The moment it happens

Create a Google Meet link with /meet in Slack

Type /meet in any Slack channel and a fresh Google Meet link is posted there for everyone to join.

Runs: The moment it happens
Apps: Google Calendar, Slack
AI: Not needed
Access: Calendar write; Slack commands

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: make /meet in Slack create an instant Google Meet link and post it in the channel.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

A product team often decides mid-thread that a quick call would settle things faster. Someone leaves Slack, opens their calendar, creates an event just to get a Meet link, copies it and pastes it back. By then half the people have drifted to other work.

This automation adds a /meet command to Slack. Type it in a channel and a new Meet link appears there a moment later, ready for anyone to click.

What you get out of it

From discussion to call in seconds
When a thread is going in circles, a call link is one command away, so the conversation moves while people are still engaged.
Everyone gets the same link
The link is posted in the channel itself, so nobody is left asking where the call is.
No calendar clutter to clean up
The meeting is short-lived and created only to produce the link, so it does not fill anyone's schedule with placeholder events.
Works in any channel
Any channel or direct message where the command is used gets its own link, with nothing to set up per team.

How it works

What happens, step by step

ClickRuntime starts when someone types /meet in a Slack channel.
It creates a short calendar event in your Google account with a Meet link attached.
The Meet link is posted back into the same Slack channel for everyone to join.

Before it runs live

Connect Google Calendar
Connect Slack, then invite the app to the channel (type /invite @ClickRuntime there)
Paste your automation's link into the other app's webhook settings

What you get

RunsThe moment it happens

Create a Google Meet link with /meet in Slackjust nowSucceeded

Slack · #product📹 Pricing review: https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij (started by @Alex)

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Google Sheets
Combine it with other Google Calendar and Slack steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

instant_google_meet_link_from_a_slash_command.pyexample

import uuid
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from clickruntime import on_event, credentials, http

@on_event
def handle(event):
    form = event.json or {}
    title = form.get("text") or "Quick call"
    cal = build("calendar", "v3", credentials=Credentials(credentials.connection("google", "work")), cache_discovery=False)
    start = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
    ev = cal.events().insert(calendarId="primary", conferenceDataVersion=1, body={
        "summary": title,
        "start": {"dateTime": start.isoformat()}, "end": {"dateTime": (start + timedelta(minutes=30)).isoformat()},
        "conferenceData": {"createRequest": {"requestId": uuid.uuid4().hex,
                                             "conferenceSolutionKey": {"type": "hangoutsMeet"}}}}).execute()
    link = ev["hangoutLink"]
    http.post(form["response_url"], json={"response_type": "in_channel",
                                          "text": f"📹 {title}: {link} (started by <@{form.get('user_id')}>)"})
    return {"event": ev["id"]}

FAQ

Common questions

Who can use the command?

Anyone in your Slack workspace who can see the command. The Meet link is created under the Google account you connected.

Can I give the call a name?

Yes. Text after the command, such as /meet pricing review, is used as the meeting title.

Does the link expire?

Meet links stay valid like any other Google Meet link, so the same link can be reused later in the day.

What permissions does it need?

Calendar write; Slack commands. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run for each event the app sends.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

The moment it happens