Interact with HEY via the HEY CLI. Read and send emails, manage contacts,
boxes, labels, collections, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries. Use for ANY
HEY-related question or action.
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name
hey
description
Interact with HEY via the HEY CLI. Read and send emails, manage contacts,
boxes, labels, collections, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries. Use for ANY
HEY-related question or action.
triggers
["hey","/hey","hey account","hey box","hey label","hey collection","hey workflow","hey clip","hey snippet","hey search","hey contact","hey thread read","hey share","hey unshare","hey reply","hey bulk-reply","hey forward","hey compose","hey draft list","hey draft show","hey draft edit","hey draft send","hey draft delete","hey screener","screen a sender","approve a sender","deny a sender","hey calendar list","hey event","hey todo","hey seen","hey unseen","hey move","hey bubble","hey trash","hey spam","hey ignore","hey stop-ignoring","move email","bubble a thread up","trash email","mark as spam","ignore email thread","stop ignoring email thread","mark as read","mark as seen","mark as unseen","mark as unread","hey habit","hey timetrack","hey journal","hey auth","check my email","read email","send email","reply to email","forward email","share email thread","turn off sharing link","compose email","list mailboxes","search email","find email","list contacts","add contact","edit contact","hide contact","bundle contact mail","unbundle contact mail","contact note","check calendar","add todo","complete todo","track time","write journal","can I hey","how do I hey","what's in hey","what hey","does hey","my emails","my inbox","my imbox","my todos","my calendar","my journal","hey.com"]
invocable
true
argument-hint
[command] [args...]
/hey - HEY Email Workflow Command
CLI for HEY: mailboxes, labels, collections, email threads, contacts, replies, compose, calendars, todos, habits, time tracking, and journal entries.
Agent Invariants
MUST follow these rules:
Choose the right structured output — use --jq '<expression>' to filter or extract fields and --json for the full response. Never pipe to an external jq; --jq is built in and implies --json.
Authentication required for all data commands — run hey auth login first
HTML output is available via --html for commands that return HTML content
Linked mail accounts share one login — use hey account list --json, then --account <id|all> when a task must target one account
Local HEY configuration requires human trust — never run hey config trust-local without the user's explicit approval
Output Filtering
--jq filters the full JSON success envelope, so result data is under .data. String results print as plain text; objects and arrays print as formatted JSON. Use --quiet --jq when the expression should run against result data directly. Errors retain their complete structured envelope. Commands with dedicated raw output (auth token, completion, skill, tui, and --version) reject --jq.
hey box list --jq '.data[] | {id, name}'
hey search "quarterly planning" --jq '.data[].id'
hey box list --quiet --jq '.[].name'
An empty result is an empty array rather than null, so .data[] is safe to run against a
listing that found nothing.
For the two commonest shapes there is no need for an expression at all: --ids-only prints
one ID per line and --count prints a bare number, both on stdout with any pagination
notice on stderr. Both need list data, so they work on hey box list, hey box view,
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. On they count and list its postings, not the box itself.
hey label list
hey label view
hey collection list
hey collection view
hey workflow list
hey workflow view
hey clip list
hey snippet list
hey draft list
hey search
hey contact list
hey screener list
hey screener history
hey calendar list
hey event list
hey todo list
hey habit list
hey timetrack list
hey journal list
hey attachment list
hey box view
Quick Reference
Task
Command
List linked mail accounts
hey account list --json
Set default mail account
hey account use <id|all>
Run once for one account
hey --account <id> box list --json
Review trusted local settings
hey config trusted-locals --json
Trust this repository's settings
hey config trust-local (requires explicit user approval)
hey journal write "Shipped the pagination fix." (empty content removes the entry)
Check auth status
hey auth status
Print bearer token
hey auth token (refuses a --cookie login)
Launch TUI
hey tui (Ctrl+A switches linked mail accounts)
Decision Trees
Reading Email
Want to read email?
