recipe-block-focus-time▌
googleworkspace/cli · updated Apr 8, 2026
Recurring focus time blocks on Google Calendar to protect deep work hours.
- ›Creates weekly recurring focus blocks (Monday–Friday by default) that display as busy time, preventing calendar conflicts
- ›Requires the gws-calendar skill and uses Google Calendar's recurrence rules for flexible scheduling
- ›Includes verification step to confirm blocks appear correctly in calendar agenda view
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4.6★★★★★59 reviews- ★★★★★Amina Sethi· Dec 28, 2024
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: recipe-block-focus-time is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
- ★★★★★Alexander Gonzalez· Dec 4, 2024
We added recipe-block-focus-time from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.
- ★★★★★Kabir Taylor· Nov 23, 2024
Keeps context tight: recipe-block-focus-time is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
- ★★★★★Xiao Singh· Nov 19, 2024
recipe-block-focus-time has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
- ★★★★★Alexander Huang· Oct 14, 2024
recipe-block-focus-time has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.
- ★★★★★Harper Chawla· Oct 10, 2024
Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: recipe-block-focus-time is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.
- ★★★★★Xiao Smith· Oct 10, 2024
Keeps context tight: recipe-block-focus-time is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.
- ★★★★★Kaira Reddy· Sep 17, 2024
Registry listing for recipe-block-focus-time matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.
- ★★★★★Anaya Torres· Sep 17, 2024
recipe-block-focus-time fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.
- ★★★★★Min Harris· Sep 9, 2024
Useful defaults in recipe-block-focus-time — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.
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