Google Calendar and Slack, read together
Google Calendar knows when the meeting was and who was invited, not what it was for or what came of it. Slack is where the team actually talks: decisions, asks and updates in channels and threads, gone from view in a day. The meeting is on the calendar; the context for it is spread across six threads, and the follow-ups agreed in the room are typed into a channel at 6pm, if at all.
Liaison reads Google Calendar and Slack together, prepares each meeting from the threads that mention it, and posts what was agreed where the team will see it, once you have approved that kind of post.
Where Google Calendar and Slack disagree
- Meetings in Google Calendar with no agenda, while the questions for it sit in Slack threads.
- Follow-ups agreed in a meeting that never reach the channel, or reach it from memory.
- Attendees invited in Google Calendar who were never in the thread that led to the meeting.
- Recurring meetings in Google Calendar that the channel stopped mentioning weeks ago.
- Who-is-out and who-is-double-booked, known to Google Calendar, unknown to the channel planning around them.
Questions it answers across both
- “What is on my calendar tomorrow, and what has been said about each meeting in Slack?”
- “What follow-ups were agreed in this week's meetings, and are they tracked?”
- “Who is out next week, and which meetings does that affect?”
- “Which recurring meetings has nobody prepared for in a month?”
What Liaison does with Google Calendar and Slack
- Prepares a brief for each meeting from the Slack threads that mention it, before it starts.
- Posts the agreed follow-ups to the channel you choose after the meeting, once you have approved that kind of post.
- Flags double-bookings and attendees who are out, from Google Calendar, in time to move the meeting.
- Writes the weekly note of meetings held and what each produced.
What it reads and does in each
Liaison across Google Calendar and Slack, set up with you, for $629 a month.
- Connects to Google Calendar and Slack with access you grant and reads them as one record; nothing is replaced or re-entered.
- Does the routine work in your voice; each kind of work is approved once.
- Answers across both: what Google Calendar says, what Slack says, and where they disagree.
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Questions
Does Liaison move meetings?
It proposes the move and drafts the invite; sending waits for your yes until you have approved that kind of change.
Does it post in Slack on its own?
Only the kinds of posts you approved once, in the channels you chose. It answers when asked.
Does it know what was said in the meeting?
Only from notes or a recording it can read. Otherwise it reports the meeting happened and asks you for the outcome.
What does it cost?
Liaison starts at $149 a month. Professional is $629 a month and Team is $2,950 a month for up to five seats. Every plan works with the tools you connect.
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