Natural Language Calendar Alfred Workflow

An Alfred workflow that allows you to create calendar events using natural language.

Features

• Create events using natural language
• Support for locations, alerts, notes, and URLs
• Recurring events support
• Multiple calendar support
• Date ranges and time specifications
• Smart parsing of event details

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the releases page
2. Double click the .alfredworkflow file to install
3. Set up your default calendar using clprofile

Usage

The workflow provides two commands:

cl - Create Calendar Event

Examples:

cl meeting tomorrow at 2pm
cl lunch at Starbucks tomorrow 1pm
cl meeting tomorrow 2pm notes: Discuss project
cl zoom call tomorrow 3pm url: https://zoom.us/j/123
cl meeting tomorrow 2pm with 30min alert
cl team sync every monday at 10am

clprofile - Set Default Calendar

Basic Event Creation

❌ ← Means it's still not working as expected

# Simple event with time
cl meeting at 2pm
cl lunch at 12pm

# Event for tomorrow
cl meeting tomorrow at 3pm
cl coffee break tomorrow 10:30am

# Event for specific day
cl meeting thursday at 2pm

Location Handling

# Event with simple location
cl lunch at Starbucks tomorrow 1pm

# Location with multiple words
cl meeting at Central Business District 3pm
cl dinner at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 7pm

# Location with building/room
cl meeting at Conference Room A tomorrow 2pm

Calendar Selection

# Using default calendar
cl meeting at 2pm

# Explicitly selecting calendar with #
cl #work meeting at 2pm
cl #personal dinner at 7pm
cl #family lunch tomorrow 1pm

Duration Specification

# Specific duration in hours
cl meeting tomorrow 2pm for 2 hours
cl workshop at 10am for 3 hours

# Duration in minutes
cl call at 3pm for 30 minutes

# Time range format
cl meeting 2-3pm ❌
cl training 9:30am-11:30am ❌

Reminders/Alert

# Minutes before
cl meeting tomorrow 2pm with 30min alert 
cl lunch at 1pm with 15min reminder

# Hours before
cl meeting at 3pm alert 1 hour before
cl call tomorrow 2pm with 2 hours reminder

# Multiple alerts
cl meeting tomorrow 3pm with 1 hour alert with 15min alert

Notes And URL

# Adding notes
cl meeting tomorrow 2pm notes: Remember to bring laptop
cl lunch 1pm notes: Budget discussion

# Adding URLs (especially for virtual meetings)
cl zoom meeting 3pm url: https://zoom.us/j/123456
cl meeting 2pm url: https://meet.google.com/abc-def-ghi

# Combining notes and URLs
cl meeting 2pm url: https://zoom.us/j/123456 notes: Quarterly review

Recurring Events

# Weekly recurring
cl team sync every monday at 10am
cl meeting every friday at 2pm

# Multiple days recurring
cl gym every monday and wednesday at 6pm ❌
cl class every tuesday and thursday at 3pm

# Daily recurring
cl standup every day at 9am

# Monthly recurring
cl team meeting every month at 2pm ❌

# Yearly recurring
cl birthday every year on 5/16 ❌

# Recurring with end date
cl lunch every tuesday until 2/5 ❌

Date Ranges

# Multi-day events
cl vacation from August 9-18 ❌
cl conference from 6/15 to 6/17 ❌

# Date range with times
cl training from 1/21 to 2/23 at 2pm ❌

Complex Combination

# Location + Notes + Alert
cl haircut at Quick Cuts tomorrow 10am alert 30 minutes notes: Ask for John

# Recurring + Location + Calendar
cl #work team meeting at Conference Room A every monday 2pm

# Full featured event
cl #work project review at Room 301 tomorrow 2pm for 2 hours with 15min alert notes: Bring Q4 reports url: https://zoom.us/j/123456

Relative Time

# Immediate events
cl quick meeting now

# Near future
cl meeting in 30 minutes ❌
cl call in 2 hours ❌

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.