Focus time
Block dedicated deep-work time on your calendar — protected from auto-scheduling and meeting requests.
Focus time is calendar blocks alfred_ treats as protected — like meetings, but for thinking. Other people’s meeting invites won’t auto-fit into them, and alfred_ won’t suggest them when finding availability.
What you can do
- Block focus time on demand — “block 2 hours of focus time tomorrow morning”
- Set recurring focus — “every Tuesday and Thursday morning, hold 9–11 for deep work”
- Have alfred_ defend it — when someone asks for time during focus, alfred_ proposes alternatives instead
- Override — focus time is a soft block; if you really need to take a meeting, you can
How focus blocks work
- They appear as busy on your calendar (so external schedulers see no availability)
- alfred_ won’t suggest them when computing your free time
- alfred_ flags incoming meeting requests that would overlap them
- They show up in your Daily Brief as part of “what’s planned today”
Asking for focus time
- “Hold tomorrow 9–11 for deep work”
- “Find me 3 hours of focus time this week”
- “Make Tuesday and Thursday mornings recurring focus blocks”
- “Cancel today’s focus block — I need to take a call”
Default focus configuration
Settings → Calendar → Focus time. You can configure:
- Default duration — 90 min, 2 hours, etc.
- Default time of day — most people pick mornings
- Recurring days — pick which weekdays auto-block
- Auto-decline behavior — when set, alfred_ proactively declines meeting requests that hit focus time and proposes alternatives