How does the engine handle mandatory stops?

The engine prioritizes mandatory stops. If a mandatory stop cannot be reached within its operating hours after accounting for travel and previous service times, it will be listed in the unreachable stops.

Can I check if a specific location is open before planning a route?

Yes, you can use the `validate_stop_availability` tool to verify if a specific stop can be serviced at a given arrival time based on its operating hours.

What information is needed to calculate a route?

To use `calculate_errand_route`, you need to provide the list of all potential stop IDs, the mandatory stop IDs, the start time, a travel time matrix, service durations, and the operating hours for each stop.

Multi-Stop Errand Route Engine MCP Connector for Claude

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Calculates feasible errand sequences considering travel time, service duration, and operating hours.

4 tools Official Updated Oct 1, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

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This MCP server provides an intelligent routing engine designed to solve complex errand scheduling problems. It calculates an optimal, feasible sequence of stops by accounting for travel time matrices, service durations at each location, and the specific operating hours of each stop. Users can define mandatory stops that must be included in the route, and the engine will identify any unreachable locations that cannot be serviced within their required windows. Use calculate_errand_route to generate a full itinerary, validate_stop_availability to check if a location is open, get_travel_metrics for specific durations, or summarize_route_efficiency to analyze time usage.

routingschedulinglogisticserrandsoptimization

Connect to Claude

Subscribe on Vinkius, then add this connector to Claude.ai or Claude Code.

① Claude.ai (web app)

Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
Paste the MCP endpoint URL below

https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_0Uf70cWWqXiNcRzOKOhya1twDqSBD3u94uz62BU6/mcp

② Claude Code (terminal)

claude mcp add --transport http multi-stop-errand-route-engine https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_0Uf70cWWqXiNcRzOKOhya1twDqSBD3u94uz62BU6/mcp

③ Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "multi-stop-errand-route-engine": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_0Uf70cWWqXiNcRzOKOhya1twDqSBD3u94uz62BU6/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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