name: calendar-api description: Fetch Google Calendar events. Use when checking schedule, finding meetings, or verifying calendar entries. Invoked by morning-metrics, win-the-day, and other scheduling skills. allowed-tools: Bash, Read

Calendar API

What This Does

Fetches events from Google Calendar (all visible calendars including shared ones). Returns structured JSON for other skills to consume.

Instructions

Available Commands

Run the script with one of these flags:

How to Invoke

python3 /Users/eddale/Documents/GitHub/powerhouse-lab/skills/calendar-api/scripts/fetch_calendar.py [flags]

Parsing the Output

The script returns JSON. Key fields:

{
  "calendars": ["Ed Dale - Personal", "Edward Dale"],
  "events": [
    {
      "time": "2026-01-13T09:00:00+10:00",
      "summary": "David Smith and Ed Dale",
      "calendar": "Edward Dale",
      "location": "https://zoom.us/...",
      "attendees": ["david@example.com"],
      "description": "Weekly sync"
    }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "status": "ok"
}

Common Queries

Check if a meeting exists:

python3 .../fetch_calendar.py --search "Gagan"

If count is 0, the meeting isn't on the calendar.

What's on today:

python3 .../fetch_calendar.py --today

Next week's schedule:

python3 .../fetch_calendar.py --upcoming 7

Examples

User: "Is the Gagan meeting on my calendar?"

Response flow:

1. Run --search "Gagan"
2. Check if count > 0
3. If found: "Yes, [event summary] on [date/time]"
4. If not found: "No meeting with 'Gagan' found in the next 7 days"

User: "What meetings do I have today?"

Response flow:

1. Run --today
2. List events chronologically with times and locations

Guidelines

• Read-only: This skill fetches data, it does not create or modify events
• Searches full event (title, attendees, description, location)
• Returns events from ALL visible calendars (personal + shared)
• Times are in local timezone (AEDT)