Google Calendar Trigger

Kick off crews when Google Calendar events are created, updated, or cancelled

Overview

Use the Google Calendar trigger to launch automations whenever calendar events change. Common use cases include briefing a team before a meeting, notifying stakeholders when a critical event is cancelled, or summarizing daily schedules.

Make sure Google Calendar is connected in Tools & Integrations and enabled for the deployment you want to automate.

Enabling the Google Calendar Trigger

1. Open your deployment in CrewAI AMP
2. Go to the Triggers tab
3. Locate Google Calendar and switch the toggle to enable

Example: Summarize meeting details

The snippet below mirrors the calendar-event-crew.py example in the trigger repository. It parses the payload, analyses the attendees and timing, and produces a meeting brief for downstream tools.

from calendar_event_crew import GoogleCalendarEventTrigger

crew = GoogleCalendarEventTrigger().crew()
result = crew.kickoff({
    "crewai_trigger_payload": calendar_payload,
})
print(result.raw)

Use crewai_trigger_payload exactly as it is delivered by the trigger so the crew can extract the proper fields.

Testing Locally

Test your Google Calendar trigger integration locally using the CrewAI CLI:

# View all available triggers
crewai triggers list

# Simulate a Google Calendar trigger with realistic payload
crewai triggers run google_calendar/event_changed

The crewai triggers run command will execute your crew with a complete Calendar payload, allowing you to test your parsing logic before deployment.

Use crewai triggers run google_calendar/event_changed (not crewai run) to simulate trigger execution during development. After deployment, your crew will automatically receive the trigger payload.

Monitoring Executions

The Executions list in the deployment dashboard tracks every triggered run and surfaces payload metadata, output summaries, and errors.

Troubleshooting

• Ensure the correct Google account is connected and the trigger is enabled
• Test locally with crewai triggers run google_calendar/event_changed to see the exact payload structure
• Confirm your workflow handles all-day events (payloads use start.date and end.date instead of timestamps)
• Check execution logs if reminders or attendee arrays are missing—calendar permissions can limit fields in the payload
• Remember: use crewai triggers run (not crewai run) to simulate trigger execution