Block Focus Time on Google Calendar

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

- Creates weekly recurring focus blocks (Monday–Friday by default) that display as busy time, preventing calendar conflicts

- Requires the gws-calendar skill and uses Google Calendar's recurrence rules for flexible scheduling

- Includes verification step to confirm blocks appear correctly in calendar agenda view

Block Focus Time on Google Calendar

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

- 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"}'

- Verify it shows as busy: gws calendar +agenda