automating-calendar
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-appsfor 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-appsskill (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
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