Calendar · Workflow template

Cancelled meeting → reclaim and refill the slot

When a meeting cancels on your calendar, Carly offers the slot to the next prospect in your pipeline by email. Works on Google Calendar or Outlook.

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The workflow at a glance

Trigger
Event cancelled
Tool
Find next prospect
LLM
Write outreach
Action
Email

How this workflow works, step by step

  1. 1 Trigger Event cancelled

    The workflow starts when Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar signals "event cancelled". Carly is listening continuously, so the run begins within seconds of the event.

  2. 2 Tool Find next prospect

    Carly pulls live data from HubSpot — "Find next prospect." Whatever's needed for the next step is fetched fresh, not cached.

  3. 3 LLM Write outreach

    An LLM step does the thinking: write outreach. Carly picks the right model for the job and you can swap models per step if you need to.

  4. 4 Action Email

    Finally Carly takes action in Gmail or Outlook: email. This is the thing that actually moves the world.

When to use this template

  • You want this work to happen consistently without anyone remembering to do it.
  • You're already using Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar, and the manual version of this is eating real minutes a week.
  • You want a visible canvas you can audit and edit — not a black-box agent doing things you can't see.

When not to use it

  • This task only happens once or twice a month — the setup cost won't pay back.
  • The decision in the middle of the flow needs human judgment every single time, not just on edge cases.
  • Your stack doesn't include any of the apps above and you don't want to wire a generic HTTP step.

Build it in 10 minutes — copy this prompt

Paste this in an email to and Carly will build the workflow for you.

Hey Carly — please build me this workflow.

Name: Cancelled meeting → reclaim and refill the slot

What it should do:
When a meeting cancels on your calendar, Carly offers the slot to the next prospect in your pipeline by email. Works on Google Calendar or Outlook.

Steps:
1. Trigger: Event cancelled
2. Tool: Find next prospect
3. LLM: Write outreach
4. Action: Email

Tools to wire up: Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, HubSpot, Gmail, Outlook

Set it live once you've got it working. Thanks!

Apps you'll connect

Carly authenticates these for you over OAuth when she sets up the workflow.

Google Calendar
Outlook Calendar
HubSpot
Gmail
Outlook

Questions teams ask before building this

How long does this workflow take to set up?

Most teams have "Cancelled meeting → reclaim and refill the slot" running in under 10 minutes. Copy the prompt on this page into an email to carly@usecarly.com and Carly wires the workflow together for you, including authenticating Google Calendar.

Can I edit this template after Carly builds it?

Yes. Every workflow lives on the Carly canvas where you can rename steps, change conditions, swap LLM models, add filters, and re-route branches. Templates are starting points, not locked recipes.

What if I use a different tool than the ones in this template?

Carly connects to 200+ tools, plus a generic HTTP node for any API that doesn't have a native integration. Tell Carly your stack when you send the prompt and she'll pick the right connectors.

Does this run automatically once it's built?

Yes. The trigger at the start of the workflow fires automatically — on a schedule, on an inbound email, on a webhook, on a calendar event, whatever this template specifies. Carly handles the listening; you only step in when a step is gated on you.

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