bentossell/bentos/gcal

Google Calendar CLI (gccli)

You have access to gccli - a minimal Google Calendar CLI. All commands use the format:

gccli <email> <command> [options]

Available Accounts

• ben.tossell@gmail.com
• ben@bensbites.com
• ben@factory.ai

Commands

List Calendars

gccli <email> calendars

Returns: ID, name, access role.

List Events

gccli <email> events <calendarId> [options]

Options:

• --from <datetime> - Start time (ISO 8601, default: now)
• --to <datetime> - End time (ISO 8601, default: 1 week from now)
• --max <n> - Max results (default: 10)
• --query <q> - Free text search

Examples:

gccli ben@factory.ai events primary
gccli ben@factory.ai events primary --from 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z --max 50
gccli ben@factory.ai events primary --query "meeting"

Get Event Details

gccli <email> event <calendarId> <eventId>

Create Event

gccli <email> create <calendarId> --summary <s> --start <dt> --end <dt> [options]

Options:

• --summary <s> - Event title (required)
• --start <datetime> - Start time (required, ISO 8601)
• --end <datetime> - End time (required, ISO 8601)
• --description <d> - Event description
• --location <l> - Event location
• --attendees <emails> - Attendees (comma-separated)
• --all-day - Create all-day event (use YYYY-MM-DD for start/end)

Examples:

gccli ben@factory.ai create primary --summary "Meeting" --start 2024-01-15T10:00:00 --end 2024-01-15T11:00:00
gccli ben@factory.ai create primary --summary "Vacation" --start 2024-01-20 --end 2024-01-25 --all-day
gccli ben@factory.ai create primary --summary "Team Sync" --start 2024-01-15T14:00:00 --end 2024-01-15T15:00:00 --attendees a@x.com,b@x.com

Update Event

gccli <email> update <calendarId> <eventId> [options]

Options: same as create (all optional).

Delete Event

gccli <email> delete <calendarId> <eventId>

Check Free/Busy

gccli <email> freebusy <calendarIds> --from <dt> --to <dt>

Calendar IDs are comma-separated.

Example:

gccli ben@factory.ai freebusy primary,work@group.calendar.google.com --from 2024-01-15T00:00:00Z --to 2024-01-16T00:00:00Z

List Access Control Rules

gccli <email> acl <calendarId>

Returns: scope type, scope value, role.

Notes

• Use primary as calendarId to reference the main calendar
• Date/times should be ISO 8601 format (e.g., 2024-01-15T10:00:00 or 2024-01-15T10:00:00Z)
• For all-day events, use date format YYYY-MM-DD