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Turn a date in an email into a calendar event
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View as MarkdownA client confirms a time, a supplier names a delivery date, a court sets a hearing. Point alfred_ at the email and it puts the event on your calendar, checking for conflicts first.
The prompt
- Put the [MEETING, VISIT OR DEADLINE] from [PERSON OR COMPANY]'s email on my calendar.
The problem
The date is in the email. Getting it onto the calendar means opening the calendar, finding the day, retyping the time, copying the address and the people. Half the time it waits, and the double-booking shows up on the day.
What you need
- Your email and calendar connected. Google, Outlook and iCloud calendars all work. Choose which calendars alfred_ reads under Settings → Scheduling.
- To invite people, their email addresses, which alfred_ takes from the thread.
What you get back
From Dana Reyes’s email “East wing walkthrough”: Thursday, Oct 29, 10:00 to 11:00 AM, 400 Harbor Way.
You have a call with Mark Lee at 10:30 that day. Book it anyway, or move it to 11?
Then
- An event with no guests goes straight onto your calendar.
- An event with guests shows you the invite first; it’s sent when you say so.
- No time agreed yet? Ask alfred_ to propose times instead: “email Northside three times that work next week”. The email is shown to you first. When they pick one, say “book the Tuesday one”.
Limits
- alfred_ checks against every connected calendar, work and personal, and shows any overlap before booking. It doesn’t move an existing event to make room.
- It doesn’t add travel time or buffers between meetings.
- If an email has several dates, say which one: “the inspection, not the delivery”.
- alfred_ can see your calendars, not the other person’s. Times it proposes are times you’re free.
Related
Variations
- Put the site visit from Dana's email on my calendar
- Add the delivery date from the Ortiz Roofing email, all day
- Schedule the call Mark proposed and invite him
- Set up 30 minutes with Ellen to go through the term sheet she sent, and invite her
- Find a time next week for a walkthrough with Northside and email them three options
Best for
The moment a date lands in an email: a confirmed appointment, a delivery, an inspection, a hearing.