├── Which mailbox? → hey box list --json
├── List emails in box? → hey box view <name|id> --json
├── List labels or labeled email? → hey label list --json / hey label view <label_id> --json
├── Add, create, or remove a label? → hey label add|create|remove
├── List collections or collection threads? → hey collection list --json / hey collection view <collection_id> --json
├── Create, update, add to, or remove from a collection? → hey collection create|update|add|remove
├── Search threads and messages? → hey search <query> --json
├── Need available refinements? → hey search filters --json
├── List or view contacts? → hey contact list --json / hey contact show <id> --json
├── Read full thread? → hey thread read <topic_id> --json
├── Get a sharing link? → hey share <thread_id>
├── Turn off the sharing link? → hey unshare <thread_id>
├── Mark as seen? → hey seen <id>
├── Mark as unseen? → hey unseen <id>
├── Move to another box? → hey move <id> --to <box>
├── Move to Trash? → hey trash <id>
├── Mark as spam? → hey spam <id>
├── Ignore future activity? → hey ignore <id>
├── Stop ignoring? → hey stop-ignoring <id>
├── Who is waiting to be screened? → hey screener list --json
├── Screen a sender in or out? → hey screener approve|deny <clearance_id>
└── Launch interactive UI? → hey tui
Sending Email
Want to send email?
├── Reply to thread? → hey reply <topic_id> -m "message"
│ ├── Open editor? → hey reply <topic_id> (omit -m to open $EDITOR)
│ └── Attach files? → add --attach ./report.pdf (repeatable)
├── Reply to many threads at once? → hey bulk-reply preview <id>... first, then send
│ └── Sent by mistake? → hey bulk-reply undo <delivery_id> (while the window is open)
├── Forward latest message? → hey forward <topic_id> --to <email>
│ └── Add a note? → add -m "note"
├── Compose new? → hey compose --to <email> --subject "Subject"
│ ├── With body? → hey compose --to <email> --subject "Subject" -m "Body"
│ ├── With files? → add --attach ./report.pdf (repeatable; body is optional)
│ ├── With CC? → add --cc <email>
│ └── With BCC? → add --bcc <email>
├── List files in a thread? → hey attachment list <topic_id> --json
│ └── Save one? → hey attachment save <attachment_id> [--output <path>]
├── Draft instead of sending (human reviews in HEY)? → add --draft to compose or reply; the answer carries the draft id
│ ├── Read it back? → hey draft show <draft_id> --json
│ ├── Change it? → hey draft edit <draft_id> --subject/--to/--cc/--bcc/-m (flags replace; omitted fields are kept)
│ ├── Deliver it? → hey draft send <draft_id> (recipients required)
│ └── Discard it? → hey draft delete <draft_id>
└── Check drafts? → hey draft list --json
Managing Todos
Want to manage todos?
├── List todos? → hey todo list --json
├── Add todo? → hey todo add "Task description"
├── Complete? → hey todo complete <id>
├── Uncomplete? → hey todo uncomplete <id>
└── Delete? → hey todo delete <id>
Resource Reference
Email - Boxes
hey box list --json # List all mailboxes
hey box view imbox --json # List emails in Imbox (by name)
hey box view 123 --json # List emails in box (by ID)
hey box view imbox --page next-cursor --json # Continue from an earlier listing
Response format:hey box view --json returns the box itself — id, kind, name, app_url, next_history_url, next_page — with a postings array of the email threads in it. Each posting has: id (box item ID), topic_id (thread ID), name (subject), seen (read status), created_at, contacts, summary, app_url, visible_entry_count. Use id for hey seen, hey unseen, hey move, hey label add, hey label remove, hey trash, hey spam, hey ignore, and hey stop-ignoring, and topic_id for hey thread read, hey reply, hey forward, hey share and hey attachment list. A box item id passed to hey thread read answers not_found, and so does a topic_id passed to hey move.
A posting that bundles a contact's mail into one row can omit topic_id: a bundle names its sender rather than a thread, and its name joins the bundled subjects with •. A bundle that does carry a topic_id opens as that thread — its one unseen thread — and hey threads reads it as usual. For a bundle without one, never substitute the box item id (hey threads <id> answers not_found); there is no command that lists the threads inside a bundle, so run hey contacts unbundle <contact_id> — the contact is in the posting's contacts — to list that sender's mail as separate rows, or direct the user to open the bundle in HEY.
next_page is the cursor --page takes, and it is the cursor inside next_history_url — --page accepts either. --all reads to the end instead.
