Google Calendar MCP Server

MCP server for accessing and analyzing Google Calendar events through the Model Context Protocol.

Features

• 📅 Access ALL your calendars - Primary, work, shared calendars, everything!
• 👥 Multi-account support - Use multiple Google accounts (e.g., personal + work) with automatic account selection
• ➕ Create calendar events - Schedule meetings with invites coming from the correct account
• ✅ Accept/decline invitations - Respond to calendar invites
• 🗑️ Delete events - Remove calendar entries
• 🔍 Find when you last met with someone
• 📊 Analyze meeting patterns and time blocks
• 🎯 Distinguish between deep work and flexible time blocks
• ⚡ Answer questions like "What do I need to be prepared for?"
• 🔗 Integrates with spark-mcp for unified meeting context
• 📋 List and search events across all your calendars at once

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Google Cloud project with Calendar API enabled
• OAuth2 credentials (see setup below)

Installation

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

Setup

1. Create Google Cloud Project

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project:

• Click "Select a project" at the top
• Click "New Project"
• Name: Calendar MCP (or your choice)
• Click "Create"

1. Enable the Google Calendar API:

• In left sidebar: "APIs & Services" → "Library"
• Search for "Google Calendar API"
• Click on it, then click "Enable"

2. Configure OAuth Consent Screen

Important: Do this BEFORE creating credentials

1. In left sidebar: "APIs & Services" → "OAuth consent screen"
2. If you see "Overview" page with metrics, look for navigation in left sidebar
3. Click on "Audience":

• Click "ADD USERS"
• Add your Google email address
• Click "Add" then "Save"

1. Click on "Data Access" in left sidebar:

• Click "Add or Remove Scopes"
• Search for "Google Calendar API"
• Check: .../auth/calendar (full access for read/write operations)
• Click "Update"
• Click "Save"

3. Create OAuth Client Credentials

1. In left sidebar: Click "Clients"
2. Click "CREATE CLIENT" or similar button
3. Choose:

• Application type: Desktop app
• Name: calendar-mcp-client

1. Click "Create"
2. You'll see the client created - click on it
3. In "Client secrets" section:

• Click "+ Add secret"
• Copy the new secret OR click download

1. Download the JSON file (should auto-download or look for download option)
2. Save as client_secret.json in /Users/feamster/src/calendar-mcp/

Note: The Google Cloud Console interface uses "OAuth Platform" with Audience/Data Access/Clients, not the old consent screen wizard.

4. Authenticate

Run the authentication setup:

python -m calendar_mcp.auth

This will:

• Open your browser for Google OAuth consent
• Ask you to grant Calendar read and write permissions
• Save the refresh token to ~/.mcp-auth/calendar/tokens/

Important: Google will show a warning "Google hasn't verified this app" because this is your personal project. This is normal and safe:

• Click "Advanced"
• Click "Go to Calendar MCP (unsafe)"
• Grant the calendar read and write permissions

4b. Multi-Account Setup (Optional)

To use multiple Google accounts (e.g., personal + work), add each account:

# Add your first account
python -m calendar_mcp.auth add [email protected]

# Add your work account and set as default
python -m calendar_mcp.auth add [email protected] --default

# List configured accounts
python -m calendar_mcp.auth list

# Change default account
python -m calendar_mcp.auth default [email protected]

How multi-account works:

• When creating events, the account is automatically selected based on the calendarId
• If calendarId="[email protected]", invites come FROM that account
• If calendarId="[email protected]", invites come FROM that account
• You can also explicitly specify account parameter to override

Example usage after setup:

# Creates event on UChicago calendar, invite FROM [email protected]
create_event(summary="Meeting", calendarId="[email protected]", attendees=["[email protected]"])

# Creates event on Gmail calendar, invite FROM [email protected]
create_event(summary="Personal", calendarId="[email protected]", attendees=["[email protected]"])

Calendar display names: calendarId accepts a calendar's display name in addition to its raw id. create_event(calendarId="Chemster Events") resolves to the underlying [email protected] id by matching against the summary/summaryOverride fields returned by list_all_calendars (case- insensitive, trimmed). If a name is shared across accounts pass account=... to disambiguate; an unknown name returns a structured error listing the available calendars. primary and raw ids are passed through unchanged.

5. Configure Meeting Preferences (Optional)

Create ~/.mcp-config/calendar/config.json to customize your scheduling preferences:

{
  "preferences": {
    "timezone": "America/New_York",
    "meetingPreferences": {
      "preferAdjacentToMeetings": true,
      "preferredMeetingDuration": 30,
      "avoidDeepWorkBlocks": true,
      "deepWorkBlockUsage": "end",
      "neverAvailablePatterns": ["kids"],
      "preferredDays": {
        "Wednesday-PM": 100,
        "Thursday": 100,
        "Monday-PM": 70,
        "Tuesday": 40,
        "Friday": 40
      },
      "afternoonStartHour": 12,
      "notes": "SCHEDULING PRIORITY: 1. BEST (100): Wed PM & Thu. 2. GOOD (70): Mon PM. 3. LAST RESORT (40): Tue & Fri. Prefer 30-min slots adjacent to meetings. Avoid deep work blocks. Never schedule over 'kids' blocks."
    },
    "flexibleBlockPatterns": ["flexible", "optional", "buffer", "hold"],
    "deepWorkPatterns": ["deep work", "focus time", "writing", "research", "reading"]
  }
}

