Use gcalcli to quickly schedule work blocks.

sked.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'active_support/all'
require 'optparse'
require 'optparse/date'

options = {}

title = ARGV[0]

OptionParser.new do |parser|

  parser.banner = "Usage: sked 'item name' [options]"

  parser.on("-t", "--time TIME", "The time the block should start, e.g. 13:00") do |o|
    options[:time] = Time.parse(o)
  end

  parser.on("-d", "--duration DURATION", "How long the block should run in minutes, e.g. 30 (default)") do |o|
    options[:duration] = o
  end

  parser.on("-D", "--date [date]", Date, "Set date, e.g.2023-01-01, defaults to today") do |o|
    options[:date] = o
  end

  parser.on("-h", "--help", "Get help.") do
    puts parser
    exit(0)
  end

end.parse!


if options[:duration]
  duration = options[:duration].to_i
  end_time = (options[:time] + duration.minutes).strftime("%H:%M")
else
  end_time = (options[:times] + 30.minutes).strftime("%H:%M")
end

if options[:date]
  date = options[:date]
else
  date = Date.today.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
end

start = options[:time].strftime("%H:%M")

begin
  `gcalcli quick "🚧 #{title} #{date} #{start}-#{end_time}" --reminder '5m popup'`
  puts "Scheduled: '#{title}' at #{start} on #{date}. It will end at #{end_time}."
rescue
  puts "Something went wrong."
end