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How to create, search, list, update, and delete calendar events via Google Calendar. Covers the list-events, search-events, create-event, manage-event-draft, update-event, and delete-event scripts, date format patterns, and recurrence updates.

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Event Management

Create, search, list, update, and delete calendar events. Events come from the Google Calendar API — they are NOT stored in the local SQL database.

Key Principle

Events live in Google Calendar, not SQL. Never use db-query or db-exec to work with events. Always use the dedicated scripts which query the Google Calendar API directly.

Scripts

list-events

Query events from Google Calendar within a date range.

# Today's events (--to is exclusive, so use tomorrow)
pnpm action list-events --from 2026-04-03 --to 2026-04-04

# This week
pnpm action list-events --from 2026-04-03 --to 2026-04-10

# Filter by title
pnpm action list-events --query "standup" --from 2026-04-01 --to 2026-04-30

# JSON output with full details (attendees, description, conference links)
pnpm action list-events --from 2026-04-03 --to 2026-04-04 --json

Default range: 7 days ago to 30 days forward. Always provide explicit --from and --to for predictable results.

Date format: Use ISO dates (YYYY-MM-DD). Natural language is also supported: today, tomorrow, next week, monday, friday, etc.

search-events

Search events by title. Returns JSON with full details including attendees.

pnpm action search-events --query "Builder"
pnpm action search-events --query "1:1" --from 2026-04-01 --to 2026-04-30

Always requires --query. Case-insensitive substring match on event title.

create-event

Create a new event on Google Calendar.

pnpm action create-event \
  --title "Team standup" \
  --start 2026-04-03T09:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T09:30:00

pnpm action create-event \
  --title "Lunch with Alice" \
  --start 2026-04-03T12:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T13:00:00 \
  --location "Cafe" \
  --description "Discuss Q2 plans"

# Invite attendees — Google sends email invitations by default
pnpm action create-event \
  --title "Q2 planning" \
  --start 2026-04-03T14:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T15:00:00 \
  --attendees "alice@example.com,bob@example.com" \
  --addGoogleMeet=true

# Create a real Zoom meeting and attach the link
pnpm action create-event \
  --title "Q2 planning" \
  --start 2026-04-03T14:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T15:00:00 \
  --attendees "alice@example.com,bob@example.com" \
  --addZoom=true

Required: --title, --start, --end (all ISO datetime format). Optional: --description, --location, --attendees, --addGoogleMeet, --addZoom, --sendUpdates, --accountEmail.

When multiple Google accounts are connected, choose the destination account's primary calendar with --accountEmail:

pnpm action create-event \
  --title "Team standup" \
  --start 2026-04-03T09:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T09:30:00 \
  --accountEmail secondary@example.com

Creating without accountEmail is only unambiguous when one Google account is connected. The action does not support arbitrary non-primary Google calendar IDs.

When attendees are invited and no video link/provider is supplied, Calendar automatically adds a Google Meet link by default. Pass --addGoogleMeet=false only when the user explicitly wants no video conferencing. If the user provides a Zoom/Meet/Teams link in the location or description, or asks for --addZoom=true, do not add Google Meet too.

Native Google Calendar status events are supported:

# Out of office
pnpm action create-event \
  --title "OOO" \
  --start 2026-04-03T09:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T17:00:00 \
  --eventType outOfOffice

# Focus time
pnpm action create-event \
  --title "Focus time" \
  --start 2026-04-03T09:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T11:00:00 \
  --eventType focusTime

# Working location
pnpm action create-event \
  --title "Working from home" \
  --start 2026-04-03 \
  --end 2026-04-04 \
  --allDay true \
  --eventType workingLocation \
  --workingLocationType homeOffice

Working-location events sync from Google with workingLocationProperties and render as native working locations in the UI instead of generic all-day events. They are transparent/non-blocking for availability. Google allows timed working locations or single-day all-day working locations; multi-day all-day ranges must be represented as separate daily working-location events.