Meeting Preference Options:

• preferAdjacentToMeetings: Suggest times next to existing meetings
• preferredMeetingDuration: Default meeting length in minutes
• avoidDeepWorkBlocks: Try not to suggest deep work time
• deepWorkBlockUsage: "end" = use end of block if needed, "start" = use start, "avoid" = never use
• neverAvailablePatterns: Keywords for completely unavailable blocks
• `preferredDays`: Day-of-week ranking system (0-100 scale)
• Higher scores = stronger preference (100 = most preferred, 40 = least preferred, 0 = avoid)
• Use full day names: "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday"
• For afternoon-only preferences: "Monday-PM", "Wednesday-PM", etc.
• Example ranking:
• "Wednesday-PM": 100 and "Thursday": 100 = BEST days (strongly prefer)
• "Monday-PM": 70 = GOOD day (acceptable)
• "Tuesday": 40 and "Friday": 40 = LAST RESORT (avoid if better options exist)
• The MCP will prioritize suggesting times on higher-scored days
• afternoonStartHour: Hour when afternoon starts (default: 12 = noon)
• notes: Human-readable description explaining your preferences for Claude to understand

6. Configure Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calendar": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "calendar_mcp.server"],
      "cwd": "/Users/feamster/src/calendar-mcp"
    }
  }
}

If you have other MCP servers (like spark-mcp), add the "calendar" section to your existing "mcpServers" object.

7. Test the Installation (Optional but Recommended)

Before configuring Claude Desktop, verify everything works:

python test_calendar.py

You should see:

• ✓ Credentials loaded successfully
• ✓ Calendar client initialized
• ✓ Found X events
• ✓ All tests completed

8. Restart Claude Desktop

Restart Claude Desktop to load the new MCP server.

Usage

Once configured, ask Claude questions like:

Meeting Queries:

• "What meetings do I have today?"
• "Show me my calendar for the next week"
• "What do I need to be prepared for?"
• "Tell me about my 2pm meeting"

Relationship Tracking:

• "When was the last time I met with [email protected]?"
• "Show me all my meetings with the engineering team"
• "Who do I meet with most often?"

Time Analysis:

• "How many hours of meetings did I have this week?"
• "Analyze my calendar blocks for today"
• "Summarize my meetings from the past week"
• "Am I free tomorrow at 2pm?"

Finding Meeting Times (with preferences):

• "Find me times for a 30-minute meeting this week"
• "When should I schedule a call with John?"
• "What are my best meeting times next week?"
• "Suggest times for a 1-hour meeting"

When finding meeting times, the MCP will:

• Prioritize your preferred days (e.g., Wed PM & Thu over Tue & Fri)
• Look for slots adjacent to existing meetings (if enabled)
• Avoid deep work blocks (but use them as last resort if needed)
• Never suggest times with "kids" or other never-available patterns

Managing Calendar Events:

• "Create a meeting titled 'Project Review' tomorrow at 2pm for 1 hour"
• "Schedule a 30-minute call with [email protected] on Thursday at 3pm"
• "Add a meeting on Friday at 10am with [email protected] and [email protected]"
• "Delete the meeting about quarterly planning"
• "Accept the invitation for tomorrow's standup"
• "Decline the Friday afternoon meeting"
• "Mark the project kickoff as tentative"

Integration with spark-mcp: If you have both calendar-mcp and spark-mcp installed:

• "Show me the transcript from my meeting with X last Tuesday"
• "Summarize all my meetings and their transcripts from last week"
• "What were the action items from recent meetings?"

Available Tools

1. list_accounts

List all configured Google accounts for multi-account calendar access. Shows which accounts are set up and which is the default.

2. list_all_calendars

List all calendars you have access to (primary, work, shared, etc.)

3. list_calendar_events

List calendar events from ALL your calendars with filtering by time range, search query, etc. Each event shows which calendar it's from.

4. get_upcoming_meetings

Get upcoming meetings for preparation, includes time until meeting and attendee info.

5. find_meetings_with_person

Find when you last met with someone (by email or name).

6. get_meeting_by_id

Get full details of a specific calendar event.

7. analyze_time_blocks

Analyze calendar blocks and distinguish between deep work and flexible time.

8. summarize_meetings

Get summaries of meetings grouped by day, week, or person.

9. check_availability

Check if you're available at a proposed time.

10. find_meeting_times

Find best available meeting times based on your preferences (day ranking, adjacent to meetings, avoid deep work).

