Block Focus Time on Google Calendar

SkillProductivity

Lets your agent create recurring focus-time blocks on Google Calendar to protect deep work hours.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Block Focus Time on Google Calendar skill

About this capability

Create recurring focus time blocks on Google Calendar to protect deep work hours.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by googleworkspace/cli in skills/recipe-block-focus-time/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-calendar

Create recurring focus time blocks on Google Calendar to protect deep work hours.

Steps

  1. Create recurring focus block: gws calendar events insert --params '{"calendarId": "primary"}' --json '{"summary": "Focus Time", "description": "Protected deep work block", "start": {"dateTime": "2025-01-20T09:00:00", "timeZone": "America/New_York"}, "end": {"dateTime": "2025-01-20T11:00:00", "timeZone": "America/New_York"}, "recurrence": ["RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR"], "transparency": "opaque"}'
  2. Verify it shows as busy: gws calendar +agenda

Signals

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Source
github.com/googleworkspace/cli