delete_calendar_event

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/obsidian_mcp/server.py:1437-1507 (handler)

  MCP tool handler that deletes the specified Google Calendar event by ID, optionally cleans up linked Obsidian note frontmatter, and requires confirmation.

      name="delete_calendar_event",
      description="Delete a Google Calendar event",
  )
  async def delete_calendar_event(
      event_id: str, update_note: bool = True, confirm: bool = False
  ) -> str:
      """
      Delete a calendar event.
  
      Args:
          event_id: Calendar event ID
          update_note: If true, remove event info from linked note (default: true)
          confirm: Must be set to true to confirm event deletion
  
      Returns:
          Success message
      """
      if not confirm:
          return (
              "Error: Calendar event deletion requires explicit confirmation. "
              "Please set confirm=true to proceed with deleting this event."
          )
      if not event_id or not event_id.strip():
          return "Error: Event ID cannot be empty"
  
      context = _get_context()
  
      try:
          # Get event details before deleting (for note update)
          calendar = context.get_calendar()
  
          if update_note:
              try:
                  event = calendar.get_event(event_id)
                  description = event.get("description", "")
  
                  # Extract note path from obsidian:// link
                  if "obsidian://" in description:
                      # Find the note path in the link
                      start_idx = description.find(context.config.obsidian_url_base)
                      if start_idx != -1:
                          note_path = description[start_idx + len(context.config.obsidian_url_base) :]
                          # Extract until next whitespace or newline
                          note_path = note_path.split()[0] if note_path else ""
  
                          if note_path and context.vault.note_exists(note_path):
                              # Remove calendar event info from frontmatter
                              note = await context.vault.read_note(note_path)
                              if note.frontmatter:
                                  frontmatter = dict(note.frontmatter)
                                  frontmatter.pop("calendar_event_id", None)
                                  frontmatter.pop("calendar_event_link", None)
                                  frontmatter.pop("calendar_event_date", None)
                                  frontmatter.pop("calendar_event_time", None)
                                  await context.vault.update_note(note_path, note.body, frontmatter)
              except Exception as e:
                  logger.warning(f"Failed to update note: {e}")
  
          # Delete the event
          calendar.delete_event(event_id)
  
          return f"✓ Deleted calendar event: {event_id}"
  
      except CalendarAuthError as e:
          return f"Error: Calendar not configured: {e}"
      except CalendarError as e:
          return f"Error deleting event: {e}"
      except Exception as e:
          logger.exception("Error deleting calendar event")
          return f"Error deleting calendar event: {e}"

• src/obsidian_mcp/calendar.py:279-295 (helper)

  Core CalendarService method that calls Google Calendar API to delete the event by ID.

  def delete_event(self, event_id: str) -> None:
      """
      Delete a calendar event.
  
      Args:
          event_id: Event ID to delete
  
      Raises:
          CalendarError: If deletion fails
      """
      service = self.get_service()
  
      try:
          service.events().delete(calendarId=self.calendar_id, eventId=event_id).execute()
          logger.info(f"Deleted calendar event: {event_id}")
      except HttpError as e:
          raise CalendarError(f"Failed to delete event: {e}") from e