Quick Event
This is an iOS shortcut I made to allow you to create a new calendar events more quickly and intuitively.
Changelog
- v1.2 — Minor code changes
- v1.1 — Fixed an issue with the current date not being read, thanks Keith 🙏🏽
- v1.0 — Initial release
Setup
You will need to be ready to provide answers to 4 setup questions on install:
Available calendars: This shortcut requires you to input which calendars are available for the shortcut to add to. These need to match your calendar app verbatim.
Default calendar: This is the calendar the shortcut will add to if none is specified.
Default Event Duration: This is the default duration (in minutes) of new events if no duration or end time is specified.
Default Alert Time: This is the default amount of time before an event to alert (in hours) if no duration or alert time is specified.
Usage
Ways to use:
- standalone from the homescreen
- receive text from the Share Sheet
- trigger with Siri
This is AI powered, so you’re given the freedom to use natural language very freely. The shortcut is able to determine the following event properties:
- Title
- Start
- End
- All day
- Location
- Calendar
- Alert
Some syntactic sugar is enabled.
- “/“ will parse the subsequent text as the calendar to use– requires very little to match, so /p would be enough to match”Personal” as a calendar as long as no other calendars start with the letter “p”
- “%” will parse the subsequent text as the amount of time before the event to alert you, and works very loosely– %1 hour, %1hr, %1h would all work
Examples
coffee with Cara tomorrow at Nook from 2 to 4 "She likes astrology" /p %1hr
I'm having coffee with Cara tomorrow from 2 to 4. We're going to be at Nook. Put this in my personal calendar and set the alert to one hour before so I don't forget. Include a note that she likes astrology.