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Critical Path Method Calculator (CPM)

Activity-on-node CPM: ES/EF/LS/LF, total float, project duration, and every critical path; cycles and unknown predecessors are rejected.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/critical-path-method' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"activities":"A, 4, -\nB, 3, A\nC, 2, A\nD, 5, B\nE, 4, C\nF, 2, D E","decimalPlaces":2}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/critical-path-method

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
activities	textarea	Yes	One activity per line: unique name (1–8 letters/digits), non-negative duration, then predecessor names separated by spaces ('-' if none).
decimalPlaces	number	No	—

Response format

Text result

JSON

{
  "result": "Processed text content",
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)",
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  }
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-critical-path-method": {
      "name": "critical-path-method",
      "description": "Activity-on-node CPM: ES/EF/LS/LF, total float, project duration, and every critical path; cycles and unknown predecessors are rejected.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=critical-path-method",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "critical-path-method",
    "arguments": {
  "activities": "A, 4, -\nB, 3, A\nC, 2, A\nD, 5, B\nE, 4, C\nF, 2, D E",
  "decimalPlaces": 2
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/critical-path-method' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"activities":"A, 4, -\nB, 3, A\nC, 2, A\nD, 5, B\nE, 4, C\nF, 2, D E","decimalPlaces":2}'

Name

Type

Required

Description

activities

textarea

Yes

One activity per line: unique name (1–8 letters/digits), non-negative duration, then predecessor names separated by spaces ('-' if none).

decimalPlaces

number

—

{ "mcpServers": { "elysiatools-critical-path-method": { "name": "critical-path-method", "description": "Activity-on-node CPM: ES/EF/LS/LF, total float, project duration, and every critical path; cycles and unknown predecessors are rejected.", "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=critical-path-method", "command": "", "args": [], "env": {}, "isActive": true, "type": "sse" } } }

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "critical-path-method", "arguments": { "activities": "A, 4, -\nB, 3, A\nC, 2, A\nD, 5, B\nE, 4, C\nF, 2, D E", "decimalPlaces": 2 } } }