Calendar Integration

Connect Google Calendar or Outlook to Obvious and manage your schedule without leaving your workspace.

Once connected, Obvious pulls in your calendars so the agent can check your schedule, create events, and filter by date — all from a chat prompt. No tab-switching, no copy-pasting meeting details.

Connect Your Calendar

1. Open Settings → Connectors.

2. Find Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar and click Connect.

3. Sign in with your calendar account and authorize access.

   Obvious requests permission to read and write your calendars and events.

4. Once connected, your calendars appear in Obvious automatically. The agent can now access your schedule.

Tip: You can connect more than one calendar provider. If you use Google Calendar for work and Outlook for personal scheduling, connect both — the agent sees all of them.

View Your Events

The fastest way to check your schedule: ask the agent.

What meetings do I have this week?

The agent pulls events from your connected calendars and shows them directly in the thread. You can also ask for specific time ranges:

• "What's on my calendar tomorrow?"
• "Show me my events for next week."
• "Do I have anything scheduled for March 5th?"

Smart Date Filtering

The agent understands natural date ranges. You don't need to provide exact dates — these all work:

What you say	What it covers
"Today" or "tomorrow"	That single day
"This week" or "next week"	Sunday through Saturday
"This month" or "next month"	Full calendar month
"Next 7 days"	Starting from right now

You can also specify custom ranges: "Show me events from March 3 to March 14."

Create Events

Ask the agent to create an event and it handles the rest.

Schedule a 30-minute sync with the design team next Tuesday at 2pm.

The agent confirms the details before creating the event on your calendar. You'll see a summary with the title, time, and duration. The event shows up in Google Calendar or Outlook immediately.

You can include specifics in your prompt:

• Attendees: "Set up a meeting with jamie@company.com and alex@company.com."
• Location: "Book a room — Conference Room B."
• Description: "Add a note: review Q1 metrics and finalize targets."
• All-day events: "Block off next Friday as a focus day."

Note: The agent always confirms with you before creating, updating, or deleting events. Nothing changes on your calendar without your approval.

Update and Delete Events

Need to reschedule? Ask the agent.

Move my 2pm meeting to 3pm.

The agent finds the event, confirms the change, and updates it on your calendar. You can also update other details:

• "Add a location to my Thursday standup."
• "Change the title of tomorrow's 10am to 'Sprint Review.'"
• "Cancel my Friday afternoon meeting."

Deleting an event removes it permanently from your calendar, so the agent always checks with you first.

What You'll Need

• A connected calendar. Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar are supported. Connect one (or both) in Settings → Connectors.
• Calendar permissions. Obvious needs read and write access to display events and create new ones. If you only authorize read access, the agent can view your schedule but can't create or modify events.

Next Steps

• Connectors — Connect additional platforms like Slack, email, or storage providers.
• Key Concepts — Understand how Obvious organizes work across threads, artifacts, and integrations.
• Quickstart: Your First 5 Minutes — New to Obvious? Start here.