Amie

Combine calendar, tasks, contacts, and scheduling in a polished daily interface

KINDA · partial replacement
price $28.84/mo per seatsubscription / year $346.08estimated build time multi-dayreplaced by 0 people

The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Amie, combine calendar, tasks, contacts, and scheduling in a polished daily interface. The hard boundary is native polish, sync, calendar providers, mobile apps, and integrated communications, plus calendar integrations and reliability.

Build verification: not recorded. How we judge buildability

What you give up

  • native polish, sync, calendar providers, mobile apps, and integrated communications
  • multiple calendar providers
  • team routing and round-robin
  • payments
  • timezone edge-case maturity

Why people still pay

People still pay for Amie because people pay because one double booking or missed invite can cost more than years of subscription fees. The recurring cost buys OAuth refresh, webhooks, timezone databases, race conditions, reminders, deliverability, privacy, and uptime, not just the visible interface.

Your build guide

The stack, security requirements, and agent rules for a focused replacement.

Before you start

  • Runtime and tools: TypeScript, React, Node and PostgreSQL with a single authorized calendar adapter.
  • Before starting: One calendar account with documented OAuth scopes, HTTPS callbacks, the host timezone and an always-on worker for reminders.
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TypeScript, React, Node and PostgreSQL with a single authorized calendar adapter
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Data design: Store Task, PlannedBlock, CalendarEvent, AvailabilityRule and Booking; a task plan is not an external event until a confirmed write receipt exists. Preserve task completion independently of meeting cancellation.
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Setup: One calendar account with documented OAuth scopes, HTTPS callbacks, the host timezone and an always-on worker for reminders
engineering roadmap

Implementation plan

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Phase 1

Pin the working slice and create its example input: Combine one calendar with a personal daily task list; drag a task into a suggested free block and publish a separate booking link with buffers. Confirm setup: One calendar account with documented OAuth scopes, HTTPS callbacks, the host timezone and an always-on worker for reminders.

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Phase 2

Implement persistence and write-time invariants before decorating the UI: Store Task, PlannedBlock, CalendarEvent, AvailabilityRule and Booking; a task plan is not an external event until a confirmed write receipt exists. Preserve task completion independently of meeting cancellation.

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Phase 3

Connect the working view to real saved state. Store UTC instants plus the host IANA timezone and local availability rules. Recheck external busy time before reserving; serialize overlapping local reservations, and reconcile external creation failures without silently confirming.

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Phase 4

Expose the app-specific limits and recovery path in context: Connect one calendar first and expose stale-sync age. Do not imply email integration or all-device sync; expired sync cursors require a documented full reconciliation.

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Phase 5

Walk through this concrete acceptance case and preserve its exported evidence: Schedule a 30-minute task, receive an overlapping external meeting, then book through the public link; flag the personal conflict and withhold the now-busy public slot. Finish the README and backup/restore instructions; report unfinished capabilities explicitly.

the pro prompt
download AGENTS.md
Build the following focused alternative to Amie. This is a deliberately limited personal or small-team substitute, not parity with the paid service.

WORKING SLICE
Combine one calendar with a personal daily task list; drag a task into a suggested free block and publish a separate booking link with buffers.

SETUP AND ARCHITECTURE
Use TypeScript, React, Node and PostgreSQL with a single authorized calendar adapter. Prerequisites: One calendar account with documented OAuth scopes, HTTPS callbacks, the host timezone and an always-on worker for reminders. Before integrating anything, record actual versions and permissions, plus model files or provider limits only where used, in the README; make unavailable dependencies visible rather than simulating success.

DOMAIN MODEL AND INVARIANTS
Store Task, PlannedBlock, CalendarEvent, AvailabilityRule and Booking; a task plan is not an external event until a confirmed write receipt exists. Preserve task completion independently of meeting cancellation.

IMPLEMENTATION CONTRACT
Store UTC instants plus the host IANA timezone and local availability rules. Recheck external busy time before reserving; serialize overlapping local reservations, and reconcile external creation failures without silently confirming. Provide an input/setup view, the main work view, and a review/export view appropriate to this workflow. Preserve the last saved state if a job or save fails. Include empty, loading, permission-denied, partial and retryable-error states. Log identifiers and error categories without secret values or unnecessary private content.

APP-SPECIFIC BOUNDARY AND RECOVERY
Connect one calendar first and expose stale-sync age. Do not imply email integration or all-device sync; expired sync cursors require a documented full reconciliation.

