🏢 Leave Management System with FastMCP

A simple yet powerful leave management system built with FastMCP (Model Context Protocol). This system allows organizations to manage employee leave requests, approvals, and balances through an AI-powered interface.

📋 Table of Contents

• Features
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Configuration
• Usage
• Available Tools
• API Reference
• Demo Data
• Architecture
• Future Enhancements

✨ Features

Employee Management

• ✅ Register new employees with ID, name, email, and department
• ✅ View employee details and leave balances
• ✅ Track employee join dates

Leave Request Management

• ✅ Submit leave requests with date ranges
• ✅ Support multiple leave types (Annual, Sick, etc.)
• ✅ Automatic leave balance validation
• ✅ Request approval/rejection workflow
• ✅ Track request status (Pending, Approved, Rejected)

Leave Balance Tracking

• ✅ Automatic balance deduction on approval
• ✅ Real-time balance checking
• ✅ Admin tools to adjust balances

Reporting & Analytics

• ✅ View all requests with status filtering
• ✅ Employee-specific request history
• ✅ Department-level summaries
• ✅ System-wide statistics

🔧 Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• FastMCP library
• MCP-compatible AI client (Claude Desktop, etc.)

📦 Installation

1. Install Dependencies

pip install fastmcp

2. Clone or Download the Code

Save the leave management system code as leave_manager.py

3. Run the Server

python leave_manager.py

4. Connect to MCP Client

Add the following configuration to your MCP client settings (e.g., Claude Desktop):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "leave-manager": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/path/to/leave_manager.py"]
    }
  }
}

⚙️ Configuration

Default Settings

• Default Leave Balance: 20 days per employee
• Date Format: YYYY-MM-DD (ISO 8601)
• Storage: In-memory (resets on restart)

Customization

To modify default settings, edit the following in leave_manager.py:

# Change default leave balance
leave_balance[employee_id] = 20  # Modify this value

# Add custom leave types
leave_type: str = "Annual"  # Can be "Annual", "Sick", "Personal", etc.

🚀 Usage

Basic Workflow

1. Register an Employee

register_employee(
    employee_id="EMP004",
    name="Alice Johnson",
    email="alice@company.com",
    department="Marketing"
)

2. Submit a Leave Request

request_leave(
    employee_id="EMP004",
    start_date="2024-12-25",
    end_date="2024-12-27",
    leave_type="Annual",
    reason="Holiday vacation"
)

3. Check Leave Balance

check_balance(employee_id="EMP004")

4. Approve/Reject Request

# Approve
approve_leave(request_id="REQ001", approver_id="MANAGER")

# Reject
reject_leave(request_id="REQ002", reason="Insufficient coverage", approver_id="MANAGER")

5. View Requests

# View all requests
view_all_requests(status="All")

# View only pending requests
view_all_requests(status="Pending")

# View employee-specific requests
view_my_requests(employee_id="EMP004")

🛠️ Available Tools

Employee Management

Leave Operations

Viewing & Reporting

Administration

📚 API Reference

Employee Registration

register_employee(
    employee_id: str,      # Unique employee identifier
    name: str,             # Full name
    email: str,            # Email address
    department: str = "General"  # Department (optional)
) -> str

Returns: Success message with employee ID

Leave Request Submission

request_leave(
    employee_id: str,      # Employee ID
    start_date: str,       # Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
    end_date: str,         # End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
    leave_type: str = "Annual",  # Leave type (optional)
    reason: str = ""       # Reason (optional)
) -> dict

Returns: Dictionary with request details and request ID

Leave Approval

approve_leave(
    request_id: str,           # Request ID to approve
    approver_id: str = "MANAGER"  # Approver ID (optional)
) -> dict

Returns: Dictionary with approval confirmation

Balance Check

check_balance(employee_id: str) -> dict

Returns: Dictionary with employee name, balance, and total requests

🎭 Demo Data

The system comes with pre-loaded demo data:

Demo Employees

Demo Requests

• REQ001: John Doe - Dec 20-22, 2024 (Approved)
• REQ002: Jane Smith - Dec 25-27, 2024 (Pending)

🏗️ Architecture

Data Structure

employees = {
    "EMP001": {
        "name": "John Doe",
        "email": "john@company.com",
        "department": "Engineering",
        "join_date": "2024-12-19"
    }
}

leave_balance = {
    "EMP001": 17  # Days remaining
}

leave_requests = [
    {
        "request_id": "REQ001",
        "employee_id": "EMP001",
        "employee_name": "John Doe",
        "start_date": "2024-12-20",
        "end_date": "2024-12-22",
        "days": 3,
        "leave_type": "Annual",
        "reason": "Family vacation",
        "status": "Approved",
        "submitted_date": "2024-12-19",
        "approved_by": "Admin",
        "approved_date": "2024-12-19"
    }
]