Calendar Agent
AI agent · Workflow / back-office agent · Operations & supply chain by Cohere
Autonomous appointment scheduling with multi-step reasoning.
An AI agent powered by Command A that automates calendar scheduling by reasoning across multiple tool calls to find and book available time slots.
Agent specs
- What it does
- The Calendar Agent uses the Cohere Chat API and multi-step tool use to autonomously check for available slots and book appointments.
- For
- Developers building appointment booking applications using the Cohere API.
- Actions
- Check for available slots by listing existing events, Reason about the correct slot for a new appointment, Invoke tools to create calendar events
- Integrations
- Cohere Chat API
- Channels
- API
- Models
- command-a-03-2025
- Availability
- Available as a developer cookbook/example for use with the Cohere Chat API.
- Languages
- English
Category: AI Agents
- Integrations
- Cohere Chat API
- Models
- Command A (command-a-03-2025)
- Languages
- English (demonstrated)
- Model Name
- command-a-03-2025
- Tooling Framework
- Native Multi-Step Tool Use
- Primary Modality
- Text
- Powered by Command A (command-a-03-2025) model
- Native multi-step tool use for complex reasoning
- Automates event retrieval and appointment creation
- Supports 24h military time formatting
Overview
Calendar Agent is a specialized AI agent implementation built using the Cohere Chat API to automate appointment scheduling and calendar management. Designed for developers and enterprises, it solves the problem of manual coordination by autonomously identifying free time slots and booking meetings based on natural language instructions. It is powered by the Command A model, which is specifically optimized for these types of complex, multi-stage reasoning tasks and tool orchestrations.
Scheduling Automation
- Event Retrieval: The agent uses the list_calendar_events tool to retrieve a list of events for a specified date, including start and end times.
- Availability Analysis: It identifies available time slots by reasoning about existing appointments and user-specified constraints, such as finding the first free slot after a certain time.
- Automated Booking: The agent invokes the create_calendar_event tool to schedule new appointments with a specific date, time, and duration.
Technical Framework
- Command A Integration: The agent is powered by the Command A model, specifically the command-a-03-2025 version optimized for tool use.
- Multi-step Reasoning: It utilizes native multi-step tool use to execute a sequence of actions, such as checking availability before booking, in a single interaction flow.
- Contextual Configuration: Developers can configure a custom preamble to provide the agent with essential context, such as the current date and day of the week.
What it does
- List calendar events for a specified date\nReason about available time slots\nCreate new calendar appointments with duration and time
Use cases
- Developers integrate the agent into workplace applications to allow users to book meetings using natural language commands.
- Enterprises use the agent to automate the first available slot discovery for internal resource scheduling.
- Technical teams deploy the agent to handle complex multi-step scheduling tasks that require checking availability before taking action.
Specifications
- Integrations
- Cohere Chat API
- Models
- Command A (command-a-03-2025)
- Languages
- English (demonstrated)
- Model Name
- command-a-03-2025
- Tooling Framework
- Native Multi-Step Tool Use
- Primary Modality
- Text
- Date Format
- mm/dd/yy
- Time Format
- 24h military time
- API Version
- v2 API
How it works
- Define Tool Schemas: The developer instantiates the Cohere client and defines the tool schemas for listing and creating calendar events.
- Check Availability: The agent receives a natural language request and first calls the list_calendar_events tool to check the user's schedule.
- Execute Booking: The model processes the tool output, identifies a free slot, and automatically invokes the create_calendar_event tool to finalize the booking.
FAQ
How does the agent handle scheduling conflicts?
The agent uses a multi-step process where it first calls a tool to list existing events, reasons about the gaps in the schedule, and then calls a second tool to create the new event.
What tools does the agent need to function?
The agent requires two primary tools: list_calendar_events (to see existing entries) and create_calendar_event (to add new ones).
What time and date formats are supported?
The agent uses 24h military time formatting for time parameters and mm/dd/yy for date parameters.
Added by AntSpace from public sources (docs.cohere.com).