Apple Calendar

Interact with Calendar.app via AppleScript. Run scripts from: cd {baseDir}

Commands

Command

Usage

List calendars	scripts/cal-list.sh
List events	scripts/cal-events.sh [days_ahead] [calendar_name]
Read event	scripts/cal-read.sh [calendar_name]
Create event	scripts/cal-create.sh [location] [description] [allday] [recurrence]
Update event	scripts/cal-update.sh [--summary X] [--start X] [--end X] [--location X] [--description X]
Delete event	scripts/cal-delete.sh [calendar_name]
Search events	scripts/cal-search.sh [days_ahead] [calendar_name]

Date Format

• Timed: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
• All-day: YYYY-MM-DD

Recurrence

Pattern

RRULE

Daily 10x	FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=10
Weekly M/W/F	FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=MO,WE,FR
Monthly 15th	FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=15

Output

• Events/search: UID | Summary | Start | End | AllDay | Location | Calendar
• Read: Full details with description, URL, recurrence

Notes

• Read-only calendars (Birthdays, Holidays) can't be modified
• Calendar names are case-sensitive
• Deleting recurring events removes entire series