Cli recipe-block-focus-time

Create recurring focus time blocks on Google Calendar to protect deep work hours.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/recipe-block-focus-time" ~/.claude/skills/googleworkspace-cli-recipe-block-focus-time && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/recipe-block-focus-time/SKILL.md

Block Focus Time on Google Calendar

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe:
gws-calendar

Create recurring focus time blocks on Google Calendar to protect deep work hours.

Steps

Create recurring focus block:

gws calendar events insert --params '{"calendarId": "primary"}' --json '{"summary": "Focus Time", "description": "Protected deep work block", "start": {"dateTime": "2025-01-20T09:00:00", "timeZone": "America/New_York"}, "end": {"dateTime": "2025-01-20T11:00:00", "timeZone": "America/New_York"}, "recurrence": ["RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR"], "transparency": "opaque"}'

Verify it shows as busy:
```
gws calendar +agenda
```