Auto-Add Travel Time Blockers to Calendar via Google Directions API

Automatically inserts travel time blockers before calendar events with locations, using Google Directions API to calculate durations from home or prior events. Ensures you never arrive late by adding buffer time daily at 7 AM.

This n8n workflow automates the addition of travel time blockers to your Google Calendar, preventing lateness to appointments. Triggered daily at 7 AM via Schedule Trigger, an AI Agent fetches current day's events, filters those with locations, checks for existing blockers, calculates travel time using Google Directions API (from home or previous event within 2 hours), and creates a blocker with +10 min buffer. Key features include intelligent starting point detection (home default or prior eve
Platform
n8n
Category
Development & IT
Price
$14.99
Creator
Fred Garcia

How to import this workflow into n8n

  1. 1Purchase or download the workflow to get the n8n workflow JSON file.
  2. 2In your n8n instance, open Workflows and choose "Import from File" (or paste the JSON with Ctrl+V on the canvas).
  3. 3Open each node marked with a credential warning and connect your own accounts and API keys.
  4. 4Run the workflow once manually to verify the data flow, then toggle it to Active.

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