Seating Chart Maker API

POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/seating-chart-maker/execute

Assign students to a rows × columns seating grid (in list order, or shuffled) and return the grid, each student's row/column/seat number, the students left without a seat, a plain-text chart with the front of the room at the top, and a CSV. Pass a seed for a reproducible shuffle.

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Request body

application/json

students

array required

Student names in the order they should be seated (row by row, left to right).
rows

integer optional

Number of rows. Default 4. Default 4.
cols

integer optional

Seats per row. Default 5. Default 5.
shuffle

boolean optional

Shuffle the students before seating. Default false. Default false.
seed

integer optional

Seed for the shuffle. Same seed → same chart.
title

string optional

Chart title. Default "Seating Chart".

Example arguments

Verified

{
  "students": [
    "Ada",
    "Ben",
    "Cem"
  ],
  "rows": 2,
  "cols": 2
}

curl -X POST https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/seating-chart-maker/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "students": [
      "Ada",
      "Ben",
      "Cem"
    ],
    "rows": 2,
    "cols": 2
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/seating-chart-maker/execute', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"students":["Ada","Ben","Cem"],"rows":2,"cols":2}),
});
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/seating-chart-maker/execute",
    json={"students":["Ada","Ben","Cem"],"rows":2,"cols":2},
)
data = response.json()

$ch = curl_init('https://api.findutils.com/api/tools/seating-chart-maker/execute');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"students":["Ada","Ben","Cem"],"rows":2,"cols":2}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

Also an MCP tool

Call seating_chart_maker from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Same arguments, same output.

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MCP reference

Rate limit: 60 a minute, per IP
Auth: None
REST id: seating-chart-maker
MCP name: seating_chart_maker
Category: Education
Machine-readable: openapi.json · markdown.md

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