Today's Agent Skill: Time Block Scheduler
What It Does
Most small business owners bounce between tasks reactively all day, finishing the week wondering where the hours went. Time blocking — assigning specific hours to specific types of work — is one of the most effective focus techniques available, but building the schedule manually each morning takes discipline most owners skip. This skill turns your jumbled task list into a realistic, time-blocked day plan in under 30 seconds.
How It Works
You paste your tasks and specify your available work hours. The agent estimates time for each item based on task type — deep-focus work, calls, short admin tasks, travel — respects any fixed commitments you flag, and builds a full schedule with buffer time for interruptions and a 10-minute end-of-day wrap-up block. The output is a clean, hour-by-hour schedule ready to copy into your calendar.
How to Deploy It
Trigger this skill each morning by typing "schedule my day" and pasting your task list with available hours. Works with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and Windsurf. For the highest-value setup, connect Claude Code to Google Calendar via an MCP server so blocks are automatically created in your calendar — no copy-pasting required.
SKILL.md — Ready to Deploy
## Description
Converts a task list and available hours into a realistic, time-blocked daily schedule with buffer time built in — ready to paste into your calendar.
## Trigger
User says "schedule my day", "build my time blocks", or "plan out my day" and provides a task list.
## Input
- tasks: Bulleted or numbered task list (required)
- available_hours: Start and end time for the workday, e.g., "8am–5pm" (required)
- fixed_commitments: Any appointments or meetings with set times (optional)
- energy_preference: "deep work in the morning" or "calls in the morning" — optional scheduling preference
## Steps
1. Classify each task into one of four types: Deep Work (requires focus, more than 30 min), Quick Task (under 15 min, admin), Call or Meeting (synchronous), Errand or Travel.
2. Group all Quick Tasks into a single 30-minute admin block rather than scheduling them individually.
3. Schedule Deep Work blocks first, placing them in the first half of the day by default (or per energy_preference).
4. Slot fixed_commitments at their specified times.
5. Place the admin block mid-morning or mid-afternoon, not directly after a Deep Work block.
6. Reserve 15% of total available hours as buffCopy the full SKILL.md and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.