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Can Grok Bot build Acuity Scheduling?

it builds, but you host it, babysit it, or wire up an OAuth app yourself.

price
$20/mo
you'd save
$240/yr
who hosts it
the bot
category
scheduling

Acuity is Calendly plus the things a real service business needs: intake forms before the appointment, prepaid packages, gift certificates, and taking money at the point of booking. A bot builds the calendar half easily. The money half is where it gets slower - not because Stripe is hard, but because refunds, no-show fees, partial cancellations and prepaid credit balances are a genuine little accounting system, and getting them subtly wrong costs you real money rather than an afternoon.

the prompt

Written for a bot that already has a browser, a terminal and your logins · paste it in whole.

You have a computer, a browser and my Stripe and Google accounts. Build me a booking page that takes money, and keep it running.

What it does:
- Service types with their own duration and price, set in a config file I can edit.
- Reads free/busy from Google Calendar, offers slots in the visitor's timezone, 24 hour minimum notice.
- Intake form per service type, answers stored with the booking and emailed to me.
- Takes payment at booking through Stripe Checkout. No booking is confirmed until Stripe says paid.

How to build it:
- One web app, SQLite, admin page behind a password from the env.
- Use Stripe test mode until I explicitly tell you to switch to live keys. Say so clearly on every page while you are in test mode.
- Handle the Stripe webhook properly: the booking is created by checkout.session.completed, not by the browser redirect. People close tabs.

Rules:
- Refunds are mine to approve. Build the button, never fire it on your own.
- Do not implement packages or gift certificates in v1. Tell me when the basics are solid and we will decide.
- Reconcile nightly: every confirmed booking must have a matching paid Stripe session. Message me about any that do not, with both IDs.

Running it: keep it online, restart it if it dies, and back the SQLite file up daily somewhere off your machine.

the bot will need to sign into: google-calendar · stripe · resend

what you lose

  • package and gift-certificate accounting that already balances
  • the client-facing booking page clients already trust
  • reschedule and cancellation flows with all their edge cases
  • PCI scope somebody else is carrying

the numbers

Starter is $20/mo monthly, $16 billed annually, for one calendar; Standard is $34/$27 for six. No free plan, just a 7-day trial.

acuityscheduling.com/pricing

checked against the live page on 2026-08-23

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