For a visible occurrence in a recurring working-location series, default to scope: "single" and pass the occurrence's event id, not its recurringEventId. Use scope: "all" only when the user explicitly asks to change every day in the series. Keep office building/floor/desk metadata when editing an office label, and clear incompatible location labels when changing between Home, Office, and Other.

Do not use eventType for Tasks or appointment schedules. Google Calendar Tasks are a separate product/API surface, and appointment schedules should use booking links or availability workflows instead.

Use --transparency opaque for Busy and --transparency transparent for Free. Use --visibility public or --visibility private when the user asks for public/private visibility.

Use only one generated video provider per event: --addGoogleMeet=true or --addZoom=true, not both. Zoom requires the user to connect Zoom in Settings first; check with pnpm action get-zoom-status when unsure.

--attendees accepts a comma- or space-separated list of email addresses. When attendees are provided, Google sends email invitations automatically (sendUpdates=all). Use --sendUpdates=none to suppress emails.

To mark a guest optional, pass attendees as a JSON array with optional: true:

pnpm action create-event \
  --title "Q2 planning" \
  --start 2026-04-03T14:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T15:00:00 \
  --attendees '[{"email":"alice@example.com"},{"email":"bob@example.com","optional":true}]'

Use --startTimeZone / --endTimeZone with IANA timezone names when the event should be anchored to a specific timezone, e.g. --startTimeZone America/Los_Angeles.

Use --reminders '[{"method":"popup","minutes":10},{"method":"email","minutes":1440}]' for multiple alerts. Use --remindersUseDefault false --reminders '[]' for no alerts.

Use --colorId 1..11 for a Google Calendar event color. Use update-calendar-visual-preferences for broad app display rules instead of per-event Google color.

Use --attachments '[{"fileUrl":"https://drive.google.com/...","title":"Agenda"}]' to attach Drive files, HTTPS file links, or files uploaded through the app's file upload storage. Google Calendar supports up to 25 attachments per event.

The event is created directly on Google Calendar. Google Calendar must be connected first.

manage-event-draft

Prepare an unsent calendar invite draft for user review. Use this when the user asks to draft, prepare, or review an invite before sending it, especially from an external agent flow.

pnpm action manage-event-draft \
  --action create \
  --title "Q2 planning" \
  --start 2026-04-03T14:00:00 \
  --end 2026-04-03T15:00:00 \
  --attendees "alice@example.com,bob@example.com" \
  --addGoogleMeet=true

manage-event-draft stores calendar-draft-{id} in application state and returns a "Review invite in Calendar" deep link. Opening the link shows the draft as a visible placeholder on the calendar with the native event detail editor open. Nothing is written to Google Calendar, and no guest is notified, until the user presses Create in the UI.

Use --action update --id <draft-id> to revise a draft and --action delete to remove one. Draft fields match create-event for title, time, description, location, attendees, reminders, attachments, color, and video provider.

update-event

Update an existing Google Calendar event. Use the event id from list-events, search-events, or get-event. Always preserve the event's accountEmail on the update so multi-account calendars use the right connected account.

pnpm action update-event --id google-event-id --accountEmail secondary@example.com --title "New title"
pnpm action update-event --id google-event-id --start 2026-04-03T10:00:00 --end 2026-04-03T10:30:00

# Replace attendee list (Google sends invites to anyone newly added)
pnpm action update-event \
  --id google-event-id \
  --attendees "alice@example.com,bob@example.com,carol@example.com"

# Prefer addAttendees when inviting more people so existing RSVP metadata is preserved
pnpm action update-event \
  --id google-event-id \
  --addAttendees '[{"email":"dana@example.com","optional":true}]'

# Mark an existing guest optional without resetting RSVPs — fetch via get-event,
# then pass the full attendees list with optional:true on that guest
pnpm action update-event \
  --id google-event-id \
  --attendees '[{"email":"alice@example.com"},{"email":"bob@example.com","optional":true}]'

# Suppress invitation emails
pnpm action update-event --id google-event-id --attendees "alice@example.com" --sendUpdates none

