Google Calendar

Google Calendar is a calendar service for time management and scheduling. You can use Google Calendar to organize your schedule, coordinate events with others, and get reminders about upcoming activities. This document describes how to connect IBM watsonx Orchestrate to Google Calendar and use its skills on watsonx Orchestrate.

Connecting to Google Calendar

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Important:
- A credential type must be set for apps that are a part of team skill sets and AI assistants. Skill-based actions in AI assistants support only shared credentials.
- If a credential type of an app is not specified, an error message is displayed when users attempt to run the skills of the app. To resolve the error, an admin must set the credential type for the app. For more information, see Managing connections.

An app can be connected either through the skill catalog or through the watsonx Orchestrate chat. Use the method that suits you to connect to an app.

Connect to the app through the skill catalog when you add that skill to your skill set:

  1. On the watsonx Orchestrate chat page, click Add skills from the catalog.
  2. Search and click the app tile.
  3. Click Connect app.
  4. Configure the connection. For more information, see Configuring the connection.
  5. Click Connect app.

Otherwise, connect to that app through the watsonx Orchestrate chat when you use the skill:

  1. Open the watsonx Orchestrate chat.
  2. On the chat, start the skill.
  3. Click Connect app.
  4. Configure the connection. For more information, see Configuring the connection.
  5. Click Connect app.

Configuring the connection

To connect watsonx Orchestrate to Google Calendar, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Connect app.
  2. You are prompted to enter the following connection details:
    • Application client ID: The unique identifier that is generated from the Google API Console that maps to specific project requests.
    • Application client secret: The application client secret for the unique application client ID created for a specific project.
  3. Click Connect app.
Note: The icon A green check icon appears to show that the app is connected. indicates that the connection was successfully established.

What to do next

After you connect to the app, you can use the app’s skills. For more information see, Using the chat. To know what skill you can use, see the skills and skill flow column of List of prebuilt apps, skills and skill flows.

Parent topic:

→ Prebuilt apps