olkcli

olk — Microsoft Outlook in Your Terminal

A fast, scriptable CLI for Microsoft Outlook via the Microsoft Graph API. Manage email, calendar, contacts, and tasks from the command line.

Works with both personal Microsoft accounts and enterprise (Azure AD / Entra ID) accounts. Zero-config setup with device-code authentication — just run olk auth login and go.

Key Capabilities

Mail

• List & read inbox messages with filtering by sender, date, read status
• Send emails with To/CC/BCC, HTML bodies, stdin piping, attachments, importance
• Search using KQL (Keyword Query Language) syntax
• Reply, reply-all, forward messages
• Move messages between folders
• Delete and mark read/unread
• Manage folders: list, create, rename, delete mail folders
• View and download attachments
• Drafts: create, list, send, delete draft messages
• Flags & categories: flag for follow-up, set importance, assign categories, manage category definitions
• Out-of-office: get, set, and disable auto-reply / vacation responder (enterprise only)
• Inbox rules: list, create, and delete server-side mail rules (enterprise only)
• Focused Inbox: filter by --focused or --other classification
• Read receipts: request read receipts with --read-receipt

Calendar

• List events with configurable date ranges (default: 7 days ahead)
• Calendar view with expanded recurring event occurrences
• Recurring events displayed with human-readable recurrence patterns
• Create events with location, attendees, all-day, online meeting, and recurrence support
• Update and delete events
• Respond to invitations (accept, decline, tentative)
• List calendars across your account
• Check availability / free-busy lookup for one or more users
• Find meeting times — suggest available slots for multiple attendees (enterprise only)

Contacts

• List, search, create, update, delete contacts
• Fields: name, email, phone, company, job title

Tasks (Microsoft To Do)

• Manage task lists: list, create, delete task lists
• Create, update, complete, delete tasks with due dates, importance, and notes

People / Directory

• Search people by name — returns name, email, job title, department, company. Personal accounts search known contacts; enterprise accounts also search the organization directory

User Profile

• olk whoami — display current user info (name, email, job title, department)

Installation

From Source

git clone https://github.com/rlrghb/olkcli.git
cd olkcli
make build
# Binary is at ./bin/olk

Go Install

go install github.com/rlrghb/olkcli/cmd/olk@latest

Homebrew

brew install rlrghb/tap/olk

On macOS, if you see "olk can't be opened because Apple cannot verify it", run:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine $(brew --prefix)/bin/olk

Quick Start

# Authenticate (opens browser for device-code flow)
olk auth login

# List recent inbox messages
olk mail list

# Read a specific message
olk mail get <message-id>

# Send an email
olk mail send --to user@example.com --subject "Hello" --body "Hi there"

# Pipe body from stdin
echo "Hello from the CLI" | olk mail send --to user@example.com --subject "Piped"

# Search mail
olk mail search "from:boss@company.com subject:urgent"

# View this week's calendar
olk calendar events

# Today's events
olk today

# Create a meeting
olk calendar create --subject "Standup" --start 2024-01-15T09:00 --end 2024-01-15T09:30 --attendees colleague@company.com

# List contacts
olk contacts list

Output Formats

Flag	Format	Use Case
(default)	Aligned table	Human reading
--json	JSON envelope	Scripting with jq
--plain	Tab-separated	Piping to awk, cut

JSON Envelope

olk mail list --json

{
  "results": [...],
  "count": 25,
  "nextLink": ""
}

Use --results-only to get just the array:

olk mail list --json --results-only | jq '.[0].subject'

Field Selection

olk mail list --select from,subject

Authentication

Default (Zero Config)

olk auth login

Uses an embedded public client ID with device-code flow. Works for both personal and enterprise accounts.

Custom App Registration

If your organization blocks the default client ID, or your admin requires apps to be registered under your tenant, you'll need to create your own app registration:

1. Go to Azure Portal > App registrations and click New registration
2. Set Supported account types to match your needs (single tenant or multi-tenant)
3. Under Authentication > Advanced settings, set Allow public client flows to Yes (required for device-code flow)
4. Under API permissions, add Microsoft Graph delegated permissions: Mail.ReadWrite, Mail.Send, Calendars.ReadWrite, Contacts.ReadWrite, Tasks.ReadWrite, People.Read, User.Read, User.ReadBasic.All, MailboxSettings.ReadWrite, offline_access
5. Copy the Application (client) ID and Directory (tenant) ID from the app's Overview page

Then use them:

olk auth login --client-id YOUR_CLIENT_ID --tenant-id YOUR_TENANT_ID

Or via environment variables:

export OLK_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id
export OLK_TENANT_ID=your-tenant-id
olk auth login

Multi-Account

# Login to a second account
olk auth login

# List accounts
olk auth list

# Use a specific account
olk mail list --account user2@example.com

# Check auth status
olk auth status

Token Storage

Refresh tokens are stored in the OS credential manager:

