A meeting time from a labelled inbox
Eddie forwards email to a labelled Gmail inbox. Dot writes to the recipient, coordinates the time and adds Zoom when needed. Group meetings are not tested. Codex was problematic.
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What was done
On 6 October 2026 Eddie Soehnel (@edsoehnel) writes that after a few months and a few iterations he has a calendar assistant that works. He forwards incoming email, or writes a new one to schedule a meeting, to a labelled inbox in Gmail. The AI takes over, writes to the recipient to coordinate the time and adds a Zoom bridge when needed. He has not tested group scheduling. He got this running with OpenAI's Dot. Running it through Codex was problematic. He has open-sourced the project. The profile says Sedalia, CO (Metro Denver).
How it went
He writes that the assistant works for ordinary meetings. The post does not say how many meetings have been booked, and it does not say whether anyone declined.
Worth knowing
Group meetings are untested. The project being open source is not the same as someone else's calendar being connected.
How to do it
- Forward only the email you want to schedule from, to a [label] you created yourself.
- Ask Dot to propose a time and a video link in a draft to you, not to the guest.
- Read the draft. Say yes before it is sent, and add the meeting yourself if you are unsure.
Try it with Dot
I am forwarding an email to [label] to schedule [meeting]. Write a draft with a time and a video link to me. Do not send it to [guest] until I say yes. Do not book the group.
Replace text in brackets with your own.
Done when. The draft has been read, and the guest has not received an email without your yes.
Safety rule. Dot does not write to the guest and does not add the meeting until you say yes.
Read the original
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