business_days
Business Days
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Do business-day math that skips weekends and your holiday list. FREE.
Either add N business days to start_date (set add_days), or count the
business days between start_date and end_date (set end_date). Typical
input {"start_date": "2026-03-02", "add_days": 10} returns
{"result_date": "2026-03-16", "result_weekday": "Monday", ...}; with
end_date set it returns {"business_days_between": N, "from": ..., "to": ...}.
Use when the span must exclude weekends and named holidays. Not for plain
calendar-day differences, which are a direct subtraction, and not for
scheduling backward from a fixed deadline (deadline_planner). Errors: on invalid, missing, or malformed input this tool never raises a protocol error — it returns {"error": "<what is wrong and how to fix it>"} (for example {"error": "dates must be YYYY-MM-DD"}). Every call is read-only and idempotent, so after correcting the input it is always safe to retry.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| start_date | string | yes | Anchor date in ISO format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. "2026-03-02". |
| add_days | integer | no | Business days to add; negative subtracts. Range -5000 to 5000. Ignored when end_date is provided. |
| end_date | string | no | Optional end date, ISO YYYY-MM-DD. When set, the tool counts business days between start_date and end_date instead of adding. |
| holidays | array | no | Optional list of ISO YYYY-MM-DD dates to treat as non-working days, e.g. ["2026-12-25"]. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"start_date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Anchor date in ISO format YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. \"2026-03-02\"."
},
"add_days": {
"default": 0,
"maximum": 5000,
"minimum": -5000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Business days to add; negative subtracts. Range -5000 to\n5000. Ignored when end_date is provided."
},
"end_date": {
"default": "",
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional end date, ISO YYYY-MM-DD. When set, the tool counts\nbusiness days between start_date and end_date instead of adding."
},
"holidays": {
"default": [],
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array",
"description": "Optional list of ISO YYYY-MM-DD dates to treat as\nnon-working days, e.g. [\"2026-12-25\"]."
}
},
"required": [
"start_date"
],
"type": "object"
}