sog

What This Skill Does

The Standards Ops Gadget (sog) is a powerful CLI-based tool designed to bridge the gap between open-standard communication protocols and modern automated workflows. By providing a unified interface for IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV, CardDAV, and WebDAV, it enables seamless interaction with email, calendar, contact, and storage servers. Think of it as an open-standards alternative to proprietary suites like Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, allowing users to maintain ownership and control over their data while utilizing CLI-driven automation.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your environment, use the OpenClaw hub CLI tool. Execute the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/visionik/sogcli

Ensure that you have the necessary dependencies for the CLI installed and that your system environment is ready to handle network authentication via the system keychain, as this ensures your credentials remain secure.

Use Cases

1. Automated Notification Systems: Use sog mail send within CI/CD pipelines or cron jobs to send automated alerts directly from your own mail server without relying on third-party transactional email APIs.
2. Personal Data Orchestration: Synchronize your calendar and contacts across diverse services via CalDAV and CardDAV, enabling a standardized way to query your schedule and address books from a single interface.
3. Inbox Triage: Script the processing of incoming mail by using sog mail list and sog mail search to automatically move, flag, or reply to emails based on metadata or specific query parameters.
4. Cold Storage and Archival: Manage WebDAV storage programmatically to back up configuration files, logs, or attachments without leaving your terminal environment.

Example Prompts

1. "Check my unread emails from the last 24 hours and summarize them for me."
2. "Add a meeting to my work calendar for next Tuesday at 2 PM titled 'Project Sync' and invite [email protected]."
3. "Search for the latest invoice from 'CloudProvider' in my inbox and forward it to my accounting email address."

Tips & Limitations

• Authentication: Always use the --discover flag during initial setup to minimize configuration errors. If your provider uses non-standard ports, ensure you explicitly define them.
• Scripting: Utilize the --json or --plain flags when building larger automation scripts to ensure the output is easily pipeable into other tools like jq or grep.
• Security: The skill relies on system-level keychains to store passwords. Ensure your host machine has a secure password manager configured to avoid storing plaintext credentials.
• Scope: Note that while sog is excellent for automation, it is a terminal-based tool; it does not replace the GUI experience of a full-featured mail client but rather provides the raw primitives to manipulate your digital life via text-based commands.