These are the automations I’ve built that save me the most time.
Start GPS to my next appointment
Save files to calendar appointment
Make a call persistently many times
Make Due app reminders for chores
Sync personal events to family calendar
Carry Action calendar events forward
Send a daily briefing to my email
Backup full resolution photos to cloud
Trigger by Button:
⤴️ Start GPS to my next appointment A lock screen button that launches Google Maps directions to help me get to the location of my next appointment (based on the location details in my calendar) Status: 🟢 Reliable |
📎 Save files to calendar appointment A button to save pictures/documents to calendar appointments, using Dropbox for storage, most frequently used for attaching booking documents to Google Calendar for later Status: 🟢 Reliable |
📞 Make a call persistently many times A button that tries to call a specific phone number and will pause for 1 minute then reattempt to call the number until successful, I use this to get through to reception when calling a doctor’s office Status: 🟢 Reliable |
Trigger by Time:
⏰ Make Due app reminders for chores A scheduled automation to load my chores for the day out of Google Calendar into my preferred reminders app Due, set to run at 6AM every day Status: 🟢 Reliable |
🔄 Sync personal events to family calendar A scheduled automation to copy all appointments (except for meetings tagged #solo) on my personal calendar onto my family calendar so my personal commitments are visible in our weekly planning, set to run at 6AM every day Status: 🟢 Reliable |
🎗️Carry Action calendar events forward A scheduled automation that takes any overdue events on my special Actions calendar and moves them to 9am today, set to run at 6AM every day Status: 🟢 Reliable |
☀️ Send a daily briefing to my email A scheduled automation that sends me an email with today’s: weather forecast, issues in my calendar to resolve (e.g. overlapping events, events with incomplete details or missing booking attachments, upcoming events I should book soon, documents I should review), set to run at 6AM every day Status: 🔴 Broken |
🖼️ Backup full resolution photos to cloud A scheduled automation that copies specific photo albums to cloud backup overnight in full resolution and adds the photos to an album Already Backed Up so I know which photos can be deleted from my phone, set to run at 6AM every day Status: 🔴 Broken |
Trigger by NFC Tag:
👕 Set a 90 minute timer for clothes When I scan the NFC tag on my washing machine, this automation starts a 90 minute timer to prompt me to go back to the washing machine after it completes Status: 🟢 Reliable |