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Gws Calendar

  • 49.5k installs
  • 30k repo stars
  • Updated July 22, 2026
  • googleworkspace/cli

gws-calendar is a CLI skill providing zero-boilerplate access to Google Calendar APIs with timezone awareness.

About

gws-calendar is a CLI skill that provides programmatic access to Google Calendar without writing REST calls. It returns structured JSON output for AI agents. Includes 40+ helper agents for calendar operations, timezone-aware scheduling, and meeting preparation.

  • CLI for Google Calendar with zero boilerplate and structured JSON output
  • 40+ agent skills for event and scheduling automation
  • Timezone-aware helpers for agenda, standup reports, meeting prep

Gws Calendar by the numbers

  • 49,481 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +1,688 installs in the week ending Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Ranked #18 of 690 Office & Documents skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Security screen: LOW risk (skills.sh audit)
  • Data as of Jul 28, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
At a glance

gws-calendar capabilities & compatibility

Works with
google drive
Use cases
orchestration
Pricing
Free
npx skills add https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli --skill gws-calendar

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Installs49.5k
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Last updatedJuly 22, 2026
Repositorygoogleworkspace/cli

How do you manage Google Calendar from the CLI?

Manage Google Calendar events programmatically via CLI with structured output for agent automation

Who is it for?

Developers building agents for meeting scheduling and calendar automation

Skip if: Personal calendar clients, UI-based calendar management

When should I use this skill?

A developer wants to create events, show agendas, or automate calendar tasks via gws calendar commands.

What you get

Created or updated calendar events, agenda listings, and repeatable gws calendar shell commands.

  • Calendar event records
  • gws calendar shell commands

By the numbers

  • Targets Google Calendar API v3 at skill version 0.22.5
  • Documents two helper commands: +insert and +agenda

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

calendar (v3)

PREREQUISITE: Read ../gws-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules. If missing, run gws generate-skills to create it.
gws calendar <resource> <method> [flags]

Helper Commands

CommandDescription
`+insert`create a new event
`+agenda`Show upcoming events across all calendars

API Resources

acl

  • delete — Deletes an access control rule.
  • get — Returns an access control rule.
  • insert — Creates an access control rule.
  • list — Returns the rules in the access control list for the calendar.
  • patch — Updates an access control rule. This method supports patch semantics.
  • update — Updates an access control rule.
  • watch — Watch for changes to ACL resources.

calendarList

  • delete — Removes a calendar from the user's calendar list.
  • get — Returns a calendar from the user's calendar list.
  • insert — Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
  • list — Returns the calendars on the user's calendar list.
  • patch — Updates an existing calendar on the user's calendar list. This method supports patch semantics.
  • update — Updates an existing calendar on the user's calendar list.
  • watch — Watch for changes to CalendarList resources.

calendars

  • clear — Clears a primary calendar. This operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
  • delete — Deletes a secondary calendar. Use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
  • get — Returns metadata for a calendar.
  • insert — Creates a secondary calendar.

The authenticated user for the request is made the data owner of the new calendar.

Note: We recommend to authenticate as the intended data owner of the calendar. You can use domain-wide delegation of authority to allow applications to act on behalf of a specific user. Don't use a service account for authentication. If you use a service account for authentication, the service account is the data owner, which can lead to unexpected behavior.

  • patch — Updates metadata for a calendar. This method supports patch semantics.
  • update — Updates metadata for a calendar.

channels

  • stop — Stop watching resources through this channel

colors

  • get — Returns the color definitions for calendars and events.

events

  • delete — Deletes an event.
  • get — Returns an event based on its Google Calendar ID. To retrieve an event using its iCalendar ID, call the events.list method using the iCalUID parameter.
  • import — Imports an event. This operation is used to add a private copy of an existing event to a calendar. Only events with an eventType of default may be imported.

Deprecated behavior: If a non-default event is imported, its type will be changed to default and any event-type-specific properties it may have will be dropped.

  • insert — Creates an event.
  • instances — Returns instances of the specified recurring event.
  • list — Returns events on the specified calendar.
  • move — Moves an event to another calendar, i.e. changes an event's organizer. Note that only default events can be moved; birthday, focusTime, fromGmail, outOfOffice and workingLocation events cannot be moved.
  • patch — Updates an event. This method supports patch semantics.
  • quickAdd — Creates an event based on a simple text string.
  • update — Updates an event.
  • watch — Watch for changes to Events resources.

freebusy

  • query — Returns free/busy information for a set of calendars.

settings

  • get — Returns a single user setting.
  • list — Returns all user settings for the authenticated user.
  • watch — Watch for changes to Settings resources.

Discovering Commands

Before calling any API method, inspect it:

# Browse resources and methods
gws calendar --help

# Inspect a method's required params, types, and defaults
gws schema calendar.<resource>.<method>

Use gws schema output to build your --params and --json flags.

Related skills

Forks & variants (2)

Gws Calendar has 2 known copies in the catalog totaling 7 installs. They canonicalize to this original listing.

How it compares

Use gws-calendar when Google Calendar automation should run through the gws CLI instead of hand-written Calendar REST calls.

FAQ

What CLI does gws-calendar use?

gws-calendar drives the gws CLI with gws calendar followed by a resource, method, and flags, and documents helper shortcuts +insert and +agenda for common event operations.

What prerequisites does gws-calendar need?

gws-calendar requires the gws binary and the gws-shared skill for authentication and security rules; run gws generate-skills if shared skill files are missing.

Is Gws Calendar safe to install?

skills.sh reports 3 of 3 security scanners passed. Review the Security Audits panel on this page before installing in production.

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