Keep the Team Time-Off Calendar Right
For managers who find out someone's out on the day. DuckyHelper reads approved time off from BambooHR, adds or updates it on the team calendar, and drafts a Monday note with who's out this week.
“Sync approved BambooHR time off to our team calendar and draft a who's-out note for this week.”
- 01Learn the web APIs of BambooHR and Google Calendar, first time onlyBuilt from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. Kept on your device and reused next time.
listTimeOff(range)upsertEvent(calendar, event)
- 02Read approved time off for the month
- 03Add or update it on the team calendar
- 04Remove anything that was canceled
- 05Draft a who's-out note for Monday
You getEveryone knows who's out. A calendar that matches HR, and a Monday heads-up. On a schedule, it never drifts.
A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac
It's built to wait for your OK.
It does the work, then stops with the Slack post ready for you. You see exactly what it wrote, then Send, Edit or Deny.
If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
SlackSlack postNeeds your OKDo it once. Then let it repeat.
When it's done, it offers to keep doing it: every Monday at 9:00 AM. Each run goes through the API it learned the first time, so it's quick, and it's still built to ask before it sends or pays.
Always-on automations are in early access on Mac.
Before you ask it.
What do I say?
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Sync approved BambooHR time off to our team calendar and draft a who's-out note for this week."
Why is the second time faster?
The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for BambooHR, Google Calendar and Slack and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.
Will it send anything without me?
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.
Why not just do it by hand?
Time off is approved in HR, but the team calendar only knows if someone remembers to add it.
Can it keep doing this on its own?
Yes. When it's done it offers to make it automatic (every Monday at 9:00 AM). Each run goes the same way and is still built to ask before it sends or pays.
Can I use this today?
Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
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