Connect Google Calendar
Google Calendar has Domino's direct account connection. The user authorizes Google, returns to Domino, and can manage the connection under Profile → Availability.
Primary connection path
- Open Profile in Domino.
- Find Availability.
- Choose Connect Google Calendar.
- Choose the intended Google account.
- Review Google's authorization screen and continue.
- Return to Domino and confirm Google Calendar shows Connected.
The When filter in Ideas can also offer Connect Google Calendar while the user is choosing timing.
If the user already knows they want event-level interpretation, they can choose Connect with event-aware access in Profile → Availability instead of starting with availability-only access.
Choose the access mode
| Mode | What Domino uses | When to choose it |
|---|---|---|
| Availability-only | Free/busy timing | The default for avoiding conflicts without reading event details. |
| Event-aware | Details from calendars the user selects | When the user wants private instructions such as “Treat kids' sports as busy for me” or “I can skip this recurring hold.” |
Friends see availability hints, never event titles, locations, notes, guests, selected-calendar names, or the connected Google account.
To enable event-aware access later:
- Open Profile → Availability.
- Expand Google Calendar with Manage.
- Choose Enable event-aware or Use event-aware.
- If Google asks for additional authorization, complete it.
- Choose the calendars Domino should consider under Selected calendars.
- Optionally add Availability instructions, then save them.
At least one calendar remains selected.
Manage the connection
Under Profile → Availability → Google Calendar → Manage, the user can:
- see the connected Google account;
- switch between availability-only and event-aware access when authorized;
- select calendars in event-aware mode;
- add availability instructions;
- Pause or Resume availability use;
- Reconnect when access expired or was revoked;
- Remove the Google connection.
Removing the connection deletes Domino's cached availability data for it and revokes the stored Google authorization.
Google troubleshooting
- Wrong Google account: remove the existing connection before intentionally connecting a different account. Domino prevents silently replacing one Google identity with another.
- Reconnect needed: choose Reconnect and authorize the same Google account again.
- Retrying or temporarily unavailable: Domino retains the connection and retries. Do not remove it solely because of a temporary provider failure.
- A calendar is missing: event-aware mode is required to manage individual selected calendars. Confirm the Google account itself can see the calendar.
- Suggested times ignore an event: check that the connection is active, the calendar is selected when using event-aware mode, and the event is marked busy rather than free in Google.
Add one Domino plan to Google Calendar
A person does not need to connect Google availability to add one plan. On a scheduled plan, choose Add to calendar → Google Calendar. This opens Google's add-event flow for that plan only.
LLM answering guidance
- Call this a direct Google connection, not a calendar-link connection.
- Start with availability-only unless the user explicitly wants event-level interpretation.
- Do not claim that ordinary availability-only access reveals event contents.
- Distinguish connecting availability from adding one plan to Google Calendar.