Quick Add

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Google Calendar
You, Oscar, Angela
Tomorrow, 11:00AM
now

Quick Add lets you mark calendars without ever leaving your inbox. CC [email protected] once, and our AI scheduling assistant does the heavy lifting—so you keep your focus, not another tab.

Why Quick Add?

Manual methodQuick Add with Dule
Alt-tab between Inbox ↔ CalendarStay in one thread
Copy & paste every attendeeCC once—Dule reads the thread
Double-check time zonesAssistant proposes slots automatically
Risk of typos / missesCalendar APIs + AI = error-free
5-7 min per meeting< 10 sec to CC and send

A week of 10 meetings = ~60min saved; that’s 7 working days saved in a year .


How to Quick Add in 3 Steps

  1. Write your email and include the meeting details in plain English.
  2. CC [email protected].
  3. Press Send—Dule proposes, books, and confirms the meeting.


Pro-tips & FAQs

  • Dule saves your default meeting duration and buffer preferences.
  • Recipients don’t need a Dule account—everything stays inside the thread.
  • Works even if recipients aren’t using Google Calendar

Ready to stop juggling tabs? Try Quick Add on your next meeting request—or explore Auto-Coordinate for multi-recipient scheduling. See all features in our how-to guides.

Additional context

Quick Add is the right Dule workflow when the meeting details are already settled and the only remaining job is creating the event cleanly. That is what makes it different from Auto Coordinate and Request A Time, which are better when timing is still being negotiated.

When Quick Add fits best

  • You already know the date and time.
  • The attendees are already present on the email thread.
  • You want the invite created without switching into your calendar.
  • The meeting is simple and does not need additional scheduling back-and-forth.

Related workflows

Auto Coordinate

Use this when someone asks if you are free and Dule needs to propose options, follow up, and close the loop in-thread.

Request A Time

Use this when several external recipients need to converge on one slot.

Special Addresses

Use this when the same Quick Add pattern keeps repeating and you want reusable defaults.


See where one-step scheduling wins in the comparison pages buyers read next

Quick Add matters most when the scheduling problem is not negotiation, but getting a confirmed event onto the calendar cleanly from the thread you are already in. These comparison pages show where that simplicity beats heavier tools.

General Scheduling Platforms

Useful when you are comparing Dule with booking-link and poll-based tools for meetings that are already mostly decided but still need a fast, clean handoff into the calendar.

Explore general scheduling comparisons

Calendly and Microsoft Bookings

Best when the debate is booking-link convenience versus confirming a meeting directly from the email thread without making recipients leave the conversation.

Calendly alternative
Microsoft Bookings alternative

Doodle and Mixmax

Helpful when you want to compare one-step inbox scheduling with polling workflows or email productivity tools that still push the scheduling step onto a separate page.

Doodle alternative
Mixmax alternative

Compare Scheduling Tools

Start at the top-level hub if you want to compare one-step inbox workflows with assistant-style schedulers, recruiting tools, or vertical coordination platforms.

Explore the full comparison hub