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Google Calendar integration

An agent that schedules in your Google Calendar

Ipster looks at your Google Calendar, checks whether the requested time is free and puts the appointment in. You do not have to call anyone back to schedule something.

Ipster and Google Calendar, directly connected

What the agent does

The actions the agent performs in Google Calendar

You choose which actions the agent may use. This works for phone and for chat.

Look at a day

The agent fetches what is already in your calendar on the requested date. That way it only suggests times that work.

Check a time

With a start and end time, the agent checks whether that time is really free, and which appointments are in the way, if any.

Create an appointment

The agent puts the appointment in your calendar, with title, start and end.

No double bookings

Before creating it, the agent checks the time once more. If it is taken, no appointment is added and it offers the caller an alternative.

The caller as attendee

If you like, the agent adds the caller's email address as an attendee to the appointment.

The right time zone

The agent works with the time zone of the appointment. By default that is Europe/Amsterdam.

What a call looks like

From question to appointment, without manual work

  1. 1

    Your customer wants an appointment

    Ipster answers and hears which day and time suit best.

  2. 2

    The agent looks in your calendar

    It sees what is already booked that day and checks whether the requested time is free.

  3. 3

    The appointment is set

    If the time is free, the agent schedules the appointment. If it is taken, it suggests another time.

  4. 4

    Everything is in your calendar

    The appointment with title, start and end, where your team already looks.

Appointment in Google Calendar

  • Appointment · By Ipster

    Scheduled in the calendar

  • Attendee · By Ipster

    The caller, if there is an email address

  • Busy time · By Ipster

    Is not double booked

You decide

You stay in control

Choose the actions

Switch checking availability and creating an appointment on or off, one by one.

Choose the calendar

Decide which Google Calendar the agent looks at and schedules appointments in.

Set the way of working

Tell the agent in the prompt when to check the calendar and when it may schedule an appointment.

How to connect it

Connected in three steps

01

Create a service account

Create a service account in Google Cloud, download the JSON key and paste it into Ipster.

02

Share your calendar

Share your Google Calendar with the email address of the service account, with permission to make changes.

03

Choose the calendar and the actions

Enter the calendar ID and decide whether the agent may check, schedule or both.

Enter your own Google address as the calendar ID, not "primary". That is the calendar of the service account itself.

Frequently asked questions

About the Google Calendar integration

The agent can look at which appointments are on a day, check whether a requested time is free and create an appointment. You choose which actions are on.

For a private calendar, you create a service account in Google Cloud and paste the JSON key into Ipster. Then you share your calendar with the email address of that service account, with permission to make changes. For a public calendar you can also use an API key.

No. Before the agent creates an appointment, it checks whether the time is free. If it is taken, the appointment is not created and the agent offers the caller another time.

It is not required. The agent can add the caller's email address as an attendee to the appointment, but creating an appointment without an email address is also possible.

Yes. The same Google Calendar actions work for phone agents and for chat agents.

Yes. Besides Google Calendar, Ipster connects with Cal.com, HubSpot and Slack, among others. Is your system not listed? We are happy to take a look.

Let your agent schedule in your Google Calendar

Book a demo and see how Ipster checks a free time and puts the appointment in your calendar.

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