Agoo's Google app signs people in with Google and connects Google Calendar for busy times, bookings and Google Meet links. What it asks for, how your IT team approves it, and how to remove it.
Agoo is in early access. This page describes the feature as it ships to early-access organisations; screens are illustrative.
Agoo uses one Google app, called Agoo, for two things. Each asks for its own access, only when someone chooses it:
| What | Who uses it | Plans | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sign in with Google to the Console and Agoo Workspace, and sign up | Staff, and Owners starting an organisation | Every plan, Free included | Single sign-on |
| Google Calendar: busy times, bookings in the calendar, Google Meet links | Hosts who take bookings | Starter, Growth, Pro, Enterprise | Connect your calendar |
Google Wallet passes for visitors are separate: the visitor adds the pass to their own Google Wallet, and Agoo's Google app isn't involved (Wallet passes).
What the app asks for
Signing in
| Google permission | What Google shows | Why Agoo needs it |
|---|---|---|
openid | Associate you with your personal info | To know it's the same Google account each time |
email | See your primary email address | To match the account to an Agoo account whose email Google confirms |
profile | See your personal info | Your name, and for Google Workspace your organisation's domain |
Signing in keeps no access to anything in your Google account afterwards: no offline access, no mail, contacts, files or calendar.
Connecting Google Calendar
| Google permission | What Google shows | Why Agoo needs it | Required? |
|---|---|---|---|
calendar.calendarlist.readonly | See the list of Google calendars you're subscribed to | So the person chooses which calendars count for busy times and where bookings go | Yes |
calendar.freebusy | View your availability in your calendars | To keep busy times off their booking pages. Start and end times only | Yes |
calendar.events | View and edit events on all your calendars | To add their confirmed bookings, with Google Meet links, and move or remove them | No |
Agoo also asks to keep access while the person is away (offline access), so it can check the calendar and update events when they aren't signed in. Without calendar.events the connection works as Busy times only.
What Agoo keeps: each chosen calendar's name and colour; busy start and end times (never titles, people or descriptions), deleted a day after they end; the IDs of the events Agoo added. It only ever changes events it added, and never invites anyone from the calendar. Tokens are encrypted and never shown to anyone.
Agoo's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Agoo does not use Google user data to develop, improve or train generalised artificial intelligence or machine learning models. The privacy notice has the details.
Approve Agoo for your organisation
If your Google Workspace only lets staff use apps your IT team has approved, people see Google say the app is blocked, and in Agoo a calendar card says Needs your IT team (sign-in says your organisation's IT needs to approve Agoo in Google first). A Google Workspace administrator approves it once, for everyone:
Open the Google Admin console
Sign in at admin.google.com as a super administrator, and go to Security → Access and data control → API controls.
Add Agoo
Under App access control, select Manage third-party app access, then Configure new app, and search for Agoo by name.
Trust it
Choose the organisational units it applies to, and set access to Trusted. Save.
People connect again
Each person selects Connect again on their calendar's card in Account → Calendars, or signs in with Google again.
To limit sign-in to your own Google Workspace, an Owner or Admin lists your domains in Console → Settings → Security → Sign in with Google and Microsoft (Your organisation's rules).
Remove Agoo
In Agoo:
- Sign-in: Your account → Sign-in and security → Sign-in methods → remove Google. You can't remove the way you're signed in with now: sign in another way first.
- Calendar: Account → Calendars → the Google card → Disconnect, with Remove the events Agoo added (recommended) ticked to remove upcoming events. Agoo asks Google to withdraw its access, and deletes the busy times and list of calendars at once.
In your Google account: open myaccount.google.com/connections, choose Agoo and select Delete all connections you have with Agoo. After that, signing in with Google fails until you allow it again, and a connected calendar's card in Agoo says Reconnect needed: disconnect it there to delete what Agoo kept. Events Agoo already added stay in your calendar until you delete them.
For the whole organisation: in the Google Admin console, set Agoo to Blocked under Manage third-party app access.
If something doesn't work
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| Google says Agoo is blocked by your organisation's administrator | Approve Agoo for your organisation. |
| "Leave every box ticked so Agoo can see when you're busy and list your calendars" | The calendar list or free and busy permission was unticked. Connect again with every box ticked. |
| The calendar card says Busy times only | The events permission was unticked. Select Let Agoo add events and leave every box ticked. |
| "Google didn't confirm this email belongs to you" when signing in | Sign in with your password or an email code, then add Google from Sign-in and security. |
| "(Your organisation) only allows Google accounts from its own organisation" | Choose your work account, or use your password or an email code. |
More in Connect your calendar and SSO and SCIM.
Support
Questions about Agoo's Google app go to agoo@ardentafrica.com, +233 30 398 3393 or the contact form; we reply within one working day. Read our privacy notice and terms.
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