Plan next week's Apify work around real capacity
See existing calendar load before adding more collection, analysis, or review commitments.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Query Free/Busy Information
Returns free/busy information for a set of calendars.
Why this helps
New data work keeps getting added without a quick picture of next week's existing commitments.
- See existing commitments before planning additional work.
- Reduce overbooking across connected calendars.
- Make a more informed decision about next week's research load.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Apify and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to summarize busy intervals for the coming week across the calendars you specify and relate the result to planned Apify work.
- 4Choose a weekly schedule trigger and where run reports should go.
- 5Test with a real upcoming week and check that the selected calendars are included.
Questions about this workflow
Does this estimate how long an Apify run will take?
No. It summarizes calendar availability. Supply expected work duration separately if you want Notis to compare it with available time.
Does it change my calendar?
No. It returns a capacity summary to help you plan.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Apify to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Apify triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Apify and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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