--ids-only and --count work here too, and answer for the postings: one box item ID per line, or how many threads were read.
Email - Labels
hey label list --json # List labels and stable IDs
hey label view 789 --all --json # List every thread with a label
hey label add 12345 --to 789 # Add an existing label
hey label create "Travel receipts" 12345 # Create and add a label
hey label remove 12345 --from 789 # Remove one label
hey label remove 12345 --from all # Remove every label
Label mutations take box item IDs from hey box view, hey label view, or active hey search results. Label IDs come from hey label list. hey label view returns next_page and total_count; pass --page <next_page> to continue or --all to fetch every page. HEY creates a label while adding it to at least one thread, so label create requires one or more thread item IDs.
Email - Collections
hey collection list --json # List collections and stable IDs
hey collection view 321 --all --json # List every thread in a collection
hey collection create "Kitchen remodel" --summary "Plans and decisions"
hey collection update 321 --name "Kitchen renovation"
hey collection add 987 --to 321 # Add a topic ID
hey collection remove 987 --from 321 # Remove a topic ID
Collection IDs come from hey collection list. hey collection view returns posting id, thread topic_id, next_page, and total_count; pass --page <next_page> to continue or --all to fetch every page. Collection membership commands take topic_id. Creating a collection confirms the mutation, and listing collections provides its ID for later commands.
Search refinements are --required, --any, --none, --exact, --from, --to, --subject, --date, --in, --label, and --attachment. --page selects one result page; --all fetches up to 100 pages from that point onward. When the cap is reached, the response notice provides the next --page value for continuation.
--in, --date, --label and --attachment accept only the values hey search filters lists: boxes are imbox, feed, papertrail, trash; dates are last_7_days, last_30_days, last_90_days or a four-digit year; attachment kinds are any, images, pdfs, calendar_invites, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, media, zip_files. The kinds are plural — --attachment pdfs, not pdf. An unrecognized --in, --date or --attachment is refused as a usage error naming the values it accepts, before anything is sent; --label is not checked, so read hey search filters when unsure of a label.
Response format:data contains one item per matching thread. Each result has id (box item ID for organization actions), topic_id (thread ID for hey thread read, hey reply, and hey forward), subject, updated_at, and messages containing the matching message IDs, senders, dates, and summaries. A result can omit id when the thread has no active box item.
Contacts
hey contact list --json # List contacts
hey contact list --page 2 --json # List another page
hey contact show 12345 --json # View details, aliases, and private note
hey contact add --name "Jane Doe" --email jane@example.com
hey contact add --name "Jane Doe" --email jane@example.com --alias jane.doe@example.org
hey contact update 12345 --name "Jane Dawson"
hey contact update 12345 --alias= # Clear aliases
hey contact hide 12345 # Hide from lists and autocomplete
hey contact show-again 12345 # Reverse hiding
hey contact bundle 12345 # Group this contact's mail into one row
hey contact unbundle 12345 # List this contact's mail separately
hey contact note show 12345 --json
hey contact note set 12345 "Prefers email"echo"Multiline private note" | hey contact note set 12345
hey contact note delete 12345
hey contact list returns contact IDs, names, email addresses, and update timestamps. hey contact show adds aliases, screening status, and the private note. Contact updates preserve omitted fields. Supplying --alias replaces the complete alias list, and --alias= clears it.
HEY hides contacts instead of permanently deleting them. A hidden contact leaves contact lists, autocomplete, and search results while remaining available by ID; show-again reverses the action. Bundling groups a contact's mail into one row without merging or deleting the underlying threads; unbundle lists those threads separately again. HEY applies bundling when the contact's current delivery setting supports bundles. Contact notes are private and support positional content, --note, stdin, or $EDITOR. Deleting a note leaves the contact unchanged.
