Connecting Google Calendar

Connecting your Google Calendar allows Samvise to understand your schedule and avoid conflicts when scheduling tasks.

Why Connect Google Calendar?#

Avoid Scheduling Conflicts Samvise reads your existing events to know when you're busy.

Automatic Sync Your schedule stays up to date automatically.

Seamless Integration Scheduled tasks appear in your Google Calendar alongside other events.

Connection Process#

1. Grant Permissions

   • Go to Settings > Calendar
   • Click "Connect Google Calendar"
   • Sign in to your Google account
   • Review permissions requested

2. Required Permissions

   • calendar.readonly - Read event times and titles from all calendars
   • calendar.app.created - Manage the "App Schedule" calendar

3. Confirm Connection

   • Click "Allow" to grant permissions
   • Wait for initial sync to complete
   • You'll see your calendars listed in settings

What Data Is Accessed?#

From Your Selected Calendars:

• Event start and end times (to detect busy periods)
• Event titles

App Schedule Calendar:

• Samvise creates and manages events only in this calendar
• Your other calendars are never modified

Privacy & Security#

• OAuth tokens are stored securely and never exposed to the browser
• Minimal data is read from your calendar
• Event times and titles may be used by the AI assistant to answer your scheduling questions — see the Privacy Policy
• You can disconnect at any time

Managing Calendars#

Choosing Calendars to Sync Go to Settings > Google Calendar to choose which of your calendars Samvise reads for busy time (up to 5 on the free plan).

Disconnecting Click "Disconnect" in calendar settings. This will:

• Remove Samvise's access to your calendar
• Disable automatic scheduling features
• Keep existing scheduled tasks (they won't be deleted)

Reconnecting You can reconnect your calendar at any time by following the connection process again.

Troubleshooting#

Connection fails

• Make sure you're signed in to the correct Google account
• Grant all requested permissions
• Check your internet connection
• Try again in an incognito/private window

Calendar not syncing

• Check the sync status in Settings > Google Calendar
• Check that permissions haven't been revoked
• Verify the calendar is selected for sync in Settings

"App Schedule" calendar not appearing

• The calendar is created when you schedule your first task
• Check it's not hidden in Google Calendar settings
• Try creating a test task to trigger creation

Next Steps#

Learn about how calendar sync behavior works and how to manage events.