Schedule Monthly Lunches

Find open 30-minute windows between 12:00pm and 3:00pm on weekdays for the current month and create "Lunch" events on Google Calendar for any day that doesn't already have one.

Goal

Block a 30-minute lunch on every remaining weekday this month where lunch isn't already covered. The user should be able to invoke this once and have their month sorted.

Step 1: Determine Date Range

Compute:

• $TODAY — today's date (YYYY-MM-DD)
• $MONTH_END — last day of the current month (YYYY-MM-DD)

Use today as the range start (don't backfill past days). If today is already the last day of the month, let the user know and stop.

Step 2: Fetch the Month's Events

./ld gcal range $TODAY $MONTH_END --output json

Parse the results to build a list of all weekdays (Mon-Fri) from today through end of month.

Step 3: For Each Weekday, Check for Lunch Coverage

For each weekday in the range:

1. Check if lunch is already covered — scan events on that day for anything that:
   • Is titled "Lunch", "lunch", or contains "lunch" (case-insensitive)
   • OR is a non-declined event with any overlap in the 12:00pm–3:00pm window that lasts 30+ minutes and appears to be a break/personal block
2. If lunch is already covered — skip that day.
3. If no lunch found — check free/busy to find an open 30-minute slot:

./ld gcal freebusy lbieda@launchdarkly.com $DATE"T12:00" $DATE"T15:00" --output json

Walk through the 12:00-3:00pm window in 30-minute increments (12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30) and find the first slot with no busy overlap.

4. If a free slot is found — create the event:

./ld gcal create "Lunch" $DATE"T"$SLOT_START $DATE"T"$SLOT_END --no-zoom --description "Lunch block"

5. If no free slot exists between 12-3pm — note that day as "no available slot" and move on. Do not create an event.

Step 4: Report Results

After processing all days, print a summary:

Lunch blocks scheduled:

  Thu Apr 24  12:00–12:30
  Fri Apr 25  12:30–1:00
  Mon Apr 28  12:00–12:30
  ...

Already had lunch:
  Wed Apr 23

No slot available (12-3pm fully booked):
  Tue Apr 29

Keep it concise. If everything was already covered, say so.

Gotchas

• Declined events don't block time — ignore any event where the user's RSVP is declined when checking for busy time.
• All-day events — skip all-day events when checking for lunch coverage (they don't block the calendar slot).
• Weekends — skip Saturday and Sunday entirely.
• Today — include today only if it's before 12pm in the user's timezone (PT). If it's already past 3pm, skip today.
• No Zoom — always pass --no-zoom when creating lunch events; no meeting link needed.
• Prefer earlier slots — start scanning from 12:00 and take the first available window. Don't optimize for "best" time, just find the first open 30 minutes.
• Month boundary — if invoked in the last few days of the month with nothing left to schedule, offer to schedule next month instead.