Rise Calendar

Desktop calendar combining tasks, scheduling, and focus planning

KINDA · partial replacement
price variesestimated build time weekend to multi-dayreplaced by 0 people

The visible calendar + tasks loop is buildable, but a credible replacement needs more than the first screen. Rise Calendar earns its keep through OAuth, calendar reliability, so expect a weekend or multi-day build and a narrower personal scope.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • multi-calendar conflict handling
  • race-free booking under load
  • team routing and round robin
  • reliable reminders and timezone edge cases
  • calendar-provider edge cases and timezone correctness

Why people still pay

Rise Calendar: People pay because a booking tool must never double-book them, leak private events, or send the wrong time to a client.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • Google OAuth credentials, a registered HTTPS callback and calendar access granted by the owner. Confirm the provider scopes and publishing requirements before adding guests.
  • Implementation components: Next.js App Router and TypeScript for server-rendered pages and validated mutations. PostgreSQL with Drizzle migrations; Better Auth sessions for a small private workspace. One Google Calendar OAuth adapter, a timezone-aware date library, and an outbox worker for email/ICS delivery.
  • Scope boundary: multi-calendar conflict handling; race-free booking under load
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Next.js App Router and TypeScript for server-rendered pages and validated mutations.
02
PostgreSQL with Drizzle migrations; Better Auth sessions for a small private workspace.
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One Google Calendar OAuth adapter, a timezone-aware date library, and an outbox worker for email/ICS delivery.
04
Domain model: tasks, planned durations, provider events, preferred focus windows and accepted daily plans
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

1

Phase 1

Scope and fixtures. Implement this bounded workflow: Combine a task inbox with one calendar, preview a practical daily plan and drag task blocks into free time. Let the user choose which blocks to write back and protect existing appointments. Record prerequisites, select representative user-owned fixtures and document the unsupported features: multi-calendar conflict handling; race-free booking under load

2

Phase 2

Durable model. Model tasks, planned durations, provider events, preferred focus windows and accepted daily plans Add migrations or a versioned document format, explicit validation, stable IDs and a visible import-error report. Preserve this rule: A proposed schedule is not a booking until accepted; only tool-owned task blocks can be moved automatically.

3

Phase 3

Complete the first useful path. Implement the workflow's input, review and output interface, with clear controls and explicit empty/error states. Store UTC instants plus the intended IANA timezone. Reserve locally in a transaction, recheck provider availability, create with a stable external ID, then reconcile timeouts before retrying.

4

Phase 4

Permissions and integration failure. Encrypt refresh tokens with a separately managed key; expose busy intervals rather than event titles publicly. Hash guest management tokens and bound their lifetime. Request integration credentials and permissions only for the enabled feature; show a disconnected state instead of mock results.

5

Phase 5

Portable handoff. Export versioned JSON plus attachments and a readable CSV summary. Restore into a separate database and compare record IDs and attachment checksums before switching. Include setup, operating limits, fixture walkthrough and shutdown/restart instructions in the README.

6

Phase 6

Acceptance scenarios. Reject a proposed plan and leave the calendar unchanged; accepting it twice reuses the same block IDs. Repeat the workflow after restart and with a denied permission or unavailable dependency; show recoverable failure rather than a success placeholder.

the pro prompt
download AGENTS.md
WORKING SLICE
Combine a task inbox with one calendar, preview a practical daily plan and drag task blocks into free time. Let the user choose which blocks to write back and protect existing appointments.

Build this scoped Rise Calendar-inspired workflow with a documented data model and visible failure states.

Architecture
- Next.js App Router and TypeScript for server-rendered pages and validated mutations.
- PostgreSQL with Drizzle migrations; Better Auth sessions for a small private workspace.
- One Google Calendar OAuth adapter, a timezone-aware date library, and an outbox worker for email/ICS delivery.

Prerequisites and limits
Google OAuth credentials, a registered HTTPS callback and calendar access granted by the owner. Confirm the provider scopes and publishing requirements before adding guests.
Outside this release: multi-calendar conflict handling; race-free booking under load

Data model and correctness
tasks, planned durations, provider events, preferred focus windows and accepted daily plans
Invariant: A proposed schedule is not a booking until accepted; only tool-owned task blocks can be moved automatically.
Store UTC instants plus the intended IANA timezone. Reserve locally in a transaction, recheck provider availability, create with a stable external ID, then reconcile timeouts before retrying.

Security and privacy
Encrypt refresh tokens with a separately managed key; expose busy intervals rather than event titles publicly. Hash guest management tokens and bound their lifetime.

Recovery and export
Export versioned JSON plus attachments and a readable CSV summary. Restore into a separate database and compare record IDs and attachment checksums before switching.

