Automating Calendar (JXA with AppleScript Discovery)

Contents

• Relationship to the macOS automation skill
• Core Framing
• Workflow (default)
• Core Examples
• What to load

Relationship to the macOS automation skill

• Use automating-mac-apps for general app permissions, shell commands, UI scripting, and cross-app automation patterns.
• This skill focuses specifically on Calendar events, calendars, and EventKit bridge functionality.
• PyXA Installation: To use PyXA examples in this skill, see the installation instructions in automating-mac-apps skill (PyXA Installation section).

Core Framing

• Calendar dictionary is AppleScript-first; discover there
• JXA provides logic, data handling, and ObjC/EventKit bridge access
• PyXA offers modern Python alternative with cleaner syntax