Email - Threads
hey thread read <topic_id> --json # Read full email thread
hey thread read <topic_id> --html # Read with raw HTML content
hey share <thread_id> # Get a sharing link
hey unshare <thread_id> # Turn off the sharing link
hey thread read returns every entry in the thread, oldest first. Each entry's body is
Markdown, converted from HEY's Trix HTML at the edge, so headings, lists, quotes,
tables and code survive and links keep their URLs — read it as structure rather than as
flattened text. --html returns the original HTML instead. There is no recipients field
on an entry; use hey reply, which works the addressing out itself.
hey share returns a URL that shows the entire thread and future emails or replies sent to it. Anyone with the link can open it. hey unshare turns off the sharing link.
ID note: Every email thread has two IDs: an id (its box item ID) and a topic_id (its thread ID). hey seen, hey unseen, hey move, hey label add, hey label remove, hey trash, hey spam, hey ignore, and hey stop-ignoring expect id. hey thread read, hey share, hey unshare, hey attachment list, hey reply, hey forward, hey collection add, and hey collection remove expect topic_id. Passing the wrong one answers not_found, not a redirect.
hey box view --json, hey label view --json, hey collection view --json and hey search --json all carry both — except a bundle posting, which can omit topic_id (see the Boxes section).
Email - Attachments
hey attachment list <topic_id> --json # List files in every message
hey attachment save 67890:1 # Save using a returned ID
hey attachment save 67890:1 --output ./reports # Save into a directory
hey attachment save 67890:1 --output ./report.pdf --force
An attachment ID combines its message ID and position, so 67890:1 identifies the first attachment in message 67890. Saving uses the original filename unless --output names a destination. Existing files are preserved unless --force is set.
Email - Reply, Forward & Compose
hey reply <topic_id> -m "Friday works for me — I'll send an agenda."# Inline message
hey reply <topic_id> # Reply via $EDITOR
hey reply <topic_id> -m "Here is the wiring diagram." --attach ./diagram.png
hey forward <topic_id> --to alice@example.com # Forward the latest message
hey forward <topic_id> --to alice@example.com -m "Please review before Thursday."
hey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Lunch plans"# Body from $EDITOR
hey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Lunch plans" -m "Are you free Friday?"
hey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Q3 revenue report" --attach ./report.pdf # Attachment-only message
hey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Q3 revenue report" -m "The numbers are attached." --attach ./report.pdf --attach ./chart.png
hey compose --to alice@example.com --cc bob@example.com --bcc carol@example.org --subject "Kitchen remodel timeline" -m "Cabinets land the week of the 14th."
hey compose --thread-id 12345 -m "Confirmed — see you then."# Reply into an existing thread (no subject: it carries the thread's)
hey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Sprint recap" -m "We **shipped** the pagination fix."
hey compose --to alice@example.com --subject "Newsletter draft" --message-html "<h1>March</h1><p>What we shipped.</p>"
hey reply answers the thread's latest entry. HEY addresses the reply the way its own
web app does: everyone that entry was addressed to, plus whoever wrote it, on the To line.
A reply HEY cannot address is saved as a draft rather than sent, so the command fails
rather than guessing when it cannot work out the recipients.
Everything you send is Markdown by default — -m, --content, --note, positional
content, stdin, and $EDITOR alike — and is converted to rich text on the way out. To
send raw HTML instead, use the flag's HTML twin: --message-html on compose, reply,
forward, and bulk-reply send; --content-html on journal write and
snippet create/update; --note-html on contacts note set. Each pair is mutually
exclusive. A fenced code block's language (```ruby) survives the conversion, and
HEY's web app syntax-highlights it.
Email - The Screener
hey screener list --json # Who is waiting to be screened
hey screener list --count # Just the number waiting (cheap)
hey screener approve 91 # Let a sender through, into the Imbox
hey screener approve 91 --box "The Feed"# Let them through, into another box
hey screener approve 91 --seen # Deliver what they sent, already read
hey screener deny 91 92 # Turn several senders away
hey screener deny 91 --spam # Turn away and train the spam filter
hey screener history --json # Who has already been decided
hey screener clear # Empty the queue without deciding
The Screener is where first-time senders wait. hey screener list returns clearance
IDs — not contact IDs and not posting IDs — with the sender, what they sent, and a
topic_id for reading the thread before deciding. --count is a far cheaper request than
the queue and prints a bare number.
