Quick add event

The Quick add event action to create simple, one-off calendar events from natural-language text. This is a write action and parses the text to extract the event title, date, and time, and creates the event on the specified calendar with only the authenticated user as the participant.

Prerequisites

• Ensure a connected Google Calendar account exists for the user.
• The connected account must have permission in Google Calendar to add events.
• Google Calendar must be connected as a data source for Glean actions.

Supported parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Calendar ID	String	Identifier of the calendar for the event. Use 'primary' for the main calendar, or provide a specific calendar ID
Event details	String	Natural language input describing the event; Google Calendar parses this for event details like title, date, and time.
Send updates	String	Controls whether email notifications about the event creation are sent to attendees.

Usage examples

• "Add a quick reminder to my calendar for the all-hands meeting tomorrow at 2 pm."

• "Create a calendar event for lunch with the team on Friday at noon."

• "Schedule a dentist appointment next Tuesday at 10 am."

Troubleshooting

• Possible cause: Quick add event does not support direct attendee addition.
• Fix: Use Create event or Update google event actions if you need to manage attendees.

• Possible cause: The calendar identifier passed to the action does not match an existing calendar. For non-primary calendars, the calendar ID may be invalid. For non-primary calendars, the calendar id must be valid for the call to succeed.
• Fix: Make sure the calendar ID you pass matches an existing calendar. For non-primary calendars, use a valid calendar ID for the call to succeed.

• Possible cause: Internal restriction level or beta status prevents the action from being listed in that context.
• Fix: Ask your Glean admin to confirm whether this action is enabled for your tenant and whether your environment is configured to surface beta actions.

FAQs

Use Quick add event when the user wants to create a simple, one-off meeting or reminder from a short natural-language sentence. Use Create event when you need to control attendees, recurrence, reminders, locations, or other detailed settings.

No. Quick add event creates an event only with the authenticated user as the participant. To invite others, use Create event or Update google event.

No. Quick add event is intended for single, non-recurring events. Use Create event or Update google event for recurring meetings.