Focus Mode as a Calendar Option

[MozMan68]

Stealing this from a post on Reddit, so not my idea, but damn...adding an option to meetings in the Calendar app where you can select a specific focus mode to kick in at the same time. I can’t remember an idea I liked as much as that one (or made so much sense).

Issuing a request in the feedback app.

 

[fwmireault]

Yep I saw the same post on Reddit. I definitely submitted the request, it’s a very interesting idea

 

[PhoenixDown]

That is a great idea!

 

[gwhizkids]

Stealing this from a post on Reddit, so not my idea, but damn...adding an option to meetings in the Calendar app where you can select a specific focus mode to kick in at the same time. I can’t remember an idea I liked as much as that one (or made so much sense).

Issuing a request in the feedback app.

Thinking out loud if this is possible now via shortcuts/automation. Will look into.

 

[RoboCop001]

Thinking out loud if this is possible now via shortcuts/automation. Will look into.

Did you find anything? I tried but it didn't seem like it was possible. I would love this. I've created an "In a meeting" focus and it would be great to not have to trigger it manually.

 

[gwhizkids]

Did you find anything? I tried but it didn't seem like it was possible. I would love this. I've created an "In a meeting" focus and it would be great to not have to trigger it manually.

I started to but got distracted by work. I'll try to look into this later today.

 

[RoboCop001]

I started to but got distracted by work. I'll try to look into this later today.

Cool. I'm going to keep looking around. I'll post here if I find anything. Hopefully this becomes a native function, it seems like a very obvious thing to have.

 

[gwhizkids]

OK, having mixed luck.

I think the basic structure of what we’re looking for would be like this:

-You have to create time-based automations that run every 30 minutes on the 25/55 minute mark (because I don’t think you can set something to run repeatedly during the day in Automations)
-Automation runs a shortcut that searches for event starting in the next 5 minutes
—Probably need an “if” statement there in case there is no event, in which case the Shortcut terminates.
-If there is an event and it has the Focus type in the title, it will grab that focus type and set it as the variable “Focus”
-The shortcut uses that variable to run the shortcuts scripting action “Turn Focus On”

In my quick and dirty attempt to create this, I can’t get the variable grabbed from the calendar event to become the Focus Type in the Turn On Focus action. I’m sure this is possible but I am missing something.

Another note, you’d have to create a calendar template that contains the type of focus you want turned on. That’s also not insurmountable. I

I feel like this is attainable but need to play around some more. I may also post this over in the Shortcuts area in Reddit and in the Automators Talk forum to see if any one has ideas on this.