Approving delivers everything that sender has waiting; denying hides it. Either is
reversible with the opposite command. --box and --seen apply to one sender at a time;
several IDs go through HEY's bulk endpoint, which takes neither. --spam also trains HEY's
filter, which is harder to undo than a plain deny. hey screener clear decides nothing —
those senders are asked about again on their next email.
Email - Bulk reply
hey bulk-reply preview 12345 67890 --json # Read-only: threads and exact recipients
hey bulk-reply send 12345 67890 -m "Thanks for the update — noted."
hey bulk-reply undo 98765 # Recall a delayed bulk reply
Takes posting IDs, which must be positive and unique. Always run preview first — it
resolves each posting to the entry a reply would answer and shows the exact To/CC/BCC, so
the blast radius is visible before anything sends. send resolves the selection again and
skips threads with no replyable entry, then returns the reply count, delivery ID, delayed
state, undo URL and undo command. undo works only while HEY's undo window is open.
Email - Seen/Unseen
hey seen 12345 # Mark a thread as seen
hey seen 12345 67890 # Mark multiple threads as seen
hey unseen 12345 # Mark a thread as unseen
hey unseen 12345 67890 # Mark multiple threads as unseen
Takes box item IDs (the id field from hey box view output).
Takes box item IDs (the id field from hey box view --json). --to accepts a box name, kind, or ID. Supported destinations are Imbox, The Feed, Set Aside, Reply Later, and Paper Trail. Bubble Up goes through hey bubble instead.
Email - Bubble Up
hey bubble up 12345 --now # Bubble a thread up to the top of the Imbox
hey bubble up 12345 67890 --now # Bubble multiple threads up
hey bubble up 12345 --on 2026-09-04 # Bubble a thread up on a date
hey bubble up 12345 --tomorrow # Bubble a thread up tomorrow morning
hey bubble up 12345 --weekend # Bubble a thread up Saturday morning
hey bubble up 12345 --next-week # Bubble a thread up Monday morning
hey bubble list # List bubbled-up and scheduled threads
hey bubble pop 12345 # Cancel a thread's bubble-up
Takes box item IDs (the id field from hey box view --json). hey bubble up requires exactly one of --now, --on, --tomorrow, --weekend, and --next-week. --on takes a YYYY-MM-DD date; HEY bubbles the threads up at its morning hour of that day, or at its evening hour (18:00) when the date is today.
hey bubble list --json answers two buckets: bubbled_up, the threads back in the Imbox after bubbling up, and scheduled, the threads waiting in Bubble Up — each scheduled row carries bubble_up_schedule.bubble_up_at, and surprise_me when HEY picked the time. Use id with hey bubble pop, topic_id with hey thread read.
Email - Trash and Spam
hey trash 12345 # Move one thread to Trash
hey trash 12345 67890 # Move multiple threads to Trash
hey spam 12345 # Mark one thread as spam
hey spam 12345 67890 # Mark multiple threads as spam
Takes box item IDs (the id field from hey box view --json). Trashing a shared thread removes your access instead of deleting it for everyone. Marking a thread as spam moves it to Spam and trains HEY's filters.
Takes box item IDs (the id field from hey box view --json). Ignored threads remain in their box; new replies do not bring them back to your attention. hey stop-ignoring reverses the action.
