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Tip

simply bookmark this EXACT URL:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=&dates=&ctz=America/New_York&location=&details=

(or adapt locale to your needs), and bookmark it.

Q: How can I create a bookmark to event creation in my Google Calendar?

You can essentially create a bookmarkable link for Google Calendar that opens a “create event” dialog (or template) for whoever’s signed-in, and you can pre-fill many of the meeting/event fields. Below is how to do it + some caveats.

✅ How to build the bookmark link

Use a URL of the form:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE
  &text=<EVENT_TITLE>
  &dates=<START>/<END>
  [&ctz=<TIME_ZONE>]
  [&details=<DESCRIPTION>]
  [&location=<LOCATION>]
  [&add=<GUEST_EMAILS>]
  [&recur=<RRULE>]
  …etc…

Key parameters (per guidelines) include:

Example minimal link:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Team%20Meeting&dates=20251110T140000/20251110T150000&ctz=America/New_York

When the signed-in user clicks this link, Google Calendar opens the “Add event” dialog with those fields pre-filled. They can review, modify, then click Save.

⚠️ Important caveats & limitations

  • The user must be signed in to a Google account (or will be prompted to sign in) so that the event is added to their calendar.
  • The link only pre-fills values; the user still has to confirm/save it.
  • Some parameters may change behavior depending on Google’s UI updates; this feature isn’t heavily documented by Google in every detail. (Stack Overflow)
  • If you include guest emails (add=) the event you create might invite those guests from your calendar — so one must consider organizer context.
  • Recurrence (recur=) is more advanced and may require correct RRULE syntax.
  • For all-day events use date format without times: e.g., YYYYMMDD/YYYYMMDD+1 for one day. (interactiondesignfoundation.github.io)
  • Time zones: If you skip timezone suffix and ctz param, Google might default to user’s timezone; otherwise you can specify explicitly.
  • If you want a more robust / programmable solution (for example fully automated), you may need to use the Calendar API. (Google for Developers)

🔧 Use-case: “any-given-profile / any-given-meeting”

Since the bookmark link doesn’t hard-code the Google account (it uses whoever’s signed in) and you can keep the link generic, you could do something like:

  1. Create a bookmark in your browser named “Create Google Calendar Meeting”.

  2. Set the URL to something like:

    https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=&dates=&ctz=America/New_York&location=&details=

    (with placeholders you fill in manually each time or via a simple query-string modification).

  3. When you want to schedule a meeting, click the bookmark, fill in the title, dates, location, etc in the browser URL or once the dialog opens.

  4. Save the event.

If you want more automation (for example a small script/prompt asks for date/time/title then builds the URL) you could set up a little browser bookmarklet or small custom HTML form that redirects to the constructed URL.

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[!NOTE] ### NOTE:

This is just provided as conceptual research, documentation, for informational-purposes only, etc., and has not been fully battle tested or vetted, however would appreciate hearing and learning about any implementations, and shared learnings. (Unless otherwise explicitly stated by the author.)

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