count_south_africa_working_days
Use this when you need an auditable South Africa national working-day count. 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 employer, school, bank, exchange or locally exchanged schedules. Wha...
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What count_south_africa_working_days does on Calcgrid
AI agents call count_south_africa_working_days 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.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
end_date | string | Yes | Last date in 2026-2027. |
start_date | string | Yes | First date in 2026-2027. |
include_end_date | boolean | — | Whether end_date participates. |
include_start_date | boolean | — | Whether start_date participates. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
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The rule that runs count_south_africa_working_days safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Calcgrid, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For count_south_africa_working_days, this is the rule to start with:
count_south_africa_working_days is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Calcgrid, apply this rule, and every count_south_africa_working_days call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about count_south_africa_working_days
Use this when you need an auditable South Africa national working-day count. 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 employer, school, bank, exchange or locally exchanged schedules. What it computes: Counts national working and non-working dates in a South Africa 2026-2027 range. Example user requests: Count South Africa working days from 2026-11-03 to 2026-11-06. Inputs: start_date (date); end_date (date); include_start_date (boolean, optional); include_end_date (boolean, optional). Complete JSON argument examples: {"start_date":"2026-11-03","end_date":"2026-11-06","include_start_date":true,"include_end_date":true} Outputs: working_days, non_working_days, public_holidays_counted, territory, territory_name, holiday_names, calendar_scope, employer_schedule_policy, calendar_profile, dataset_version, sources. Formula: for each included date: working_days += South Africa status.is_working_day Direct REST fallback: POST https://tttkmbb.com/api/v1/calculate/south-africa-working-days-between with the same JSON input fields. Do not guess another /api/* path. Docs: https://tttkmbb.com/everyday/south-africa-working-days-between.md. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Calcgrid MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
count_south_africa_working_days accepts 4 parameters: end_date, start_date, include_end_date, include_start_date. Required: end_date, start_date. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Calcgrid MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for count_south_africa_working_days: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Calcgrid. Nothing to install.
count_south_africa_working_days is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the count_south_africa_working_days rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for count_south_africa_working_days. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
count_south_africa_working_days is provided by the Calcgrid MCP server (https://tttkmbb.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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