Calendar invite testing

Test attendees that send real RSVPs.

Testing a scheduling flow usually takes a few real Google and Outlook accounts and a person to click Accept, which makes the decline and counter paths hard to run more than once or twice. Reclario is an auto-RSVP sandbox. Send a real ICS invite (METHOD:REQUEST) to any address on your private domain and the address tag picks the response. The reply goes back to the organizer from the attendee's address, the same way a person's reply would.

interview+accept@yourteam.reclar.io interview+decline@yourteam.reclar.io interview+maybe@yourteam.reclar.io interview+decline+delay5@yourteam.reclar.io
How it works

From invite to reply.

If your product can send a calendar invite by email, you can test it here. Addresses need no setup.

1

Claim a domain

A private catch-all domain for your team at $49/mo per domain, with unlimited addresses.

yourteam.reclar.io
2

Send an invite to a tagged address

Send it from Google Calendar, Outlook, your ATS or raw ICS in code. The tag on the address picks the response.

interview+accept@yourteam.reclar.io
3

Check the reply

The invite shows up as an RSVP card with When, Where and Organizer, and a real iTIP REPLY goes to your organizer.

REPLY: accepted
What you can test

Pick the response with the address tag.

Auto-accept

+accept sends an acceptance back to the organizer, so your confirmation flow runs all the way through.

Auto-decline

+decline covers what your product does when the invitee says no. Most teams never test it.

Tentative

+maybe replies tentative. Use it to check how your scheduling UI shows someone who might come.

Human-like delay

+delay5 holds the reply for five minutes. That's long enough to see what your UI shows while an invite is pending and whether your reminder logic fires.

Propose a new time

Tag the address +counter (or +counter30 for a 30-minute shift) and the reply proposes a new time, which is how you test reschedule and negotiation handling.

Real iTIP replies

Each response is a real iTIP REPLY email to the organizer. Google, Outlook and your own product parse it the same way they would a reply from a person.

Works with anything that sends an invite.

Google Calendar, Outlook, your ATS, a scheduling product or ICS generated in code: if it emails a METHOD:REQUEST invite, Reclario can answer it. Your domain is catch-all, so every test case can have its own attendee. A hundred test candidates can each answer differently, and none of them is a real account.

What it doesn't do.

Reclario is a test harness, not a calendar server. It responds to invites (METHOD:REQUEST) sent to your addresses. It doesn't host calendars, book rooms or create events of its own. When you want to drive a specific path by hand, answer the invite yourself from the inbox. For automated runs, API keys and webhooks let CI provision addresses and assert on the responses.

FAQ

Calendar invite questions

What invite formats and senders are supported?
Any standard iCalendar (ICS) invite sent by email with METHOD:REQUEST. That is what Google Calendar, Outlook and Exchange, ATS and scheduling products, and ICS generated from code all send.
How do the address tags work?
The part after the + decides the response. interview+accept@yourteam.reclar.io accepts, +decline declines, +maybe answers tentative, and +delay5 waits five minutes before replying, the way a person might. Tags combine, so interview+decline+delay5@ declines after five minutes. You never create the address first; it works the first time an invite is sent to it.
Can Reclario propose a new time?
Yes. Send the invite to an address tagged +counter and Reclario proposes the same meeting an hour later; +counter30 moves it 30 minutes. That's how you test a reschedule or a negotiation as well as a straight accept.
Can I RSVP manually instead?
Yes. Each invite appears in the inbox as an RSVP card showing When, Where and Organizer. You, or any teammate you invite, can answer it by hand when you want to drive a particular path yourself.
Is there an API?
Yes, on a private domain. API keys let your CI read messages and webhooks tell it when mail arrives, so scheduling tests can run unattended. There's nothing to create first: the address exists when the invite lands. API access comes with the 14-day trial and paid plans; see pricing.

Send your first test invite.

RSVPs go out from private domains only (the free public sandbox at public.reclar.io receives mail but never sends any). A private catch-all domain is $49/mo per domain after a 14-day free trial (card required).

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