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{
"id": "H1q8R1MfhEk8F0ni",
"name": "FocusTime",
"tags": [
{
"id": "SauVYJKjA9yiw2uI",
"name": "calendar-automation",
"createdAt": "2025-07-20T22:06:21.623Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-07-20T22:06:21.623Z"
}
],
"nodes": [
{
"id": "965166ee-bf7e-48e6-b559-624c4a5bb72f",
"name": "Schedule Trigger",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger",
"position": [
-880,
96
],
"parameters": {
"rule": {
"interval": [
{
"field": "cronExpression",
"expression": "0 8 * * *"
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 1.1
},
{
"id": "af8970e0-6d2c-48d4-907b-5e022ab8d5ac",
"name": "Get Full Week Events",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleCalendar",
"position": [
-656,
96
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"calendar": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "primary",
"cachedResultName": "Primary"
},
"operation": "getAll"
},
"credentials": {
"googleCalendarOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "76c503e8-926f-4254-be1b-f2c5b55938e8",
"name": "Calculate Full Week Focus Time Slots",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
-448,
96
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const events = $input.all();\nconst today = new Date();\n\n// Get Sunday of current week (start of week)\nconst sunday = new Date(today);\nsunday.setDate(today.getDate() - today.getDay());\nsunday.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);\n\n// Create array of all 7 days (Sunday-Saturday)\nconst allDays = [];\nfor (let i = 0; i < 7; i++) {\n const day = new Date(sunday);\n day.setDate(sunday.getDate() + i);\n allDays.push(day);\n}\n\nconst dayNames = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'];\nconsole.log('Analyzing full week:', allDays.map((d, i) => `${dayNames[i]} ${d.toDateString()}`));\n\nconst allFocusSlots = [];\n\n// Process each day of the week\nfor (let dayIndex = 0; dayIndex < allDays.length; dayIndex++) {\n const currentDay = allDays[dayIndex];\n const dayName = dayNames[dayIndex];\n \n const workStart = new Date(currentDay);\n workStart.setHours(9, 0, 0, 0);\n const workEnd = new Date(currentDay);\n workEnd.setHours(17, 0, 0, 0);\n \n // Filter events for this specific day\n const dayEvents = events\n .filter(event => {\n const eventStart = new Date(event.json.start.dateTime || event.json.start.date);\n return eventStart.toDateString() === currentDay.toDateString();\n })\n .sort((a, b) => {\n const aStart = new Date(a.json.start.dateTime || a.json.start.date);\n const bStart = new Date(b.json.start.dateTime || b.json.start.date);\n return aStart - bStart;\n });\n\n // Calculate total booked time for this day\n let totalBookedMinutes = 0;\n for (const event of dayEvents) {\n const startTime = new Date(event.json.start.dateTime || event.json.start.date);\n const endTime = new Date(event.json.end.dateTime || event.json.end.date);\n \n const effectiveStart = new Date(Math.max(startTime.getTime(), workStart.getTime()));\n const effectiveEnd = new Date(Math.min(endTime.getTime(), workEnd.getTime()));\n \n if (effectiveStart < effectiveEnd) {\n totalBookedMinutes += (effectiveEnd - effectiveStart) / (1000 * 60);\n }\n }\n\n const totalBookedHours = totalBookedMinutes / 60;\n console.log(`${dayName} ${currentDay.toDateString()}: ${totalBookedHours.toFixed(1)} hours booked`);\n\n // Only process days with 6+ hours booked\n if (totalBookedHours >= 6) {\n console.log(`Creating focus time for ${dayName} (${totalBookedHours.toFixed(1)} hours booked)`);\n \n const freeSlots = [];\n let currentTime = new Date(workStart);\n\n // Check time before first event\n if (dayEvents.length > 0) {\n const firstEventStart = new Date(dayEvents[0].json.start.dateTime || dayEvents[0].json.start.date);\n if (currentTime < firstEventStart) {\n const slotEnd = new Date(Math.min(firstEventStart.getTime(), workEnd.getTime()));\n if (currentTime < slotEnd) {\n freeSlots.push({\n start: new Date(currentTime),\n end: slotEnd\n });\n }\n }\n }\n\n // Check time between events\n for (let i = 0; i < dayEvents.length - 1; i++) {\n const currentEventEnd = new Date(dayEvents[i].json.end.dateTime || dayEvents[i].json.end.date);\n const nextEventStart = new Date(dayEvents[i + 1].json.start.dateTime || dayEvents[i + 1].json.start.date);\n \n const slotStart = new Date(Math.max(currentEventEnd.getTime(), workStart.getTime()));\n const slotEnd = new Date(Math.min(nextEventStart.getTime(), workEnd.getTime()));\n \n if (slotStart < slotEnd) {\n freeSlots.push({\n start: slotStart,\n end: slotEnd\n });\n }\n }\n\n // Check time after last event\n if (dayEvents.length > 0) {\n const lastEventEnd = new Date(dayEvents[dayEvents.length - 1].json.end.dateTime || dayEvents[dayEvents.length - 1].json.end.date);\n const slotStart = new Date(Math.max(lastEventEnd.getTime(), workStart.getTime()));\n \n if (slotStart < workEnd) {\n freeSlots.push({\n start: slotStart,\n end: new Date(workEnd)\n });\n }\n } else {\n // No events this day, but 6+ hours requirement met somehow (shouldn't happen, but handle it)\n console.log(`${dayName}: No events found but met 6+ hour criteria`);\n }\n\n // Filter slots that are at least 15 minutes long and add to all slots\n const validSlots = freeSlots.filter(slot => \n (slot.end - slot.start) >= 15 * 60 * 1000\n );\n\n validSlots.forEach(slot => {\n allFocusSlots.push({\n start: slot.start.toISOString(),\n end: slot.end.toISOString(),\n duration: Math.round((slot.end - slot.start) / (1000 * 60)),\n summary: \"Focus Time\",\n day: currentDay.toDateString(),\n dayName: dayName,\n bookedHours: totalBookedHours.toFixed(1)\n });\n });\n }\n}\n\nconsole.log(`Found ${allFocusSlots.length} focus time slots across the full week`);\n\nif (allFocusSlots.length === 0) {\n return [{\n json: {\n shouldCreateFocusTime: false,\n message: 'No days this week have 6+ hours booked. Focus time not needed.',\n weekAnalyzed: allDays.map((d, i) => `${dayNames[i]} ${d.toDateString()}`)\n }\n }];\n}\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n shouldCreateFocusTime: true,\n totalSlotsFound: allFocusSlots.length,\n freeSlots: allFocusSlots,\n weekAnalyzed: allDays.map((d, i) => `${dayNames[i]} ${d.toDateString()}`)\n }\n}];"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "a6d17dd6-3aea-4860-b3c1-cd95d8e6a78c",
