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Quick Event

Create a calendar event using natural language
AvatarMatthew Blode
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Overview

Quick Event Extension for Raycast

Quick Event is an extension for Raycast that provides a natural language way to add a new event to your calendars. Built using Sherlock.

Install Locally

Clone the project

  git clone https://github.com/mblode/raycast-quick-event.git

Go to the project directory

  cd raycast-quick-event

Install dependencies

  npm install

Build locally

  npm run dev

Finally open Raycast and use the command Import Extension then choose the cloned directory

Extension Preferences

The Your calendars text field is required

  • Specify your calendar or multiple calendars (comma separated)
  • The calendar names can be found in the sidebar of Calendar.app
  • E.g., "Personal,Work Calendar"

Optional Preferences:

  • Checkbox - Focus on completion (i.e. open Calendar app on completion)

Create Event Examples

  • February 24 at 3pm - 2pm March 3
  • Vacation is in 4 weeks...
  • Christmas is on December 25th.
  • Homework 5 due next monday at 3pm
  • Let's have lunch on the 3rd.
  • The retreat is from Jan 12 - 29.
  • Bake a cake tomorrow.
  • Use Tabule today!

Timezone Support

Specify a timezone in your query and the event time will be converted to your local timezone automatically. The original timezone time is shown in the subtitle for reference.

Supported Timezone Abbreviations

US: ET, EST, EDT, CT, CST, CDT, MT, MST, MDT, PT, PST, PDT, AKST, AKDT, HST, HDT

Europe: GMT, UTC, BST, CET, CEST, EET, EEST, WET, WEST, MSK, TRT

Asia/Pacific: IST, JST, KST, SGT, HKT, PHT, ICT, WIB, GST, PKT, AEST, AEDT, ACST, ACDT, AWST, NZST, NZDT

Explicit Offsets: GMT-1, GMT+5, UTC-3, UTC+5:30, etc.

Timezone Examples

  • Meeting at 3pm ET
  • Call at 10am CT tomorrow
  • Sync at 9am PT on Friday
  • Lunch at noon GMT-1
  • Standup at 8am GMT+5:30
  • Review at 2pm JST next Monday
  • Demo at 4pm CET

Author

Matthew Blode (mblode)

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