recipe-block-focus-time

SKILL.md

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