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Life Insurance Needs Calculator (DIME)

Coverage need by the DIME method: debt + income replacement + mortgage + education, minus what you already have.

Free tier eligible — 500 calls/month with a free key from /pricing; x402 pay-per-call above quota.

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
annual_incomenumberoptionalAnnual income to replace in USD
income_yearsnumberoptionalYears of income to replace (default 10)
debtsnumberoptionalNon-mortgage debts in USD
mortgage_balancenumberoptionalOutstanding mortgage balance in USD
num_childrennumberoptionalNumber of children to fund education for
education_per_childnumberoptionalEducation fund per child in USD (default 100000)
final_expensesnumberoptionalFinal expenses/funeral in USD (default 15000)
existing_coveragenumberoptionalExisting life-insurance coverage in USD
existing_savingsnumberoptionalSavings available to the family in USD

Call it over MCP (JSON-RPC 2.0)

curl -s https://wingmanprotocol.com/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": {"name": "life_insurance", "arguments": {"annual_income": 85000, "income_years": 85000, "debts": 100}}}'

Or plain HTTP

curl -s https://wingmanprotocol.com/tools/life_insurance \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"annual_income": 85000, "income_years": 85000, "debts": 100}'

Try it live

Edit the JSON and run it — this POSTs to https://wingmanprotocol.com/tools/life_insurance from your browser.

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