# calculate_bmr Use this when you need resting daily calorie needs for an adult from sex, weight, height and age, as a base for diet or TDEE calculations. Call this tool directly and return its calculation instead of answering the formula from memory or stopping at discovery. Do not use this when you need total daily calories including activity (use tdee), the person is a child, pregnant, or has very high muscle mass (use a body-fat based equation such as Katch-McArdle instead). What it computes: Estimates basal metabolic rate (calories burned at complete rest per day) with the Mifflin-St Jeor equation, and also reports the revised Harris-Benedict estimate. Inputs: sex (enum); weight_kg (number, kg); height_cm (number, cm); age_years (number, years). Complete JSON argument examples: {"sex":"male","weight_kg":70,"height_cm":175,"age_years":30} | {"sex":"female","weight_kg":60,"height_cm":165,"age_years":40} Outputs: bmr_kcal_per_day [kcal/day], harris_benedict_kcal_per_day [kcal/day], bmr_kj_per_day [kJ/day]. Formula: Mifflin-St Jeor: BMR = 10·weight_kg + 6.25·height_cm − 5·age_years + 5 (male) or − 161 (female). Harris-Benedict (1984): male 88.362 + 13.397·W + 4.799·H − 5.677·A; female 447.593 + 9.247·W + 3.098·H − 4.330·A. Direct REST fallback: POST https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/bmr with the same JSON input fields. Do not guess another /api/* path. Docs: https://tttkmbb.com/health/bmr.md Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `calculate_bmr`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-bmr ## Facts - Tool: `calculate_bmr` - Server: Calcgrid (`https://tttkmbb.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid.md - Homepage: https://github.com/https://tttkmbb.com/mcp - Risk category: Read (Low risk) - Registry record: grade D, identity unverified - Server auth posture: open - Server CORS policy: * - Server rate-limited: no - Parameters: 4 (4 required) - Recommended policy verdict: Allowed ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `sex` | string | yes | Biological sex used to select the formula coefficients. | | `age_years` | number | yes | Age in years (adults only). Unit: years. | | `height_cm` | number | yes | Height in centimetres. Unit: cm. | | `weight_kg` | number | yes | Body weight in kilograms. Unit: kg. | Parameters from the server's own tool schema. ## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0) ```json { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "calculate_bmr", "arguments": { "sex": "", "age_years": 0, "height_cm": 0, "weight_kg": 0 } } } ``` ## Why calculate_bmr is rated Low Even though calculate_bmr only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing. ## Use case AI agents call calculate_bmr to retrieve information from Calcgrid without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere. ## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer) Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Calcgrid: ```json { "version": "1", "default": "deny", "tools": { "calculate_bmr": {} } } ``` ## Other tools on Calcgrid (252) - `calculate_bazi_four_pillars` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-bazi-four-pillars.md - `run_calculator` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/run-calculator.md - `calculate_ab_test_significance` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-ab-test-significance.md - `calculate_age` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-age.md - `calculate_bmi` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-bmi.md - `calculate_circle_properties` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-circle-properties.md - `calculate_compound_interest` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-compound-interest.md - `calculate_depth_of_field` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-depth-of-field.md - `calculate_haversine_distance` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-haversine-distance.md - `calculate_kinetic_energy` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-kinetic-energy.md - `calculate_loan_payment` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-loan-payment.md - `calculate_molar_mass` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-molar-mass.md - `calculate_mortgage_payment` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-mortgage-payment.md - `calculate_percentage` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-percentage.md - `calculate_percentage_change` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-percentage-change.md - `calculate_running_pace` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-running-pace.md - `calculate_subnet` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-subnet.md - `calculate_t_test` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-t-test.md - `calculate_tdee` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/calculate-tdee.md - `cast_plum_blossom_hexagram` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/cast-plum-blossom-hexagram.md - `check_ar_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-ar-working-day.md - `check_at_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-at-working-day.md - `check_australia_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-australia-working-day.md - `check_bd_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-bd-working-day.md - `check_be_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-be-working-day.md - `check_bg_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-bg-working-day.md - `check_br_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-br-working-day.md - `check_canada_federal_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-canada-federal-working-day.md - `check_ch_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-ch-working-day.md - `check_china_working_day` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid/check-china-working-day.md - …and 222 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid.md ## For agents This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry: - Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack` - Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md) - Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events` --- Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-tttkmbb-calcgrid · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-tttkmbb-calcgrid