Is there a way to trigger a focus mode with calendar events?
Would be way more precise in my workflow and i would assume for a bunch of people during the pandemic.
I have a mac running at all times if that helps but i‘m surprised iOS can‘t do this natively.
iOS can’t detect when a calendar event starts. There are two solutions I’ve been using:
Both of them require an always running iPhone/iPod touch/iPad mini with Pushcut Automation Server taking over, but they do work.
Aargh, Rose! 
This would be an excellent trigger suggestion for the shortcuts team.
I do indeed have a pushcut automation server running at all times (should have mentioned this).
Thank you so much for your suggestions!
According to your input I created a shortcut which is triggered by a personal automation at midnight every day.
I got this to work initially, but iOS 15 seems to have broken a lot of my shortcuts including this one. Am I the only one?
I would post a screenshot here, so people might point out any obvious mistakes, but it’s not that complicated 
Now every time this shortcut runs I get this.
I already submitted it but the more the merrier.
Hi, @RosemaryOrchard — Regarding your suggestion to “… use IFTTT to watch for the start of Google calendar events, and then have it ping a Pushcut server to change the focus mode.”
Is it possible to have IFTTT send the title of a calendar event to a Shortcut that looks at the event title when it starts, determines if it shares a word also used in a Focus Mode title, and then activate that focus mode?
I have been trying, but I am unable to send the event title as a shortcut input.
Thanks.
This baffling to me. I don’t understand why Apple went through all the trouble with focus modes and not provide a way to trigger them natively from a calendar event. I really thought that was the whole point of do not disturb during a meeting.
