recipe-block-focus-time
Installation
Summary
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-calendarskill and uses Google Calendar's recurrence rules for flexible scheduling - Includes verification step to confirm blocks appear correctly in calendar agenda view
SKILL.md
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