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Syllabus to Calendar

Upload a syllabus and get every deadline in your calendar.

Beginner8h1 person16/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Syllabus to Calendar for college students in ~8h with 1 person. Stack: MarkItDown + LLM + Calendar API.

Why it wins: Instantly useful for every student.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Deadlines buried in syllabus PDFs are missed.
02 · Solution
Convert the PDF, extract assignments, exams and readings with dates and export to the calendar with reminders.
03 · Build
  1. 1Convert PDF
  2. 2Extract dates
  3. 3Review
  4. 4Export
04 · Demo
Upload a syllabus and import its deadlines.

MVP checklist

  • PDF parsing
  • Deadline extraction
  • Calendar export
  • Reminders

Tech stack

TechRole
MarkItDownDocs to Markdown for LLMs
LLMLanguage model
Calendar APICalendar data

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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