Email - Watching for changes
hey watch # Follow every box until interrupted
hey watch --box imbox # Report one box's changes (repeatable, by name or ID); every box is followed
hey watch --events added,deleted # Only these changes (added, updated, deleted, new, resync)
hey watch --box imbox --events new # New mail only: unseen, unmuted, active since the watch began
hey watch --box imbox --events new --exit-on-first # Block until new mail lands, print it, exit
hey watch --exit-on-first # Wait for one change of any kind, print it, exit
hey watch --timeout 30m # Give up waiting after a while
hey watch --since 2026-03-15 # Report changes since then first, then follow
hey watch --run-sync ./triage.sh # Run a command per change instead of printing
Long-running, and driven by a websocket rather than polling — never poll hey box in a
loop when this will do. Writes one JSON object per changed posting to stdout, one per
line, instead of the usual envelope: {"change": "added", "at": ..., "box": {"id", "kind", "name"}, "posting_id": ..., "thread_id": ..., "new": true|false, "posting": {...}}. Use
thread_id with hey thread read. new is on every added and updated line and says whether
the posting is new mail — unseen, not muted, and active since the watch last saw the thread,
or since the watch began for a thread it has not seen; the backlog a watch starts with is
never new, nor is reading, muting or moving a thread, and a reply on a known thread is.
--events new selects the new ones, alone or in a union with the other three. A deleted
posting carries no posting, thread_id or new. Three more lines
describe the watch itself: {"change": "ready"} once every box is caught up and the subscription
is live (again after every reconnect's catch-up), {"change": "disconnected"} when the
connection drops, and {"change": "resync", "box": {...}} when a box changed more than the
feed can list and the watch skipped ahead — re-read that box. A resync is an event of its
own: reported by default (--run-* scripts run for it, --exit-on-first counts it) and left
out by --events new, so a script for new mail never runs on one; ready and disconnected
are written to stdout only and carry no box.
To drive a command per change, choose one of two behaviours — passing both is an error.
--run-async spawns the command and moves on, so a slow one never holds up the watch and
two can overlap; --run-sync waits for each and runs them in order. Both get the JSON on
stdin and the fields as HEY_CHANGE, HEY_AT, HEY_BOX_ID, HEY_BOX_KIND,
HEY_BOX_NAME, HEY_POSTING_ID and HEY_THREAD_ID — plus HEY_NEW=1 for new mail, HEY_NEW=0
otherwise — and both take over stdout.
Drafts
hey compose --subject "Board update" -m "Numbers to follow." --draft # save instead of sending; answers the draft id
hey reply <topic_id> -m "Drafting this." --draft # save a reply draft, addressed like a real reply
hey draft list --json # List drafts; --all and --page follow the next_page cursor
hey draft show <draft_id> --json # The draft's editable state; body is Markdown
hey draft edit <draft_id> --to alice@example.com # Each flag replaces its field; omitted flags keep the draft's
hey draft send <draft_id> # Deliver now (through HEY's undo window)
hey draft delete <draft_id> [<draft_id>...] # Trash drafts
This is the review-before-send lane: an agent prepares the email as a draft, a person
reviews and sends it from any HEY app (or the agent sends it later with hey draft send).
A draft needs no recipients until it is sent; --draft on hey compose lifts the
recipient requirement.
An edit is a revision, not a patch. The CLI reads the draft first and resends the
whole of it, so an omitted flag keeps that field. --to/--cc/--bcc replace their
entire recipient kind; an explicit empty value (--cc "") clears it. Any scheduled
delivery is preserved through edits.
Scheduled deliveries. Scheduling is done in a HEY app for now; the CLI cannot set a
schedule (HEY's API cannot yet name an exact instant). A draft scheduled in an app stays
in hey draft list until it goes out, hey draft show reports scheduled_delivery_at
in UTC like every HEY timestamp, an edit preserves the schedule untouched — refusing the
rare schedule it could not keep exact rather than moving it — and hey draft delete
cancels it entirely.
Calendars
hey calendar list --json # List calendars (returns array of {id, name, kind})
Everything a calendar holds is a recording, and each kind has its own command: hey event,
hey todo, hey journal, hey habit, hey timetrack. Those that read a calendar's
window — hey event list, hey todo list, hey journal list — share --calendar,
--starts-on, --ends-on, --limit and --all. Both dates want YYYY-MM-DD; an
unreadable one, or an --ends-on before --starts-on, is a usage error rather than an
empty result. Naming only --starts-on moves the whole window rather than reading up to
the default end.
