Add CinemaCon schedule → Outlook calendar agent

[Copilot]

Implements a Python agent that scrapes the CinemaCon schedule-of-events page and writes each session as a calendar event to an Outlook account via Microsoft Graph API.

Architecture

• scraper.py – Fetches and parses cinemacon.com/en/schedule-of-events using three strategies in priority order:
  1. Structured <table> (time + title cells)
  2. Day-section headings (Monday, March 31 …) + sibling session rows
  3. Fallback: any text node containing an AM/PM time pattern
• outlook_client.py – Thin Graph API wrapper; authenticates via MSAL device code flow (no client secret in code), persists tokens to a local cache file, POSTs to /users/{user}/calendar/events
• agent.py – CLI orchestrator; supports --dry-run (print events, no writes), --year, and --url overrides
• config.py – All tunables; credentials sourced from AZURE_TENANT_ID / AZURE_CLIENT_ID env vars

Usage

# Inspect parsed events without touching the calendar
python agent.py --dry-run

# Write to harshit.thakkar@qubecinema.com's Outlook calendar
AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant> AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id> python agent.py

First run triggers a browser-based device code prompt; subsequent runs are silent via the token cache. token_cache.json is .gitignored.

Prerequisites

Azure AD app registration needs Calendars.ReadWrite (delegated) granted and the native-client redirect URI added. Full setup steps in README.md.

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• www.cinemacon.com
  • Triggering command: /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/ghcca-node/node/bin/node --enable-source-maps /home/REDACTED/work/_temp/copilot-developer-action-main/dist/index.js (dns block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

Original prompt

I want to create an agent which will copy the schedule from https://www.cinemacon.com/en/schedule-of-events and add it to my Outlook calendar for the account harshit.thakkar@qubecinema.com.

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