# Reschedule a meeting

alfred_ moves an existing event to a new time, checks the slot for conflicts, and drafts a notification email to attendees explaining the change.

Source: https://get-alfred.ai/docs/prompt-book/calendar/reschedule  
Updated: 2026-04-30

Works in: Chat, Text

## The prompt

- Move my \[DAY] \[TIME] meeting with \[PERSON] to \[NEW TIME], and apologize on my behalf.

Rescheduling is two steps, moving the event and notifying attendees. alfred_ does both in one prompt.

## What alfred_ does

1. Locates the event (by day/time, attendee name, or active context)
2. Checks the new time against your other calendars for conflicts
3. Updates the event
4. Drafts a notification email to attendees explaining the change

## Tips

- **Specify the new time clearly**: "to 4pm", "to next Tuesday morning", "give me three options"
- **Add tone direction**: "apologetic", "brief", "no apology needed"
- **Multi-person events**: alfred_ checks all attendees' availability if their calendars are shared

## When it's a conflict

If the new time conflicts with another event, alfred_ surfaces both options before moving:

- Reschedule both
- Pick a different new time
- Cancel the conflict instead

## Related

- [Conflict detection](https://get-alfred.ai/docs/calendar#conflicts)
- [Suggesting times](https://get-alfred.ai/docs/calendar/suggesting-times)

## Variations

- Push the 3pm to 4pm.
- Reschedule Friday's standup to next Monday morning, draft the apology.
- Move my 1:1 with Marc to later this week, give me three options.
- Move the Dr Gurfien call to tomorrow at 10 AM
- Move that to tommorw at 8 am

## Best for

When you need to bump a meeting and don't want to write the apology email yourself.