11. create_event

Create a new calendar event with optional attendees and automatic invitation emails. Multi-account: Automatically selects the correct Google account based on calendarId. Recurring events: Pass recurrence (structured) or recurrenceRrule (raw RFC 5545) to create a series:

# MWF for 3 weeks
recurrence = {"freq": "WEEKLY", "by_day": ["MO", "WE", "FR"], "until": "2026-07-24"}

# First Monday of every month, for a year
recurrence = {"freq": "MONTHLY", "by_day": ["MO"], "by_set_pos": [1], "count": 12}

# MWF for 3 weeks, skipping July 13
recurrence = {"freq": "WEEKLY", "by_day": ["MO", "WE", "FR"], "until": "2026-07-24", "exceptions": ["2026-07-13"]}

Supported keys: freq (DAILY/WEEKLY/MONTHLY/YEARLY), interval, by_day, by_month_day, by_month, by_set_pos, count (mutually exclusive with until), until (ISO date or datetime — bare dates interpreted as end-of-day in start's timezone), exceptions (list of ISO dates to skip via EXDATE). The response includes an occurrence_count so you can verify the series size without listing instances.

12. update_event_recurrence

Modify the recurrence rule of an existing event without deleting and recreating:

• scope="series" (default): replace the RRULE on the master event (pass recurrence=null to clear).
• scope="this_and_following": split the series at splitAt — shortens the original's UNTIL to just before splitAt and inserts a new event with the new rule starting at splitAt.
• scope="single": apply the change to a single instance (pass the instance event id, not the master id).

13. delete_event

Delete a calendar event with optional cancellation notifications to attendees.

14. respond_to_event

Accept, decline, or tentatively accept a calendar invitation.

Block Type Detection

The server can distinguish between different types of calendar blocks:

• Deep Work: Focus time, writing, research (hard blocks)
• Flexible: Buffer time, optional blocks (can accommodate last-minute requests)
• Meetings: Scheduled meetings
• Out of Office: Hard blocks

Configure patterns in ~/.mcp-config/calendar/config.json:

{
  "preferences": {
    "flexibleBlockPatterns": ["flexible", "optional", "buffer"],
    "deepWorkPatterns": ["deep work", "focus time", "writing", "research"]
  }
}

Integration with spark-mcp

If you have spark-mcp installed, the calendar MCP can cross-reference calendar events with meeting transcripts to provide unified context.

Troubleshooting

Authentication errors

1. Check credentials file exists:

   ls ~/.mcp-auth/calendar/credentials.json

1. Re-run authentication:

   python -m calendar_mcp.auth

1. Verify API is enabled in Google Cloud Console

No events returned

1. Check date range in your query
2. Verify you have events in your Google Calendar
3. Check token has proper scopes

Server not connecting

1. Check Claude Desktop logs:

   tail -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-calendar.log

1. Verify config syntax in claude_desktop_config.json

1. Make sure Python path is correct in config

1. Try running server directly to check for errors:

   cd /Users/feamster/src/calendar-mcp
   python -m calendar_mcp.server
   # Should start without errors (Ctrl+C to exit)

"Google hasn't verified this app" warning

This is normal for personal projects. Your app is safe because you created it.

Solution:

• Click "Advanced" on the warning page
• Click "Go to Calendar MCP (unsafe)"
• Grant the permissions

API quota exceeded

Google Calendar API has rate limits (1M queries/day). If you hit limits:

• Wait a few minutes
• Most queries use only 1-2 quota units
• Normal usage won't hit limits

Testing & Development

Test Installation

# Test authentication status
python -m calendar_mcp.auth --test

# Run full test suite
python test_calendar.py

Development Mode

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

# Make changes to calendar_mcp/*.py files
# Restart Claude Desktop to reload changes

Project Structure

calendar-mcp/
├── calendar_mcp/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── auth.py              # OAuth2 authentication (multi-account support)
│   ├── calendar_client.py   # Google Calendar API wrapper
│   └── server.py            # MCP server implementation
├── test_calendar.py         # Test script
├── setup.py                 # Package installer
├── README.md               # This file
├── SETUP.md                # Detailed setup instructions
├── QUICKSTART.md           # Quick start guide
└── SPEC.md                 # Technical specification

~/.mcp-config/calendar/
├── accounts.json            # Multi-account configuration
└── config.json              # User preferences (ignored calendars, meeting prefs)

~/.mcp-auth/calendar/
├── credentials.json         # OAuth client credentials
└── tokens/                  # Per-account OAuth tokens
    ├── feamster_at_gmail_com.json
    └── feamster_at_uchicago_edu.json

Privacy & Security

• Full calendar access: Requests calendar scope for read and write operations
• Local credentials: Tokens stored locally in ~/.mcp-auth/calendar/
• No data caching: Doesn't cache calendar data
• Secure token handling: Automatic refresh token management
• Notification control: You can disable email notifications when creating/deleting events

Documentation

• [README.md](README.md) (this file) - Overview and usage
• [QUICKSTART.md](QUICKSTART.md) - Get started in 10 minutes
• [SETUP.md](SETUP.md) - Detailed setup instructions with troubleshooting
• [SPEC.md](SPEC.md) - Complete technical specification

Future Enhancements

See SPEC.md for detailed roadmap, including:

• Action item extraction from meeting descriptions
• Update existing events (modify time, location, description)
• Smart scheduling suggestions
• Advanced meeting analytics
• Recurring meeting instance management (list/override individual instances of a series)
• Cross-referencing with spark-mcp transcripts

License

MIT