Calendar Event Hashtags
Add hashtags to your calendar event titles or descriptions to control how RescueTime handles them.
Works with both Google Calendar and Outlook Calendar once connected to RescueTime. Always add hashtags to events in your own calendar, not the RescueTime calendar.
Trigger an automatic Focus Session
Add any of these hashtags to an event title or description to start a Focus Session automatically when the event begins:
#focustime #focus #focussession #worksession #work
When the event starts, RescueTime begins a Focus Session for the full duration. All activities are tracked, and Distracting sites and apps are blocked.
If the event falls outside your normal work hours, RescueTime still tracks your activities and treats the time as work time. The Assistant switches to work mode and updates your available-to-work time accordingly.
Blocking level
Calendar-triggered Focus Sessions use the default blocking level in your Focus Settings.
#meeting
By default, RescueTime does not recognize meetings with only one invitee. #meeting forces RescueTime to recognize a single-invitee event (just you) as a meeting and report it as one.
#notameeting
Prevents RescueTime from reporting a multi-invitee event as a scheduled meeting. Useful for events with multiple participants that aren't actual meetings.
💡 How RescueTime identifies meetings. By default, RescueTime identifies an event as a meeting based on the number of invitees. Use #meeting or #notameeting to override that behavior for any event.