Connect Google Calendar and Obsidian to bridge notes with scheduling
Transform your Obsidian vault tasks into scheduled time blocks on Google Calendar. Morgen reads tasks from markdown files, enables drag-and-drop scheduling, and syncs completions back to your vault with full local-first data sovereignty.
What you can do with Obsidian + Google Calendar
Schedule your vault tasks as time blocks, complete them in Morgen, and sync changes back to markdown files.
Drag Obsidian tasks directly onto your calendar to create time blocks visible to colleagues.
Let Morgen AI place vault tasks in optimal calendar slots based on priorities and availability.
Mark tasks complete in Morgen and see [x] written back to your markdown files automatically.
Use frontmatter to convert entire Obsidian notes into schedulable calendar time blocks.
Change task due dates in Morgen and see emoji format updated in your vault files.
Obsidian Tasks priority emojis (🔺⏫) automatically map to Morgen task urgency levels.
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How Morgen connects Google Calendar with Obsidian
Set up your integration in three simple steps. No coding required.
Connect Google Calendar
Authorize Morgen to access your Google account with secure OAuth authentication. Your data stays private and you control which calendars to sync.
Connect Obsidian
Point Morgen to your local vault directory. Tasks are read directly from markdown files using native file system access with full respect for your local-first workflow.
Start planning
Drag vault tasks onto your Google Calendar to create time blocks. Complete tasks in Morgen and see changes written back to your markdown files automatically.
Supported triggers and actions
See everything you can automate between Google Calendar and Obsidian.
Google Calendar
Triggers when a new calendar event is created in Google Calendar
Triggers when an existing calendar event is changed or updated
Creates a new calendar event from an Obsidian task
Modifies existing calendar events when task details change
Obsidian
Triggers when Morgen reads a new task from vault markdown files
Triggers when a task checkbox is marked as [x] in Obsidian
Updates task status to [x] in the original markdown file
Changes due dates and priorities in Obsidian Tasks emoji format
Practical ways to use Google Calendar and Obsidian together
Bridge notes to calendar execution
You maintain an elaborate Obsidian vault but struggle to schedule time for captured tasks. Vault items never make it to your calendar.
Transform thinking into doing with AI-assisted scheduling that respects your data sovereignty.
Time-block vault tasks
You use Obsidian for everything but need meeting-heavy Google Calendar to show your real workload including knowledge work.
Protected time blocks prevent meetings from consuming all your focus hours.
Preserve emoji task format
You rely on Obsidian Tasks plugin syntax but no calendar app understands priorities (🔺⏫) or due dates (📅).
Full format compatibility with bidirectional sync maintains your existing workflow.
Schedule notes as work sessions
You organize projects as Obsidian notes with embedded tasks but can't schedule entire notes for focused work.
Notes-as-tasks feature converts project notes to calendar time using frontmatter properties.
Plan vault tasks with AI
You have hundreds of research tasks across your vault but daily planning is overwhelming and time-consuming.
AI analyzes your entire task inventory and suggests optimal scheduling around commitments.
Maintain local-first workflow
You chose Obsidian specifically for data ownership and refuse to migrate to cloud task managers for calendar integration.
Full local-first architecture reads vault files directly without cloud intermediaries.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about connecting Google Calendar with Obsidian.
Google Calendar
CalendarThe world's most popular calendar platform with seamless event management, meeting scheduling, and cross-platform availability. Trusted by billions for coordinating work and personal time.
Obsidian
Knowledge ManagementA powerful local-first knowledge management system for building your second brain. Connect ideas with wiki-style linking, markdown editing, and complete data ownership in plain text files.
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