Recipe Block Focus Time

Creates recurring "Focus Time" blocks on your Google Calendar to protect deep work hours from meeting creep. Sets up weekday morning blocks (9-11 AM by default) that show as busy time, so other meetings can't be scheduled over them. Uses the Google Workspace CLI to insert recurring calendar events with proper opacity settings. Simple two-step process: create the recurring block, then verify it appears correctly in your agenda. Particularly helpful if you're constantly getting pulled into ad-hoc meetings and losing chunks of productive coding time. The recurrence rule targets Monday through Friday, but you can adjust the time slots and days to match your actual peak focus periods.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add googleworkspace/cli --skill recipe-block-focus-time --agent claude-code

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Files

Block Focus Time on Google Calendar

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-calendar

Create recurring focus time blocks on Google Calendar to protect deep work hours.

Steps

Create recurring focus block: gws calendar events insert --params '{"calendarId": "primary"}' --json '{"summary": "Focus Time", "description": "Protected deep work block", "start": {"dateTime": "2025-01-20T09:00:00", "timeZone": "America/New_York"}, "end": {"dateTime": "2025-01-20T11:00:00", "timeZone": "America/New_York"}, "recurrence": ["RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=MO,TU,WE,TH,FR"], "transparency": "opaque"}'
Verify it shows as busy: gws calendar +agenda

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