BusyCal

BusyCal for Raycast brings BusyCal's local automation into Raycast so you can create events and tasks, search your schedule, and find free time without leaving the keyboard.

Requirements

• BusyCal 2026.1.3 or later
• Raycast on macOS
• BusyCal installed in /Applications or ~/Applications
• Raycast allowed to control BusyCal when macOS prompts for Automation access

If both the direct-download and Setapp editions of BusyCal are installed, open the edition you want Raycast to control before running a command.

Commands

• Create Event
  • Create a structured BusyCal event with title, calendar, dates, location, and notes.
• Create Task
  • Create a structured BusyCal task with an optional due date and notes.
• Quick Add Event
  • Send natural-language event text to BusyCal's parser for immediate creation.
• Quick Add Task
  • Send natural-language task text to BusyCal's parser for immediate creation.
• Search Items
  • Search BusyCal events and tasks, then reveal the selected item in BusyCal.
• Upcoming Items
  • Review upcoming BusyCal events and tasks for the configured horizon.
• Find Next Available Time
  • Ask BusyCal for the next free slot, then copy it, open BusyCal on that date, or create an event in that slot.

Examples

• Quick Add Event: Lunch with Sam tomorrow at 1pm /Work
• Quick Add Task: Finish expense report Friday /Personal
• Search Items: offsite
• Find Next Available Time: choose 30 minutes and optionally limit the search to one calendar

How It Works

• Quick Add commands call BusyCal's natural-language automation command.
• Structured create, search, upcoming, availability, and reveal commands use BusyCal's AppleScript automation commands.
• All automation stays local on your Mac.

Privacy

The extension talks directly to BusyCal on your Mac. It does not send your calendar or task data to external servers.

Support

• Documentation: https://www.busymac.com/docs/busycal/70624-raycast
• Issues: https://github.com/BeehiveInnovations/busycal-raycast/issues

License

MIT. Copyright (c) 2026 Beehive Innovations FZE.