Automation library · Setup and learning

Build an MCP server with Google Calendar

Started by someone opening a chat with it, 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. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

MediumCalls a model: OpenAIRetrieval

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

The flow

Starts it 2Model 4Service 4

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

  1. 1SearchEventGoogle Calendar ToolService
  2. 2CreateEventGoogle Calendar ToolService
  3. 3UpdateEventGoogle Calendar ToolService
  4. 4DeleteEventGoogle Calendar ToolService
  5. 5When chat message receivedChat triggerStarts it
  6. 6Simple MemoryMemory Buffer WindowModel
  7. 7Calendar MCPMcp Client ToolModel
  8. 8gpt-4oLm Chat Open AiModel
  9. 9Google Calendar MCPMcp triggerStarts it
  10. 10AI AgentAgentModel

How it's built

Starts on
Someone opening a chat with it
Steps
10
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 someone opening a chat with it.

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. 10 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 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.