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Tell me the earliest and latest starts, finishes, slack for each task, and peak resource overlap at the earliest schedule.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Assembly line minimum duration check","prompt":"I have 20 manufacturing tasks with declared dependencies and unit resource claims — treat the data as synthetic. Can you run a critical path analysis and tell me which tasks have zero slack, what the earliest project finish is, and where resource demand peaks?"},{"title":"Pre-launch DAG cycle detection","prompt":"Before we finalize our production schedule, can you check my 35-task assembly DAG for cycles or unknown dependency references, and then report the critical path and slack values for each task? Data class is public."},{"title":"Resource overlap forecast for concurrent tasks","prompt":"I want to know the peak number of resources simultaneously claimed under the earliest schedule for my 48-task assembly plan with 10 declared unit resources. Run the critical path computation and highlight where overlap is highest — data is synthetic."}],"resultDescription":"Returns earliest and latest start/finish times and total slack for each task, identifies the critical path (zero-slack chain), reports peak simultaneous resource overlap at the earliest schedule, and rejects input if cycles or unknown dependency references are detected. 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It is not a resource-constrained scheduler or optimizer — choose it for analytical CPM output, not for solving resource-leveling or job-shop scheduling problems.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-20T12:48:42.864Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"assembly-critical-path-analyzer-cdfff2c4"}