Everything you need to know about using highlight2calendar to create Google Calendar events and tasks from text.
highlight2calendar is a Chrome extension that uses AI to extract event details from any highlighted text on the web and lets you instantly add them to Google Calendar or Google Tasks. Simply select text containing event information (dates, times, locations, meeting links) and the extension automatically parses and organizes everything into a ready-to-save calendar event or task. No more copying and pasting between tabs.
Highlight any text on a webpage that contains event details. A floating calendar button will appear next to your selection. Click it, or right-click and choose "highlight2calendar" from the context menu. The AI will extract the event title, date, time, location, and other details automatically. Review the pre-filled form, make any edits you like, and click "Add to Calendar" to save it directly to your Google Calendar.
Yes. In addition to Google Calendar events, highlight2calendar lets you save extracted information as a Google Task. After the AI extracts the details, click "Add as Task" instead of "Add to Calendar." The task will appear in your Google Tasks list with the title, due date, and notes pre-filled. This is ideal for deadlines, reminders, and to-do items that don't fit the traditional calendar event format.
highlight2calendar is currently available as a Chrome extension, compatible with Google Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Brave, Arc, and Opera. If your browser supports Chrome Web Store extensions, highlight2calendar should work seamlessly. Support for additional browsers may be added in the future.
Yes. highlight2calendar supports batch extraction. If you select a block of text that contains multiple events (for example, a conference schedule, a list of meeting times, or a weekly agenda). The AI will identify and extract each event individually. You can then review each one and add them to your calendar one by one or save them all at once.
Yes. When creating an event, you can set a recurrence pattern (daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly) directly in the extraction form. You can also choose from any timezone worldwide. The AI will attempt to detect timezone information from the selected text when it is mentioned explicitly, such as "3 PM EST" or "10:00 Pacific Time," and pre-fill the timezone field accordingly.
highlight2calendar works on virtually every website. Whether you are reading an email in Gmail, browsing a news article, scrolling through social media, checking a Slack message, viewing a university course schedule, or reading a conference agenda. Any text you can highlight on the web can be extracted. The extension runs as a content script across all pages, so there is no need to configure or whitelist specific sites.
highlight2calendar uses Gemini, Google's AI model, to analyze the selected text. The AI identifies and extracts structured event information, including event titles, dates, start and end times, locations, meeting links, descriptions, and recurrence patterns, from unstructured, natural-language text. All processing happens through a secure backend API, and results are returned in seconds. You always get to review and edit every field before saving.
Yes. highlight2calendar is designed with privacy in mind. The only data sent to the server is the text you explicitly select for extraction. Nothing more. No browsing history, page content, or personal data is collected or stored. Google Calendar and Google Tasks access is handled through official OAuth 2.0 authentication, and the extension only requests the minimum permissions necessary to function. Your data stays yours.