Automation library · Scheduling

Add travel time blockers to calendar

Started by a clock, and works across Google Calendar. It puts OpenAI behind a retrieval step, so answers are drawn from documents you supply rather than from the model alone. 11 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

11 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Model 4Logic 2Service 3

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Schedule TriggerSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2OpenAI Chat ModelLm Chat Open AiModel
  3. 3Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  4. 4get_calendar_eventsGoogle Calendar ToolService
  5. 5create_calendar_eventGoogle Calendar ToolService
  6. 6travel_directionsTool WorkflowModel
  7. 7Sub: travel_directionsExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  8. 8Set DefaultsSetLogic
  9. 9AI AgentAgentModel
  10. 10Call Google Directions APIHttp RequestService
  11. 11set Travel_timeSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
11
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Calendar
Model
OpenAI
Retrieval
Answers are drawn from documents you supply, not from the model alone

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Calendar account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Its answers draw on documents you give it, not on the model alone. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 11 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.