"name": "Should Create Focus Time?",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.if",
"position": [
-224,
96
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"conditions": {
"options": {
"leftValue": "",
"caseSensitive": true,
"typeValidation": "strict"
},
"combinator": "and",
"conditions": [
{
"id": "condition-001",
"operator": {
"type": "boolean",
"operation": "equals"
},
"leftValue": "={{ $json.shouldCreateFocusTime }}",
"rightValue": true
}
]
}
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "49a4675b-2a0f-4219-9500-aa1803fd794b",
"name": "Split Free Slots",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.itemLists",
"position": [
0,
0
],
"parameters": {
"options": {},
"fieldToSplitOut": "freeSlots"
},
"typeVersion": 3
},
{
"id": "a7191014-8661-41c2-b121-7f7f924c895e",
"name": "Create Focus Time Event",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.googleCalendar",
"position": [
224,
0
],
"parameters": {
"end": "={{ $json.end }}",
"start": "={{ $json.start }}",
"calendar": {
"__rl": true,
"mode": "list",
"value": "primary",
"cachedResultName": "Primary"
},
"additionalFields": {}
},
"credentials": {
"googleCalendarOAuth2Api": {
"name": "<your credential>"
}
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "019babfa-6ac8-4028-951c-0cb776ef24cd",
"name": "Log Results",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
448,
0
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const items = $input.all();\nconst summary = {\n message: 'Focus time blocks created successfully for the week',\n totalSlots: items.length,\n slots: items.map(item => ({\n start: item.json.start.dateTime,\n end: item.json.end.dateTime,\n summary: item.json.summary\n }))\n};\n\nconsole.log('Weekly Focus Time Creation Summary:', JSON.stringify(summary, null, 2));\n\nreturn [{\n json: summary\n}];"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "7ecbdb56-9195-4d13-891b-e307d10417f5",
"name": "Log No Focus Time Needed",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.code",
"position": [
0,
208
],
"parameters": {
"jsCode": "const data = $input.first().json;\nconsole.log('Weekly Focus Time Analysis:', data.message);\n\nreturn [{\n json: {\n message: data.message,\n weekAnalyzed: data.weekAnalyzed,\n action: 'no_focus_time_needed'\n }\n}];"
},
"typeVersion": 2
},
{
"id": "5a76f16a-5931-45d8-8319-440b39491a65",
"name": "Sticky Note",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-944,
-80
],
"parameters": {
"height": 400,
"content": "Set the schedule time the workflow would run (recommend to set at a time before user's work day starts). "
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "f9e74c3f-ab4e-4e70-bddc-08f4903dc6f5",
"name": "Sticky Note1",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-688,
-80
],
"parameters": {
"width": 592,
"height": 400,
"content": "Workflow checks user's calendar from Sunday to Saturday of current week. Goal of this part is to determine if a day has 6 or more hours booked already\n\nNote: Update the credentials used in the \"Get Full Weeks Events\" node to use your Google credentials. "
},
"typeVersion": 1
},
{
"id": "8ac0657c-c682-414e-b56e-884f517bcda2",
"name": "Sticky Note2",
"type": "n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote",
"position": [
-80,
-176
],
"parameters": {
"width": 704,
"height": 544,
"content": "For days with 6 or more hours already booked, the workflow automatically blocks out the remaining hours for dedicated focus time. The workflows assumes an 8 hour work week. For example, if Monday has 6.5 booked already (for meetings, tasks etc.), the workflow will block the remaining 1.5 hours. The results are logged to help with any troubleshooting\n\nNote: Update the credentials used in the \"Create Focus Time Event\" node to use your Google credentials. "
},
"typeVersion": 1
}
],
"active": false,
"settings": {
"executionOrder": "v1"
},
"versionId": "9c49a780-08ab-4198-9a16-8cdb241b5425",
"connections": {
"Schedule Trigger": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Get Full Week Events",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Split Free Slots": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Create Focus Time Event",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Get Full Week Events": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Calculate Full Week Focus Time Slots",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Create Focus Time Event": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Log Results",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Should Create Focus Time?": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Split Free Slots",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
],
[
{
"node": "Log No Focus Time Needed",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
},
"Calculate Full Week Focus Time Slots": {
"main": [
[
{
"node": "Should Create Focus Time?",
"type": "main",
"index": 0
}
]
]
}
}
}
Credentials you'll need
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googleCalendarOAuth2Api
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About this workflow
This flow checks the user's Google calender of events from Sunday to Saturday of current week, to determine how many hours have been booked each day. If a day has over 6 hours booked, it blocks out the remaining work hours for dedicated focus time. The flow assumes 8 work hours…
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