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Connect Your Calendar

Claude can check your schedule before suggesting dates, set reminders for follow-ups, and show upcoming commitments on your dashboard. Connect your Google or Outlook calendar in 5 minutes.

One-time setup. Claude never books anything without your approval.

Before & After

Before

A customer asks when you can start their project. You alt-tab to your calendar, scroll through the week, try to remember which jobs are on which days, and give an answer you're not sure about. Later you realize you double-booked.

Claude can't help with scheduling because it can't see your calendar.

After

You say: "When's my next open slot for a 2-day install job?" Claude checks your calendar and says: "You're free Thursday-Friday this week, or Monday-Tuesday next week." When you close the deal, Claude adds the job to your calendar automatically.

Scheduling-aware everything. No more double-booking.

What You Need

  • Claude Desktop installed — follow the setup guide if you haven't yet
  • Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar — whichever you use for business
  • 5 minutes — this is the quickest connection to set up
1

Ask Claude to Connect

"I want to connect you to my Google Calendar [or Outlook Calendar] so you can see my schedule and create events. Help me set up the calendar MCP server."
2

Authorize and Test

Follow Claude's authorization prompts, then test:

"What's on my calendar this week?"
That's it. Claude can now check your availability, set reminders, and add the upcoming commitments panel to your command center.

What This Unlocks

Scheduling-Aware Quotes

Claude checks your calendar before suggesting start dates in quotes and proposals.

Follow-Up Reminders

Claude adds calendar reminders for follow-up dates so nothing slips.

Onboarding Kickoffs

New client? Claude schedules the kickoff meeting during onboarding.

Dashboard Panel

Upcoming commitments appear on your command center dashboard.

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Skill: Connect Your Calendar

What this is for: Walk a non-technical user through setting up the calendar MCP server in Claude Desktop so Claude can read their schedule and create events. This enables scheduling-aware workflows — quoting with availability, onboarding with kickoff dates, and the command center's upcoming commitments panel.

When to use this: When a user asks their AI assistant to help set up this workflow. The user should explicitly authorize use of this skill by referencing this page URL.

Full Procedure (click to expand)
STEP 1 — CONFIRM PREREQUISITES Ask: "Do you have Claude Desktop installed? And do you use Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar?" STEP 2 — START MCP SETUP Have them open Claude Desktop and say: "I want to connect you to my [Google Calendar/Outlook Calendar] so you can see my schedule and create events. Help me set up the calendar MCP server." STEP 3 — AUTHORIZE CALENDAR ACCESS Walk them through the authorization flow. Explain what Claude can do: - Read their calendar to know when they're free/busy - Create events (with their approval) for deadlines, follow-ups, kickoffs - They can revoke access anytime STEP 4 — TEST THE CONNECTION Have them test: "What's on my calendar this week?" If Claude lists their upcoming events, they're connected. STEP 5 — POINT FORWARD Suggest how the calendar connection enhances other workflows: - Quoting: "When can I start this job?" — Claude checks the calendar - Onboarding: Claude schedules the kickoff meeting - Command Center: upcoming commitments panel shows the week ahead - Follow-ups: Claude can set calendar reminders for follow-up dates If stuck, suggest a starter session at https://cal.com/tsidai/starter-session.
Provenance
Author: Austin Wilson, Tsidai
Last updated: 2026-05-08
Last verified working: 2026-05-08
Source URL: https://tsidai.com/guides/connect-calendar