Events in Aftertone are things you are attending, not executing — meetings, calls, appointments. They still appear in Focus Mode so you always know what is coming up.

How events arrive from Google Calendar

Any event in your connected Google Calendar appears in Aftertone automatically. You do not need to recreate meetings manually. Changes in Google Calendar — edits, cancellations, new invites — sync back within a few seconds.

Creating an event manually

Click an empty slot on the calendar and select Event instead of Task. Set the title, start time, duration, and which Google Calendar to save it to. The event appears on your calendar and syncs to Google Calendar immediately.

Fields on an event

Events have a title, time, duration, and calendar. They do not have a project, tags, or notes in the same way tasks do, and they do not contribute to your weekly report task count.

Joining meetings from Aftertone

When an event has a Google Meet, Zoom, or Teams link, a Join button appears on the event in your calendar view. Click it to open the meeting without switching apps.

Events in Focus Mode

Events appear in Focus Mode when they're active, you can also complete quick actions by pressing /.

All-day events

All-day events from Google Calendar appear at the top of the day view, not as time blocks. They are visible but cannot be edited from within Aftertone.

Converting a meeting into a prep task

Create a task in the time slot immediately before a meeting with a title like "Prep for [meeting name]". Add your agenda, questions, or talking points in the task notes. When Focus Mode surfaces the prep task, everything you need is already there.

👉 Try it now — Find a meeting you have tomorrow and create a prep task in the 15 minutes before it. Add one note with what you want to cover.