mog — Microsoft Ops Gadget

CLI for Microsoft 365: Mail, Calendar, OneDrive, Contacts, Tasks, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote.

The Microsoft counterpart to gog (Google Ops Gadget). Same patterns, different cloud.

Quick Reference

For comprehensive usage, run:

mog --ai-help

This outputs the full dashdash-compliant documentation including:

Setup/Prerequisites
All commands and options
Date/time formats
Examples (positive and negative)
Troubleshooting
Slug system explanation
gog compatibility notes

Modules

| Module | Commands | |--------|----------| | mail | search, get, send, folders, drafts, attachment | | calendar | list, create, get, update, delete, calendars, respond, freebusy, acl | | drive | ls, search, download, upload, mkdir, move, rename, copy, rm | | contacts | list, search, get, create, update, delete, directory | | tasks | lists, list, add, done, undo, delete, clear | | word | list, export, copy | | ppt | list, export, copy | | excel | list, get, update, append, create, metadata, tables, add-sheet, clear, copy, export | | onenote | notebooks, sections, pages, get, create-notebook, create-section, create-page, delete, search |

Quick Start

# Mail
mog mail search "from:someone" --max 10
mog mail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body "Hello"
mog mail send --to a@b.com --subject "Report" --body-file report.md
mog mail send --to a@b.com --subject "Newsletter" --body-html "<h1>Hello</h1>"
cat draft.txt | mog mail send --to a@b.com --subject "Hi" --body-file -

# Calendar
mog calendar list
mog calendar create --summary "Meeting" --from 2025-01-15T10:00:00 --to 2025-01-15T11:00:00
mog calendar freebusy alice@example.com bob@example.com

# Drive
mog drive ls
mog drive upload ./file.pdf
mog drive download <slug> --out ./file.pdf

# Tasks
mog tasks list
mog tasks add "Buy milk" --due tomorrow
mog tasks clear

# Contacts
mog contacts list
mog contacts directory "john"

# Excel
mog excel list
mog excel get <id> Sheet1 A1:D10
mog excel update <id> Sheet1 A1:B2 val1 val2 val3 val4
mog excel append <id> TableName col1 col2 col3

# OneNote
mog onenote notebooks
mog onenote search "meeting notes"

Slugs

mog generates 8-character slugs for Microsoft's long GUIDs:

a3f2c891 instead of AQMkADAwATMzAGZmAS04MDViLTRiNzgt...
All commands accept slugs or full IDs
Use --verbose to see full IDs

Aliases

mog cal → mog calendar
mog todo → mog tasks

Credential Storage

OAuth tokens stored in config directory (0600 permissions):

| Platform | Location | |----------|----------| | macOS | ~/.config/mog/ | | Linux | ~/.config/mog/ | | Windows | %USERPROFILE%\.config\mog\ |

Files:

tokens.json - OAuth tokens (encrypted at rest by OS)
settings.json - Client ID
slugs.json - Slug cache

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