ACCEPTANCE SCENARIO
Schedule a 30-minute task, receive an overlapping external meeting, then book through the public link; flag the personal conflict and withhold the now-busy public slot. Also reopen the app after an interrupted operation, confirm the saved record/export remains inspectable, and document the recovery action. These are implementation acceptance requirements, not a claim that this guide has been tested.

DELIVERY
Deliver a runnable repository with migrations or project-format versioning, a non-sensitive example, environment/permission setup, the exact manual acceptance steps, and a backup/export-and-restore walkthrough. Implement the working slice before optional integrations; list any deferred paid-product capabilities honestly. Do not add capabilities outside the working slice just to resemble the original product.

PROJECT RULES FOR AGENTS.md
Keep the domain invariants above executable at the write boundary. Propose scope changes before adding providers or permissions. Never fabricate source evidence, publish results, identity matches or successful delivery. Preserve user originals and require an explicit confirmation for destructive changes or external publication.

$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter), copy the prompt or copy or download AGENTS.md

prior art · use these instead of building, if you'd ratherCal.comMature open-source scheduling platform with calendar integrations and booking workflows.↗
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Amie pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
free$0/user$0/user25 meeting-note credits one time; unlimited Google/Apple calendar connections and to-do lists; basic AIThe 25 meeting-note credits are a one-time allowance, not a monthly reset.
pro$28.84/user$23.07/userUnlimited meeting notes, bot-free recording, chat with notes and AI schedulingVendor publishes €20/user/month billed annually and says annual is 20% off, implying €25 monthly; converted at 1 EUR = 1.1534 USD (ECB, 2026-08-13).
business$57.67/user$46.14/userPro features plus custom templates/branding and ATS/CRM integrationsVendor publishes €40/user/month billed annually and says annual is 20% off, implying €50 monthly; converted at the ECB rate.
enterprise——Custom security, support, deployment and enterprise controlsCustom quote.

free tier25 meeting-note credits one time, unlimited Google/Apple calendars and to-do lists, and basic AI

billingmonthly + annual (-20%); 7-day paid trial; subscriptions auto-renew

hidden costsTeam subscriptions are per seat and mid-cycle additions are prorated. VAT/taxes may be added, standard purchases are generally non-refundable, and USD cost moves with EUR/USD. Free meeting-note credits do not renew.

pricing sources checked 2026-08-14 · pricing source ↗

Questions about Amie

Can you build your own Amie with AI?

Partly. The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Amie, combine calendar, tasks, contacts, and scheduling in a polished daily interface. The hard boundary is native polish, sync, calendar providers, mobile apps, and integrated communications, plus calendar integrations and reliability.

What does the Amie build prompt cover?

The prompt starts with this scope: Combine one calendar with a personal daily task list; drag a task into a suggested free block and publish a separate booking link with buffers. Full-product capabilities excluded from the comparison include: native polish, sync, calendar providers, mobile apps, and integrated communications; multiple calendar providers; team routing and round-robin. Follow the implementation plan and its prerequisites before expanding the build.

How do I use the prompt, AGENTS.md and agent skills?

Start with the Amie prerequisites and stack, then copy the prompt into your coding agent. Save the project rules as AGENTS.md in the project root. Linked skills are optional packages or source instructions for specific tasks; review their current contents and install only those matching the chosen stack. A skill does not supply API credentials or verify the finished app.

How long will this Amie project take?

The catalogue estimate is multi-day for the limited scope. Setup, integration approvals, debugging, deployment and ongoing maintenance can add time. This is an estimate, not a delivery guarantee.

What would I give up by replacing Amie?

native polish, sync, calendar providers, mobile apps, and integrated communications; multiple calendar providers; team routing and round-robin; payments; timezone edge-case maturity. People still pay for Amie because people pay because one double booking or missed invite can cost more than years of subscription fees. The recurring cost buys OAuth refresh, webhooks, timezone databases, race conditions, reminders, deliverability, privacy, and uptime, not just the visible interface.

What price is this guide comparing against?

The recorded Pro plan is $28.84/mo per seat (monthly per user), checked 2026-08-14. Check the linked pricing source before buying. Building your own also has hosting, API and maintenance costs; the recorded amount is not a guaranteed saving.

What can I use instead of building Amie?

The prior-art section lists Cal.com as starting points. Review their current scope, license and maintenance before adopting one.

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