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Turn a messy weekly brain dump into a Google Calendar import file with Gemini

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by Anu Joy (Android Police)
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An Android Police writer plans the week each Sunday by writing out meetings, errands, bills and appointments in plain language and asking Gemini for a CSV to import into Google Calendar. The writer double-checks everything before importing, and says Gemini sometimes outputs plain text instead of a downloadable file, which they save as .csv themselves.

Agent

Gemini

Prompt Original prompt

Exact prompt as published in the source.

Generate a CSV format suitable for importing events into Google Calendar.
Optional stronger version

Our rewrite with extra checks. The poster didn't test it.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Turn my list of this week's plans into a file I can import into my calendar.

Fill in before running:
- My week in plain language: [BRAIN DUMP]
- Dates covered: [DATES]
- Calendar app: [Google Calendar / Outlook]

Rules:
- Use the import format the calendar app expects (subject, start date, start time, end time).
- Give each event a sensible length if I didn't state one, and list those assumptions.
- Show a table to check before giving the file.
- If you can't make a downloadable file, give the CSV text and how to save it.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Import into a test calendar first so mistakes are easy to delete.

Output: A check table, then the CSV.

You'll know it worked when: the import puts every event on the right day and time with no duplicates.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://www.androidpolice.com/paired-gemini-with-google-calendar-to-plan-my-week/

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