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Let people book time with you, or run group availability polls — your assistant handles both.

Two tools for scheduling without email

Scheduling back-and-forth is one of the biggest time sinks in any workday. The platform gives you two tools to eliminate it, managed from Links.

Booking links — a shareable page where people can pick a time on your calendar and book directly. No emails. No coordination. They choose a slot, your assistant confirms it.

Scheduling polls — a group availability table where you propose time slots and invite participants to mark which ones work for them. Your assistant collects the responses and books the winner. Best for multi-party meetings where you need to find a slot that works for everyone.

Setting up your username

Every account has a primary booking link, created automatically, that uses your public username. Set your username on that link's Link tab. Your username is part of every booking URL you share, so once people have your link, changing your username breaks it. Choose carefully.

Your primary link lives at your username, and each additional link lives at your username followed by the link's name. Open a link to see its full URL and copy it.

Under Links → Booking Links, click New Booking Link. Give it:

  • Title — what people see when they visit the page (e.g. "30-minute intro call")
  • Name — a short slug that becomes part of the URL (e.g. intro-30)
  • Meeting type — virtual or in person

Then open the link to fine-tune it:

  • Link — the URL, who can find the page, an instructions message for visitors, and an Active switch to pause the link without deleting it
  • Availability — which days and hours you're available for this type of meeting
  • Defaults — default duration, location or video link, buffers, and daily limits for this link
  • Calendars — which of your calendars are checked for conflicts

A link can be open to anyone who finds it, shareable only with people who have the link, or Invite Only, where each invited person gets a personal link.

Once created, share the link however you like — in your email signature, on a website, in a message.

What happens when someone books

When a contact visits your booking link and picks a time, the platform:

  1. Confirms the slot is still available against your live calendar
  2. Creates the calendar event
  3. Sends the guest a calendar invite

Booking link requests execute automatically, without going through the dispatch cart, because the person booking has chosen a slot you offered. You'll see the booked event on your calendar and a notification in your inbox.

Your assistant knows your booking links. Instead of manually copying a link, you can ask your assistant: "Send Alex my 30-minute booking link." Your assistant will include the correct link in the message without you having to look it up.

When someone else shares a Calendly, Cal.com, or HubSpot link with you, your assistant can read their available slots and find mutual availability — no need for them to send you times manually. See How scheduling works for the full pipeline.


Scheduling polls

Scheduling polls are group availability tables — the right tool when you need to find a time that works for multiple people, especially people without connected calendars.

How they work

Your assistant creates a poll with a set of proposed time slots (chosen from days you actually have open and within your working hours) and a list of invited participants. Each participant receives a link and marks which slots work for them. Your assistant fills in your own row from your calendar, watches the responses, and follows up with people who haven't answered.

You don't have to run this manually. Just tell your assistant: "Schedule a team sync with Jordan, Sam, and Taylor next week — use a scheduling poll." Your assistant will:

  1. Create the poll with reasonable time options based on your calendar
  2. Send invitations to each participant
  3. Check back on responses and nudge anyone who hasn't answered
  4. Once every required participant has responded, pick the best slot and book it on your calendar, which closes the poll

If you'd rather the poll book itself the moment everyone has responded, without waiting for your assistant's next check, ask for that when you set it up.

Responding to a poll

Participants open the poll link, enter their name and email, and tap each proposed slot to cycle between yes, maybe, and no — no account required. Polls can be Anyone with Link, or Invite Only, where each participant gets their own personal link.

Under Links → Poll Links, you can see all your polls. Click New Poll Link to create one, giving it a title, an optional description, and an access setting. For each poll:

  • See which participants have responded and which haven't, and add participants (marking each as required or not)
  • See the Best times ranking
  • Add, edit, or remove time slots
  • Set the meeting duration
  • Choose whether participant names are Visible or Anonymous to other respondents
  • Set the poll's Status to Closed to stop new responses
  • Delete the poll and all its responses if plans change