Check your calendar before goal deadlines arrive
Notis can look up upcoming Beeminder deadlines, search the relevant calendar window, and report what is already scheduled or missing.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find event
Finds events in a specified google calendar using text query, time ranges (event start/end, last modification), and event types; ensure `timemin` is not chronologically after `timemax` if both are provided.
Why this helps
A deadline may be close even when the calendar looks busy with unrelated events.
- See existing commitments near goal deadlines.
- Spot deadlines without preparation time.
- Reduce manual switching between goal and calendar views.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Beeminder and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
- 3Describe the deadline window and what counts as a conflict or gap in one instruction.
- 4Choose the recurring schedule trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real goal deadline and review the findings.
Questions about this workflow
Will this add calendar events automatically?
No. This workflow finds events and reports on conflicts or gaps. You can create a separate automation if you want Notis to add a specified event.
What deadline data is available?
Notis can use the goal details it can retrieve from Beeminder. Include any personal buffer or planning rules in your instruction because those are not implied by the goal data.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Beeminder to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Beeminder 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.
Beeminder and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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