--- name: "google_calendar_create" area: "googleworkspace" title: "Add a Google Calendar event" price: "$0.001" method: "POST" url: "https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/google_calendar_create" mcp_server: "https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/googleworkspace" auth: "Authorization: Bearer " docs_url: "https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_create" --- # Add a Google Calendar event (`google_calendar_create`) Adds an event to a mailbox's calendar and invites its attendees, with a Meet link if asked. Put an event in a mailbox's calendar and invite its attendees, with a Google Meet link when asked. Times with an offset, or local to `timezone`. $0.001. Price: $0.001 a call. A call that fails costs nothing. ## Use it when A customer or colleague agreed a time. - For a booking page where customers pick their own time, use [calendar_save_meeting_type](https://conecto.chat/tools/calendar/calendar_save_meeting_type.md). ## Say this to your agent > Book a video call with Hannah Price on Saturday at 11:30 to plan her fitting, with a Meet link. ## Inputs | Name | Type | Required | Description | Allowed values | Default | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | `mailbox` | string | no | One of the mailboxes the agent may act as; optional when only one is connected. Up to 254 characters. | | | | `subject` | string | yes | 1 to 255 characters. | | | | `start` | string | yes | Up to 40 characters. | | | | `end` | string | yes | Up to 40 characters. | | | | `timezone` | string | no | Up to 60 characters. | | | | `attendees` | array of strings | no | Up to 50 items. | | | | `location` | string | no | Up to 255 characters. | | | | `body` | string | no | Up to 10,000 characters. | | | | `online_meeting` | boolean | no | | | `false` | ## Example Written for Halverson Cycle & Repair, a bike shop with a repair workshop in Portland, Oregon. MCP: call `google_calendar_create` on the MCP server `https://api.conecto.chat/mcp/googleworkspace` with these arguments: ```json { "mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example", "subject": "Fitting call: Hannah Price", "start": "2026-10-24T11:30", "end": "2026-10-24T12:15", "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "attendees": [ "hannah.price@example.com" ], "online_meeting": true } ``` REST: ```bash curl https://api.conecto.chat/v1/tools/google_calendar_create \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $CONECTO_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example", "subject": "Fitting call: Hannah Price", "start": "2026-10-24T11:30", "end": "2026-10-24T12:15", "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles", "attendees": ["hannah.price@example.com"], "online_meeting": true}' ``` ## Response ```json { "call_id": "5f0c8a2e-3b7d-4c1e-9a64-2d8e1f7b0c93", "tool": "google_calendar_create", "status": "succeeded", "replayed": false, "cost_usd": "$0.001", "balance_usd": "$19.75", "result": { "mailbox": "support@halversoncycle.example", "event": { "id": "k2b9c7d1e5f3g8h4j6m0n2p4q6", "subject": "Fitting call: Hannah Price", "start": "2026-10-24T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-24T19:15:00Z", "location": null, "organizer": "support@halversoncycle.example", "attendees": [ "hannah.price@example.com" ], "online_meeting": "https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij", "cancelled": false, "link": "https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=azJiOWM3ZDFl" } } } ``` `result`: mailbox; event: id, subject, start, end, location, organizer, attendees, online_meeting and link. ## Errors | Code | Status | When | Fix | |---|---|---|---| | `not_connected` | 409 | Google Workspace isn't connected yet. | Connect it with google_connect. | | `not_allowed` | 403 | The mailbox is not one the agent may act as. | Use a connected mailbox; the owner adds one by connecting again. | | `vendor_rejected` | 502 | Google refused: delegation is missing a scope, or Google said no. | Ask the Workspace admin to grant what the message names. | | `invalid_input` | 400 | A time or address is not valid, or end is not after start. | Fix what the message names. | The refusals every tool can give (401 key, 402 balance, 429 limits) are on the errors page: https://conecto.chat/docs/errors.md ## Related - [google_connect](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_connect.md): Connects the company's Google Workspace through its own service account, for the mailboxes the agent may act as. Free. - [google_mail_search](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_search.md): The newest messages in a mailbox, or those matching a Gmail search. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [google_mail_read](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_read.md): One message in full, with its body as text and its attachments' names. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [google_mail_send](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_mail_send.md): Sends an email, or a reply in the same thread, as one of the company's mailboxes. $0.001 a call. - [google_calendar_events](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_events.md): The events in a mailbox's calendar between two times, in UTC. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [google_calendar_cancel](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_calendar_cancel.md): Cancels an event and tells its attendees; waits for the owner by default. $0.001 a call. - [google_drive_search](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_search.md): Files in a mailbox user's Drive, shared drives included, whose words match. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [google_drive_read](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_read.md): A Drive file's words: Docs, Sheets, Slides, text, PDF or Office, up to 5 MB. Free up to 1,000,000 reads a month. - [google_drive_upload](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_drive_upload.md): Writes a text file into a Drive folder; replacing one waits for the owner. $0.001 a call. - [google_disconnect](https://conecto.chat/tools/googleworkspace/google_disconnect.md): Forgets the service account's key and the mailboxes; nothing in Google Workspace changes. Free.