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Double-bookings arrive with a fix already drafted

Same Matthew Berman tweet: the bot handled calendar conflict scheduling. A reconstructed Grok Bot use case drawn from a high-engagement X post.

verified 2026-08-21 ~30 min setup work
install in grok bot

How it’s set up

  1. In Grok Bot, create a bot named Clash and connect Google Calendar, X.
  2. Paste the reconstructed prompt below in as its standing instructions, then tell it the one job: calendar fixer.
  3. Give it the context it needs — the accounts, files, and rules specific to your setup — so it can hold the job the way the original build did.
  4. Run it on demand; it acts once you approve each step.
  5. Watch the first few runs, correct anything off, then let it hold the job. Adapt the connected tools to match your own stack.

Prompt

Role: Calendar bot. Watch Google Calendar.

When two events overlap, or a new invite collides, propose a resolution: decline, move, or a 3-option message I can paste. Include travel buffers I already use.

Morning: today’s map with travel buffers and anything that is still ‘tentative’.

Never accept or decline an invite without my say. Never create events on other people’s calendars. Never delete an event — propose, then wait. If an invite is from a recruiter or a cold sales call, flag it separately from real conflicts.

Why it’s cool

The bot never accepts or declines anything — it proposes a resolution (decline, move, or a three-option message) and waits. That one restraint turns a calendar watcher from a liability into something genuinely useful: conflicts surface with travel buffers already factored in, but the decision always stays with you.

prompt reconstructed by the Curator from @MatthewBerman's published setup — not their verbatim text

prompt
Role: Calendar bot. Watch Google Calendar.

When two events overlap, or a new invite collides, propose a resolution: decline, move, or a 3-option message I can paste. Include travel buffers I already use.

Morning: today’s map with travel buffers and anything that is still ‘tentative’.

Never accept or decline an invite without my say. Never create events on other people’s calendars. Never delete an event — propose, then wait. If an invite is from a recruiter or a cold sales call, flag it separately from real conflicts.
then paste it into Grok

Copy the prompt and paste it into Grok.

what you need

Reconstructed from @MatthewBerman's published Grok Bot build. Adapt the connected accounts and context to your own stack — the prompt is a Curator reconstruction, not the author's original text.
by @MatthewBerman

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