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Creating an Intelligent Productivity AI Agent for Google Calendar

Learn how to create an intelligent productivity AI agent for Google Calendar using a Telegram chatbot. This tutorial covers setup, authentication, and interaction steps, enabling users to manage their calendars seamlessly.

In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to create a Telegram chatbot that authenticates end users and allows them to interact with their personal Google Calendars.

Step 1: Configure the Telegram Chatbot

  1. Set up a Telegram chatbot and connect it to a bot in your ChatBotKit configuration.
  2. Connect the bot to a Skillset that contains the necessary abilities for interacting with Google Calendar.

Step 2: Set Up Authentication

  1. Create a secret in ChatBotKit for Google Calendar authentication.
  2. In the bot solution, set the authentication secret kind to "personal". This allows each end user to authenticate their own secret, rather than using a shared authentication.
  3. Save the blueprint.

Step 3: Test the Chatbot

  1. Open a chat session with your Telegram chatbot.
  2. Ask the bot to list your calendar events, for example, by sending a message like "list my calendar events".
  3. The bot will inform you that authentication is required to access your Google Calendar.
  4. Click on the provided link to perform the authentication process.

Step 4: Interact with the Authenticated Chatbot

  1. After completing the authentication, the chatbot should be ready to use.
  2. You can now ask the bot to list your calendar events, and it will display them in the chat.

Key Points

  • Each user's session is connected to their own contact information, which is securely stored in ChatBotKit.
  • Different users interacting with the same chatbot across various channels (Telegram, Slack, etc.) will have their own authentication credentials and work with their personal calendars.
  • This example can be extended by adding more capabilities and integrating additional services like Asana, Notion, and others.

By following these steps, you can create an AI productivity tool that allows end users to authenticate their own resources (calendars in this example) and interact with them through a single intelligent system.