTC)
- From: [Official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/io.usefulapi%2Fpapershift/versions/latest)
- Connected to: https://papershift.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Homepage: https://usefulapi.io/papershift/
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Scoring rules: v2
- Tools: 26
- Average: 48.1 / 100 (Cloudy)
- Near-identical pairs: 0

This page shows how Papershift MCP by usefulapi (io.usefulapi/papershift)'s tool descriptions scored, the issues found and the names of its tools and parameters. The descriptions are the server's own: read them where the copy came from.

Forecall asked the URL this server lists in the official MCP Registry for its tools/list once, on the date above, without calling any tool. The server may have changed since.

## Across the server

- Minor: 26 tools. Above 25, models start to tell tools apart less well.

## Tools

- `papershift_get_location`: 36 / 100
  - Major: The description only restates the name (7 words).
  - Major: The description is too short (7 words).
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: location_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_get_shift`: 36 / 100
  - Major: The description only restates the name (7 words).
  - Major: The description is too short (7 words).
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: shift_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_get_absence`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: absence_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_get_time_tracking`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: time_tracking_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_get_user`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: user_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_availabilities`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: user_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_payrolls`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: user_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_target_hours`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: user_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_working_areas`: 44 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `papershift_get_account`: 46 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `papershift_confirm_time_tracking`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: time_tracking_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_absence_types`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: location_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_shift_assignments`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: shift_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_tags`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: location_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_users`: 47 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: No `required` list, so every argument is optional.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `papershift_list_locations`: 49 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `papershift_list_absences`: 50 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `papershift_list_shifts`: 50 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: location_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_time_trackings`: 50 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
- `papershift_create_absence`: 52 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: user_id, absence_type_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_evaluations`: 52 / 100
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: user_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_create_time_tracking`: 55 / 100
  - Minor: The description mentions none of its 3 or more arguments.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: user_id, location_id, working_area_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_review_absence`: 55 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: absence_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_assign_user_to_shift`: 57 / 100
  - Major: Says nothing about when to use it, or when not to.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: shift_id, user_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_list_vacation_entitlements`: 57 / 100
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: user_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.
- `papershift_create_shift`: 62 / 100
  - Minor: Says nothing about what it returns.
  - Minor: Required identifiers whose description does not say where the value comes from: location_id, working_area_id. Name the tool or the place that returns it, or models look it up first.

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