Implementation order
1. Phase 1 — Scope and fixtures. Implement this bounded workflow: Combine a task inbox with one calendar, preview a practical daily plan and drag task blocks into free time. Let the user choose which blocks to write back and protect existing appointments. Record prerequisites, select representative user-owned fixtures and document the unsupported features: multi-calendar conflict handling; race-free booking under load
2. Phase 2 — Durable model. Model tasks, planned durations, provider events, preferred focus windows and accepted daily plans Add migrations or a versioned document format, explicit validation, stable IDs and a visible import-error report. Preserve this rule: A proposed schedule is not a booking until accepted; only tool-owned task blocks can be moved automatically.
3. Phase 3 — Complete the first useful path. Implement the workflow's input, review and output interface, with clear controls and explicit empty/error states. Store UTC instants plus the intended IANA timezone. Reserve locally in a transaction, recheck provider availability, create with a stable external ID, then reconcile timeouts before retrying.
4. Phase 4 — Permissions and integration failure. Encrypt refresh tokens with a separately managed key; expose busy intervals rather than event titles publicly. Hash guest management tokens and bound their lifetime. Request integration credentials and permissions only for the enabled feature; show a disconnected state instead of mock results.
5. Phase 5 — Portable handoff. Export versioned JSON plus attachments and a readable CSV summary. Restore into a separate database and compare record IDs and attachment checksums before switching. Include setup, operating limits, fixture walkthrough and shutdown/restart instructions in the README.
6. Phase 6 — Acceptance scenarios. Reject a proposed plan and leave the calendar unchanged; accepting it twice reuses the same block IDs. Repeat the workflow after restart and with a denied permission or unavailable dependency; show recoverable failure rather than a success placeholder.

Acceptance
Reject a proposed plan and leave the calendar unchanged; accepting it twice reuses the same block IDs.
Use real source data or clearly labeled fixtures. Explain unsupported input and provider failures; do not fabricate analytics, delivery receipts, accuracy claims or security guarantees.

Optional agent guidance
Optional external skill: [gws-calendar](https://github.com/googleworkspace/cli/blob/main/skills/gws-calendar/SKILL.md) — Use Google Calendar calendars, events, recurrence, free/busy queries and integration discovery through the gws CLI. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Optional external skill: [supabase-postgres-best-practices](https://github.com/supabase/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/supabase-postgres-best-practices/SKILL.md) — Review PostgreSQL schemas, queries, indexes, pooling, concurrency and row-level security. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Optional external skill: [web-design-guidelines](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/web-design-guidelines/SKILL.md) — Review web interfaces for accessibility, keyboard focus, forms, navigation and interaction quality. Review its instructions and compatibility before use; it does not grant deployment, data-access or publication permission.
Project rule — data model: tasks, planned durations, provider events, preferred focus windows and accepted daily plans
Project rule — preserve this invariant: A proposed schedule is not a booking until accepted; only tool-owned task blocks can be moved automatically.
Project rule — acceptance evidence: Reject a proposed plan and leave the calendar unchanged; accepting it twice reuses the same block IDs.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy or download AGENTS.md · generated from this app's build plan

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratherCal.comMature open-source scheduling platform and OAuth reference.↗
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Rise Calendar pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
solo$0/user$0/user1 personal user; unlimited tasks and projects; advanced scheduling.Converted from EUR at €1 = $1.15535 on 2026-08-14; rounded to 2 decimals.
teams$11.55/user$9.24/userTeam calendar, tasks, projects, and scheduling; no numeric task/project cap published.€10 monthly or €8/month billed annually. Converted from EUR at €1 = $1.15535 on 2026-08-14; rounded to 2 decimals.

free tier1 personal user; unlimited tasks and projects; advanced scheduling.

billingmonthly + annual (-20%)

hidden costsVAT may apply depending on location.

pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Rise Calendar

Can you build your own Rise Calendar with AI?

Partly. The visible calendar + tasks loop is buildable, but a credible replacement needs more than the first screen. Rise Calendar earns its keep through OAuth, calendar reliability, so expect a weekend or multi-day build and a narrower personal scope.

What does the Rise Calendar build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Combine a task inbox with one calendar, preview a practical daily plan and drag task blocks into free time. Let the user choose which blocks to write back and protect existing appointments. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: multi-calendar conflict handling; race-free booking under load; team routing and round robin. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Rise Calendar prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Rise Calendar project take?

The catalogue estimate is weekend to multi-day for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Rise Calendar?

multi-calendar conflict handling; race-free booking under load; team routing and round robin; reliable reminders and timezone edge cases; calendar-provider edge cases and timezone correctness. Rise Calendar: People pay because a booking tool must never double-book them, leak private events, or send the wrong time to a client.

What can I use instead of building Rise Calendar?

The prior-art section lists Cal.com as starting points. Review their current scope, license and maintenance before adopting one.

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