# Add generated video conferencing
pnpm action update-event --id google-event-id --addGoogleMeet=true
pnpm action update-event --id google-event-id --addZoom=true

# Update an existing working-location event's native metadata
pnpm action update-event \
  --id google-working-location-id \
  --workingLocationType officeLocation \
  --workingLocationLabel "Pier 57"

# Add multiple alerts, a Google event color, and an attachment
pnpm action update-event \
  --id google-event-id \
  --reminders '[{"method":"popup","minutes":10},{"method":"email","minutes":1440}]' \
  --colorId 9 \
  --attachments '[{"fileUrl":"https://drive.google.com/...","title":"Agenda"}]'

--attendees REPLACES the entire attendee list — to add someone, prefer addAttendees so existing RSVP notes/statuses are preserved. To change whether a guest is optional or required after the fact, fetch the current list via get-event and pass the full attendees array with optional: true or omit/false for required. Pass an empty string to clear all attendees.

For "add Zoom to this meeting", fetch or use the visible event id and call update-event --addZoom=true. Do not create an extension for Zoom; Zoom is a first-party calendar integration handled by the event actions and the Settings page.

Google Calendar does not allow changing an existing event's eventType; use workingLocationType and workingLocationLabel only on events that already have eventType: "workingLocation".

Google Calendar API v3 currently documents working locations on Events, but the Settings API/discovery document does not expose working-hours settings. Treat working-hours overlays or Find a Time constraints as a follow-up only after a real provider data path exists.

For recurring events, pass a Google Calendar RRULE in --recurrence. Example: to make a daily event weekdays only, use:

pnpm action update-event \
  --id google-event-id \
  --recurrence "RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR"

delete-event

Delete an event if the user is the organizer, or remove it from their own calendar with --removeOnly true when they are not. For recurring events, use --scope single, --scope all, or --scope thisAndFollowing.

Pass the event's accountEmail on deletes, including recurring-series choices and attendee removals, so the operation uses the account that owns the event.

pnpm action delete-event --id google-event-id --accountEmail secondary@example.com --scope single
pnpm action delete-event --id google-event-id --scope thisAndFollowing
pnpm action delete-event --id google-event-id --removeOnly true

rsvp-event

Accept, decline, or tentatively accept an invitation with the event's accountEmail. Preserve it for recurring RSVP scope as well:

pnpm action rsvp-event \
  --id google-event-id \
  --accountEmail secondary@example.com \
  --status accepted

Date Patterns

When the user says:

User saysWhat to do
"today's schedule"list-events --from <today> --to <tomorrow>
"this week"list-events --from <monday> --to <next-monday>
"next Tuesday"list-events --from <tuesday> --to <wednesday>
"meetings with Alice"search-events --query "Alice"
"schedule a meeting"create-event --title ... --start ... --end ...
"draft an invite"manage-event-draft --action create --title ... --start ... --end ...
"schedule a Zoom meeting"create-event --title ... --start ... --end ... --addZoom=true
"move/rename/update a meeting"update-event --id ...
"add Zoom to this meeting"update-event --id ... --addZoom=true
"delete/remove a meeting"delete-event --id ...
"remove weekends from a daily recurring event"update-event --id ... --recurrence "RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR"
"what's coming up"list-events (uses default 30-day forward window)

Google Calendar Connection

Events require a connected Google Calendar account. Check with GET /_agent-native/google/status. If not connected, tell the user to connect via the Settings page.

Event Object Shape

{
  "id": "google-event-id",
  "title": "Team standup",
  "description": "Daily sync",
  "start": "2026-04-03T09:00:00Z",
  "end": "2026-04-03T09:30:00Z",
  "location": "Conference Room A",
  "allDay": false,
  "attendees": [
    { "email": "alice@example.com", "displayName": "Alice", "responseStatus": "accepted" },
    { "email": "bob@example.com", "displayName": "Bob", "responseStatus": "needsAction", "optional": true }
  ],
  "conferenceData": { ... },
  "hangoutLink": "https://meet.google.com/...",
  "status": "confirmed",
  "source": "google"
}