Dependencies

Which stage or task waits for which: no cycles, they order the board and set the earliest day a task can be scheduled.

  • Category: Projects and companies
  • Status: Available
  • Requirements: Stages or tasks in the same project
  • MCP tools (Write or modify): crear_etapa, editar_etapa, crear_tarea, editar_tarea, crear_proyecto_con_etapas

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What can you do with it?

  • Make a stage depend on other stages in the same project.
  • Make a task depend on other tasks in the same project, even in another stage.
  • See in the dependency map what is blocked and what can start right away.

Stages depend on stages and tasks on tasks: levels are not mixed.

When should you use it?

  • To chain phases that cannot start until the previous one finishes.
  • So auto-scheduling does not place a task before what it depends on.

How does it work in ArduMaker?

  • They are informational: they do not block any action. The API computes puede_completarse, which is true when all dependencies are at 100%.
  • When saved, they are checked so they do not form a cycle.
  • If a stage has no dependencies of its own, the board infers them from its tasks' dependencies.
  • Auto-scheduling does not place a task before the day after its dependency's date. If a dependency has no date yet, it waits.

What actually changes?

  • Saving dependencies replaces the stage's or task's full list.
  • Deleting a task leaves no dangling dependencies: it disappears from the lists and reappears if restored.

Diagram

  1. Task A: fecha_limite: day N
  2. Task B depends on A: puede_completarse = A at 100%
  3. B auto-scheduling: from day N+1
Task with a dependency

Expected result

The board shows first what waits for nobody, and each card shows what it depends on and how many it blocks.

Errors and troubleshooting

  • Adding '<nombre>' as a dependency would create a cycle: the dependency would close a loop. Remove one from the chain.
  • A task is not auto-scheduled if it depends on another without a date: date the dependency first.

MCP access

  • crear_etapa and editar_etapa accept the stage's dependencies.
  • crear_tarea and editar_tarea accept depende_de with task ids.
  • crear_proyecto_con_etapas with encadenar_etapas=true (default) makes each stage depend on the previous one.

More at /mcp/proyectos and /mcp/docs.

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