# Calendar (Google Calendar)

> Get a prepared brief before each Google Calendar event.

Source: https://docs.runbear.io/inbox-agent/channels/calendar

Last updated: 2026-08-26

Connect Google Calendar to Inbox Agent and walk into every meeting already prepared — with relevant context, recent conversations, and background information assembled for you automatically.

## What Inbox Agent does with your calendar

Before each meeting, Inbox Agent reviews your calendar event and builds a meeting brief. The brief can include:

- Recent Slack conversations or emails related to the meeting topic or attendees
- Relevant documents from connected tools (Notion pages, Confluence articles, etc.)
- Open Linear issues or other work items connected to the subject

The goal is simple: you show up knowing what matters, without spending 10 minutes digging through your tools beforehand.

**Inbox Agent does not accept, decline, or modify calendar events.** It only reads your calendar to know what's coming. All decisions about your schedule remain entirely yours.

![Meeting brief with context](/img/inbox-agent/channels/calendar-meeting-brief.png)

## What to expect after connecting

Once Google Calendar is connected:

- Inbox Agent monitors your upcoming calendar events.
- Before each meeting, it assembles a brief with relevant context from your connected channels and tools.
- The brief appears in your Runbear inbox, ready for you to review at any time.
- No changes are made to your calendar — events are read-only.

![Pre-meeting brief in inbox](/img/inbox-agent/channels/calendar-inbox-brief.png)

## Setup

1. Open **Inbox Agent** in the Runbear app.
2. Navigate to **Channels** and select **Calendar**.
3. Click **Connect with Google** and complete the OAuth authorization flow.
4. Grant Runbear the requested Google Calendar permissions — Runbear reads your calendar events to prepare briefs. It does not modify your calendar.
5. Once connected, Inbox Agent will begin monitoring upcoming events immediately.

> **More context, better briefs**
>
> The more channels and tools you connect, the richer your meeting briefs will be. Connect Slack to surface recent conversations, or Notion to pull in relevant documents. See [Connect tools](/inbox-agent/tools.md) for details.

## Next steps

- [Connect Slack](/inbox-agent/channels/slack.md)
- [Connect Email (Gmail)](/inbox-agent/channels/email.md)
- [Connect tools for better context](/inbox-agent/tools.md)