Multi-step workflow: extracted a client-proposed meeting time from email, created a calendar

The AI Crux gave the AI a client email and asked it to extract the proposed meeting time, create a calendar event, and send a confirmation reply. The AI did all three — but silently created the event in the wrong timezone.

This only partly worked. Read what happened before you try it.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on theaicrux.com. See the original ↗

Upgraded prompt

A ready-to-use prompt for this idea, built from research on what makes AI agents do the job right: who the AI should be, the exact steps, and a check to make sure it was done the way you wanted.

1Who the AI should be

2The prompt, with the steps

3The check when it’s done

Upgraded prompts are coming soon.

Try next

Life adminThe AI does his boring paperwork in his own logged in browser: reserve duty refunds, national insurance, flight check-ins Life adminHe fought an eight month insurance dispute with AI as his co-counsel and won $10,250$10,250 Life adminHe runs his dad's work orders and meeting scheduling out of his dad's inbox Life adminSecurity-review a suspicious email that passed every check

Every idea is a real post from someone who tried it, summarized in our words, with a link to the original. App names are swapped for plain words.