• macOS: Keychain
• Linux: Secret Service (GNOME Keyring / KDE Wallet)
• Windows: Windows Credential Manager

Shortcuts

For common workflows, olk provides top-level shortcuts:

Shortcut	Expands To
olk send	olk mail send
olk ls	olk mail list
olk inbox	olk mail list
olk search <q>	olk mail search <q>
olk today	olk calendar events --days 1
olk week	olk calendar events --days 7

Global Flags

Flag	Env Var	Description
--json	OLK_JSON	JSON output
--plain	OLK_PLAIN	TSV output
--account EMAIL	OLK_ACCOUNT	Account to use
-v, --verbose	OLK_VERBOSE	Verbose output
--dry-run	OLK_DRY_RUN	Dry run mode
--force	OLK_FORCE	Skip confirmations
--color auto|never|always	OLK_COLOR	Color mode
--select FIELDS	OLK_SELECT	Field projection
--results-only	OLK_RESULTS_ONLY	Unwrap JSON envelope

Commands Reference

Auth

olk auth login [--client-id ID] [--tenant-id ID]    Login via device code
olk auth logout [EMAIL]                              Remove stored credentials
olk auth clean --force                               Remove ALL accounts and tokens
olk auth list                                        List authenticated accounts
olk auth status                                      Check token validity

Mail

olk mail list [-n 25] [-f FOLDER] [-u] [--from X] [--after DATE] [--before DATE] [--focused] [--other]
olk mail get <ID> [--format full|text|html]
olk mail send --to X --subject Y [--body Z] [--cc X] [--bcc X] [--html] [--attach FILE] [--importance low|normal|high] [--read-receipt]
olk mail search <QUERY> [-n 25]
olk mail reply <ID> --body X [--reply-all]
olk mail forward <ID> --to X [--comment Y]
olk mail move <ID> <FOLDER>
olk mail delete <ID> [--force]
olk mail mark <ID> --read|--unread
olk mail folders                                     List mail folders
olk mail folders create -n "Name"                    Create a mail folder
olk mail folders rename <ID> -n "New Name"           Rename a mail folder
olk mail folders delete <ID> --force                 Delete a mail folder
olk mail attachments <ID>                            List attachments
olk mail attachments <ID> --save [--out DIR]         Download all attachments
olk mail attachments <ID> --attachment-id X [--out DIR]  Download specific attachment
olk mail drafts list [-n 25]                         List drafts
olk mail drafts create --to X --subject Y [--body Z] [--cc X] [--bcc X] [--html]
olk mail drafts send <DRAFT_ID>                      Send a draft
olk mail drafts delete <DRAFT_ID> --force            Delete a draft
olk mail flag <ID> flagged|complete|notFlagged       Set follow-up flag
olk mail importance <ID> low|normal|high             Set importance
olk mail categorize <ID> -c "Category Name"          Set categories (use -c none to clear)
olk mail categories list                             List category definitions
olk mail categories create -n "Name" [--preset X]    Create a category (preset0-preset24 or none)
olk mail categories delete <ID> --force              Delete a category
olk mail ooo get                                     Get auto-reply settings
olk mail ooo set -m "Message" [--start DATE] [--end DATE] [--audience none|contactsOnly|all]
olk mail ooo off                                     Disable auto-reply
olk mail rules list                                  List inbox rules
olk mail rules create --name X [--from Y] [--subject-contains Z] [--has-attachment] [--move FOLDER] [--mark-read] [--delete] [--forward-to EMAIL] [--set-importance low|normal|high]
olk mail rules delete <ID> --force                   Delete an inbox rule

Calendar

olk calendar events [-d 7] [--after DATE] [--before DATE] [--calendar ID] [-n 25]
olk calendar view [-d 7] [--after DATE] [--before DATE] [--calendar ID] [-n 50]
olk calendar get <ID>
olk calendar create --subject X --start Y --end Z [--location L] [--attendees A] [--all-day] [--online-meeting] [-r daily|weekdays|weekly|monthly|yearly]
olk calendar update <ID> [--subject X] [--start Y] [--end Z] [--location L]
olk calendar delete <ID> [--force]
olk calendar respond <ID> accept|decline|tentative
olk calendar calendars
olk calendar availability --emails X [-d DAYS] [--after DATE] [--before DATE]
olk calendar find-times --attendees X [--attendees Y] [-d 60] [--after DATE] [--before DATE]

People

olk people search <QUERY> [-n 25]

Contacts

olk contacts list [-n 25] [--folder ID]
olk contacts get <ID>
olk contacts create --first-name X --last-name Y [--email Z] [-p MOBILE] [--business-phone P] [--home-phone P] [--company C] [--title T]
olk contacts update <ID> [--first-name X] [--last-name Y] [--email Z] [-p MOBILE] [--business-phone P] [--home-phone P] [--company C] [--title T]
olk contacts delete <ID> [--force]
olk contacts search <QUERY> [-n 25]

