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I have a friend who once said something like this to her daughter: "Would you like me to dedicate my limited memory to remembering your birthday or checking whether you've put on your socks and shoes each morning?" I laughed. But I also wanted to cry.

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Sometimes there's no time to let the team know you're busy during back to back calls. Zapier can help ensure your Slack status is up to date during your next meeting—or whatever event—once you set up this automation. From then on, Zapier will set your Slack status to indicate you're busy 5 minutes before the Google Calendar event starts, and clear the status once it ends, saving you from the trouble of awkwardly trying to tell the team you can't get back to them at the moment.  

Google Calendar lets you organize your schedule and share events with co-workers and friends. With Google's free online calendar, it's easy to keep track of your daily schedule.

New Calendar

Triggers when an event is cancelled or deleted.

Event Cancelled

Event Ended

Triggers when a specified amount of time before an event starts.

Event Start

Triggers when an event is created or updated (except when it's cancelled).

New or Updated Event

New Event

Triggers when an event is created that matches a search.

New Event Matching Search

Find Event

Finds a specific event by its ID in your calendar.

Retrieve Event by ID

Finds multiple events in your calendar as line items.

Find Multiple Events

Find or Create Event

Invites one or more person to an existing event.

Add Attendee(s) to Event

Create Calendar

Delete Event

Create Detailed Event

Create an event from a piece of text. Google parses the text for date, time, and description info.

Quick Add Event

Updates an event. Only filled fields are updated.

Update Event

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

API Request (Beta)

Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

Triggers when a new message is posted to any public channel.

New Public Message Posted Anywhere

New Channel

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.

New Message Posted to Channel

Triggers when a custom emoji has been added to a team.

New Team Custom Emoji

Triggers when a new file is uploaded to your workspace.

New File

Triggers when a username or highlight word is mentioned in a public #channel.

New Mention

Triggers when a new message is found that matches the query.

New Message From Query

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #private-channel or multi-dm.

New Message Posted to Private Channel

Triggers when a Message is pushed from Slack.

New Pushed Message

Triggers when a reaction (aka reactji) is added to a message in a public #channel.

New Reaction Added

New Saved Message

Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.

New User

Finds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature.

Find Message

Finds a user by matching against their email instead of their username.

Find User by Email

Find User by ID

Finds a user by matching against their real name instead of their username.

Find User by Name

Find User by Username

Adds a reminder for yourself or a teammate, just like the `/remind` slash command.

Add Reminder

Invite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it.

Invite User to Channel

Posts a message to the specific #channel you choose. Message delivery can be scheduled for later.

Send Channel Message

Sends a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Direct Message

Create Channel

Post a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Private Channel Message

Set Channel Topic

Update basic profile fields such as name or title

Update Profile

Sets your Slack status to the given text and emoji.

Set Status

Invite a new User to your Slack workspace. Uses legacy tokens.

Invite New User

Update Slack status during new Google Calendar events

Use this integration to communicate your status with your Slack team. After you set it up, whenever an event starts in Google Calendar, Zapier will automatically update your status in Slack. That way, your team will know you're AFK with no extra effort on your part.

Update your Slack status when new Google Calendar events begin

Your Slack team should know your schedule, but sharing calendars and sending email updates takes time that's better spent elsewhere. This integration lets you stay focused, automatically setting your Slack status at a specified time before an event in your Microsoft Outlook calendar starts. Keep your team in the loop with instant, effortless updates!

Microsoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.

Microsoft Outlook

Triggers at a specified time before an event in your calendar starts.

Calendar Event Start

Cancelled Calendar Event

New Attachment

Triggers when a new event is created in your calendar.

New Calendar Event

Triggers when a new contact is added to your account

New Contact

Triggers when a new e-mail is received in your inbox.

New Email

Triggers when a new e-mail is received in your inbox that matches a search.

New Email Matching Search

New Flagged Email

Triggers when a new new message in folder is created.

New Message in Folder

Updated Calendar Event

Find Calendar Event

Find a Contact

Find Email

Find or Create Contact

Add Attendees to Calendar Event

Create an event in the calendar of your choice.

Create Event

Create Contact

Creates a draft of an email that can then be reviewed and sent out.

Create Draft Email

Create Draft Reply

Creates a new reply to email, probably with input from previous steps.

Reply to Email

Send Email

Update Calendar Event

Update Contact

Create new status updates in Slack with Microsoft Outlook calendar events

This Google Calendar to Slack integration helps keep a team in the loop whenever new events are added to a Google Calendar. You're able to post the event name, location, start and end time and more.

Post new Google Calendar events to a Slack channel

Want to get notified when a new event is scheduled? Now you can with this Google Calendar to Slack automation. Set it up, and each time a new event is created in Google Calendar, Zapier will send you a direct message in Slack. You'll never forget an important event again!

Get Slackbot notifications for new Google Calendar events

Multiple calendars let us compartmentalize different types of events, but this can make it easier to miss new events. Use Zapier as your personal alert bot with this Google Calendar-SMS integration and that will never happen. It will trigger whenever a new event is created on your chosen Google Calendar, automatically sending you an SMS with the details so you know the moment there's anything new.

Using our built-in number, you can send a limited number of SMS / text messages. This is great for reminders!

SMS by Zapier

Send an SMS to a number. Notice that a successful action means that the SMS has been queued, not delivered.

Send SMS

Get SMS alerts for new Google Calendar events

Use Zapier to automatically send daily email messages with Gmail. With this integration, you choose a daily schedule and write a Gmail message, and Zapier will then send that email daily at the time that you nominate. It's a great way to remind yourself of things you have to do each day, share info automatically, and more.

Schedule is a native Zapier app you can use for recurring tasks. Trigger an action every day of the month, every day of the week or every single day. You can also select the hour of the day. If you're a developer, this is similar to a crontab, cronjob or cron.

Triggers at user-defined intervals (days, weeks, months)

Custom Frequency

Every Day

Every Hour

Triggers every month, on the day(s) selected.

Every Month

Triggers every week, on the day(s) selected.

Every Week

One of the most popular email services, Gmail keeps track of all your emails with threaded conversations, tags, and Google-powered search to find any message you need.

Gmail

Triggers when you receive a new attachment.

New Label

Triggers when you receive a new email and label it within two days.

New Labeled Email

Triggers when a new email appears in the specified mailbox.

Triggers when you receive a new email that matches a search string you provide.

Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.

New Starred Email

New Thread

Find or Send Email

Add Label to Email

Delete Email

Create Draft

Create a draft reply to an existing email.

Create Label

Remove Label From Email

Send daily emails with Gmail

There are tasks we need to complete every day, but sometimes we just need a reminder of those tasks. With a little help from Zapier that scheduled task can get sent to you by text message at the same time every day.

Get daily reminders by SMS

Looking for an easy reminder about your daily tasks? With this integration, that scheduled task will automatically show up in a custom message the Slack channel of your choice at the same time, every day. 

Send daily notifications in Slack

Forward messages to selected members on your team with this Gmail (business account) to Slack automation. Once set up, each time a new message is received in Gmail, Zapier will send a direct message to a chosen team member via Slack. Make sure the proper team answers new emails when you set up this integration.

Get Slack direct messages for new Gmail messages

Gmail and Slack are communication staples, and sometimes you need to send information quickly between them. This Zap automatically sends you a direct Slack message every time a Gmail message is labeled, which cuts down on the time you spend copying and pasting important information. That way, you can take immediate action on important emails.

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