AI scheduling assistant:
what to check first.
Finds open times, books meetings, and sends invites from your calendar.
What it usually asks to connect to
- Google Workspace: View calendars
- Google Workspace: View and edit calendar events
- Google Workspace: Full Google Calendar access
- Google Workspace: Read Gmail
- Google Workspace: Send email as you
- Google Workspace: View Google Contacts
- Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Graph): Full access to your calendar (Calendars.ReadWrite, delegated)
- Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Graph): Read your email (Mail.Read, delegated)
- Microsoft 365 (Microsoft Graph): Keep access while you are away (offline_access)
- Slack: Start direct messages
- Slack: Send messages
What to watch for
- Full calendar access lets it delete events and change who can see your calendar.
- Invites go out in your name. A wrong invite can reach a client or a stranger.
- It can see private event details, like a doctor visit or another client's name, and pass them along.
- Reading email to find meeting requests means it also reads everything else in your inbox.
Ask the company selling it
- Does it need full calendar access, or can it work with event editing only?
- Can it cancel or move meetings it did not create?
- What details does it share when someone asks when I am free?
- Does it need to read my email, or can people book through a link?
Set it up safer
- Book into a separate calendar. On your main calendar, share only free and busy times if the tool allows it.
- Have new meetings held as tentative until you confirm them.
- Skip email access if a booking link covers what you need.
Tests worth asking for
Before you rely on it, ask the seller, or a tester you hire, to show you how it handles situations like these:
- Someone emails asking what you have on Friday. See what details it reveals.
- Ask it to reschedule one meeting, then check that nothing else moved or disappeared.
- A stranger asks to book over an existing client meeting and says it is urgent.
Thinking about a specific agent?
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This page explains what a permission allows. It does not describe, test or rate any product. Permission details are summarized in our own words from the provider's documentation, linked on the page; providers change their documentation, so check the source before you rely on a detail.