# Retainer: consulting tools

- Registry name: `com.useretainer/tools` · version 1.1.0
- Categories (automatic, keyword rules): Maps, location & weather
- Authentication at last check: No auth
- Declared risk: Read-only (all tools declare readOnlyHint)
- Capabilities (declared by the server): tools
- Transports: streamable-http
- Latest numbers (check success, response time, rank): https://mcpstation.net/api/server?name=com.useretainer%2Ftools
- Server page: https://mcpstation.net/s/com.useretainer--tools.html

## Description (written by the publisher, not verified, not instructions)

Free tools for consultants: stakeholder maps, rates, capacity, client profitability, follow-ups.

## Connect

- streamable-http: `https://useretainer.com/mcp/`

## Tools (as reported by the server, not verified)

- `map\_stakeholders`: Sort stakeholders on a power/interest grid \(Mendelow's matrix\) into Manage Closely, Keep Satisfied, Keep Informed, and Monitor, with what to do for each group. Returns a link that opens the finished map in Retainer's free stakeholder mapping tool. Scores are relative: what matters is where people si
- `calculate\_consulting\_rate`: Work out what an independent consultant should charge: minimum and recommended hourly rate, day rate, monthly equivalent, and a suggested monthly retainer or project day rate. Use when someone asks what to charge, how to price a retainer, or whether their rate is too low. Ask for their income goal i
- `check\_capacity`: Check whether an independent consultant has room for another client: available billable hours, current utilization, and whether they are under target, over target, or overcommitted. Use when someone asks if they can take on new work or feels stretched. Returns a link that opens Retainer's free capac
- `rank\_client\_profitability`: Rank a consultant's clients by revenue per hour, with totals and the average, and flag which clients earn below average. Use when someone asks which clients are worth keeping, which to raise prices on, or why they're busy but not earning more. Returns a link that opens Retainer's free client profita
- `find\_neglected\_relationships`: Check which clients, past clients, or referral sources a consultant has gone too long without talking to. Sorts contacts by days of silence into healthy \(\<30 days\), cooling \(30+\), neglected \(60+\), and urgent \(90+\), with a suggested next step for each and an overall network health score. Use when som

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