Turn a messy weekly brain dump into a Google Calendar import file with Gemini
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An Android Police writer plans the week each Sunday by writing out meetings, errands, bills and appointments in plain language and asking Gemini for a CSV to import into Google Calendar. The writer double-checks everything before importing, and says Gemini sometimes outputs plain text instead of a downloadable file, which they save as .csv themselves.
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Generate a CSV format suitable for importing events into Google Calendar.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Turn my list of this week's plans into a file I can import into my calendar. Fill in before running: - My week in plain language: [BRAIN DUMP] - Dates covered: [DATES] - Calendar app: [Google Calendar / Outlook] Rules: - Use the import format the calendar app expects (subject, start date, start time, end time). - Give each event a sensible length if I didn't state one, and list those assumptions. - Show a table to check before giving the file. - If you can't make a downloadable file, give the CSV text and how to save it. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Import into a test calendar first so mistakes are easy to delete. Output: A check table, then the CSV. You'll know it worked when: the import puts every event on the right day and time with no duplicates. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Turn my list of this week's plans into a file I can import into my calendar. Fill in before running: - My week in plain language: [BRAIN DUMP] - Dates covered: [DATES] - Calendar app: [Google Calendar / Outlook] Rules: - Use the import format the calendar app expects (subject, start date, start time, end time). - Give each event a sensible length if I didn't state one, and list those assumptions. - Show a table to check before giving the file. - If you can't make a downloadable file, give the CSV text and how to save it. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Import into a test calendar first so mistakes are easy to delete. Output: A check table, then the CSV. You'll know it worked when: the import puts every event on the right day and time with no duplicates. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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