Tasks (Microsoft To Do)

olk todo lists                                       List task lists
olk todo lists create -n "Name"                      Create a task list
olk todo lists delete <ID> --force                   Delete a task list
olk todo list [--list ID] [-n 25] [--status STATUS]  List tasks
olk todo get <TASK_ID> [--list ID]                   Get task details
olk todo create -t "Title" [--due DATE] [--importance low|normal|high] [--body TEXT] [--list ID]
olk todo update <TASK_ID> [--title X] [--due DATE] [--importance low|normal|high] [--body TEXT] [--list ID]
olk todo complete <TASK_ID> [--list ID]              Mark task complete
olk todo delete <TASK_ID> --force [--list ID]        Delete a task

User Profile

olk whoami                                           Display current user info

Configuration

Config is stored at ~/.config/olk/:

~/.config/olk/
├── config.json          # Default account, client IDs
└── accounts/            # Account metadata (email, display name)
    └── user@example.com.json

Override the config directory with OLK_CONFIG_DIR.

Scripting Examples

# Count unread messages
olk mail list --unread --json --results-only | jq length

# Get subjects of today's events
olk today --json --results-only | jq -r '.[].subject'

# Export contacts as CSV
olk contacts list --plain --select name,email

# Send from a script
olk send --to ops@company.com --subject "Deploy complete" --body "$(date): v1.2.3 deployed"

# Process inbox with jq
olk mail list --json --results-only | jq -r '.[] | select(.isRead == false) | "\(.from): \(.subject)"'

AI Agent Integration

olk ships with a SKILL.md that follows the Agent Skills open standard. This lets AI coding assistants discover and use olk commands on your behalf — checking mail, scheduling meetings, managing contacts, all from within your AI workflow.

Supported Platforms

Platform	How it works
Claude Code	Copy SKILL.md into your Claude skills directory. Invoke with /olk or let Claude use it automatically.
OpenClaw	Reads SKILL.md with metadata gating (requires.bins: ["olk"]). Auto-installs via go install if missing.
Other AgentSkills-compatible tools	Any tool supporting the Agent Skills standard can pick up the SKILL.md for command discovery and usage instructions.

Installation

Claude Code (personal — available across all projects):

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/olk
cp SKILL.md ~/.claude/skills/olk/SKILL.md

Claude Code (project-scoped — available only in this repo):

mkdir -p .claude/skills/olk
cp SKILL.md .claude/skills/olk/SKILL.md

OpenClaw: Place SKILL.md in your OpenClaw skills directory, or point OpenClaw to this repo.

Then ask your AI assistant to "check my inbox" or "send an email" and it will use olk.

What the skill teaches AI agents

• All commands, flags, and output formats
• When to use --json --results-only for programmatic parsing
• KQL search syntax for mail
• How to handle auth errors
• Safety rules (confirm before sending, never guess IDs, use --force for deletes)

Account Compatibility

Most features work with both personal and enterprise accounts. A few features require an enterprise (work/school) account:

Feature	Personal	Enterprise
Mail (list, send, search, reply, forward, move, delete)	Yes	Yes
Mail folders (list, create, rename, delete)	Yes	Yes
Mail drafts	Yes	Yes
Flags, importance, categories	Yes	Yes
Calendar (events, create, update, delete, respond)	Yes	Yes
Recurring events	Yes	Yes
Contacts	Yes	Yes
Tasks (Microsoft To Do)	Yes	Yes
People search	Yes	Yes
Out-of-office / auto-reply	No	Yes
Inbox rules	No	Yes
Focused Inbox	Yes	Yes
Availability / free-busy	Yes	Yes
Find meeting times	No	Yes
Directory search (fallback)	No	Yes

Privacy & Data Handling

• No telemetry: olk collects no analytics, usage data, or crash reports
• No third-party services: All communication is directly between your machine and Microsoft Graph API
• Token storage: OAuth refresh tokens are stored in your OS credential manager (macOS Keychain, Linux Secret Service, Windows Credential Manager) — never in plain-text files
• Data stays local: Email bodies, attachments, and contacts are streamed to stdout and never cached to disk
• Clean removal: Run olk auth clean --force to remove all stored accounts and tokens

Architecture

olkcli/
├── cmd/olk/main.go              # Entry point
├── internal/
│   ├── cmd/                     # CLI commands (kong)
│   ├── msauth/                  # Microsoft OAuth2 (device code, token refresh)
│   ├── graphapi/                # Microsoft Graph API wrapper
│   ├── config/                  # Configuration management
│   ├── secrets/                 # OS keyring integration
│   ├── outfmt/                  # Output formatting (JSON/table/TSV)
│   └── errfmt/                  # Error formatting
├── SKILL.md                     # Agent Skills standard — AI assistant integration
├── Makefile
├── .goreleaser.yaml
└── go.mod

Development

make build      # Build to ./bin/olk
make test       # Run tests
make lint       # Run golangci-lint
make install    # Install to $GOPATH/bin
make clean      # Remove build artifacts

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.