Events
hey event list --json # Every calendar, from today onward
hey event list --calendar 123 --starts-on 2026-01-01 --ends-on 2026-01-31 --json
hey event add "Design review" --starts-on 2026-09-02 --start-time 14:00 --end-time 15:00
hey event add "Sarah's birthday" --starts-on 2026-09-02 # No time given, so all day
hey event add "Standup" --start-time 09:15 --repeat every_weekday --remind 10m
hey event edit 4821 --title "Design review (moved)"
hey event delete 4821
Without --calendar, list reads every calendar and add files on the first one that
accepts events — the personal calendar is in the list HEY serves but refuses them. A
repeating event lists once as its series, not once per day.
Response format: a flat array of events. Each has id, title, starts_at, ends_at,
all_day, recurring, starts_at_time_zone and calendar; one being edited also carries
description (the notes, as plain text), location, url, attached_entry and
reminders. --count and --ids-only read that array directly.
Editing is a replacement, not a patch.hey event edit reads the event first and
sends back the notes, location, link, attached email, reminders and time zones it is not
changing, because HEY clears whatever a write omits. Two things still cannot survive it:
notes come back as plain text, so their formatting is flattened, and a countdown is not
served at all, so an edit removes one unless --countdown names it again. An event that
cannot be read is refused rather than written blind — pass the day it starts
(hey event edit 4821 2026-09-02) or --calendar to narrow the search.
An event with no --start-time is all-day; a --start-time with no --end-time runs an
hour. Clock times are read in --time-zone, defaulting to the machine's zone.
Todos
hey todo list --json # List all todos
hey todo add "Draft the quarterly report"# Add a todo
hey todo add "Book the venue" --date 2026-09-04 # With a due date
hey todo complete 123 # Mark complete
hey todo uncomplete 123 # Mark incomplete
hey todo delete 123 # Delete a todo
Todo IDs must be positive; hey todo complete 0 or a negative ID is a usage error rather
than a request. --date wants YYYY-MM-DD and is validated before the request.
Habits
hey habit list --json # List habits and their IDs
hey habit list --date 2026-09-02 --json # The habits in that date's week
hey habit create "Morning strength training"# Create with weights, blue, every day
hey habit create "Practice piano" --icon music --color green --days mon,wed,fri
hey habit edit 123 --name "Evening walk"# Omitted fields remain unchanged
hey habit edit 123 --days 0,6 # Sunday and Saturday
hey habit delete 123 # Permanently delete habit and history
hey habit complete 123 # Mark habit complete for today
hey habit complete 123 --date 2026-03-15 # Mark complete for specific date
hey habit uncomplete 123 # Unmark habit for today
Habit IDs come from hey habit list --json, which reads the week a date falls in — habits
are not in a calendar's recordings listing, which carries only their completions. A week
lists every habit exactly once, whatever weekday each is scheduled for. Days accept full
weekday names, common abbreviations, or 0 (Sunday) through 6 (Saturday).
Time Tracking
hey timetrack start # Start timer
hey timetrack stop # Stop timer
hey timetrack current --json # Show current timer
hey timetrack list --json # List time entries
hey timetrack export > tracked-time.csv # Write the complete CSV export
hey timetrack export -o tracked-time.csv --json # Save the CSV, return file metadata
hey timetrack categories --json # List categories
hey timetrack category create "Client work"# Create a category
hey timetrack category rename 123 "Planning"# Rename a category
hey timetrack category delete 123 # Delete a category
Without --output, hey timetrack export writes CSV to stdout — redirect it to a file.
The output formatting flags cannot reshape a CSV, so --json, --quiet, --markdown,
--ids-only, --count and --html are refused with a usage error unless --output is
given, which returns file metadata for them to format.
Journal
hey journal list --json # List journal entries
hey journal read 2026-03-15 --json # Read entry by date
hey journal write "Shipped the pagination fix and paired with Jane on the cover art."
hey journal write 2026-03-15 "Retrospective: the migration took two days longer than planned."
hey journal write # Write entry via $EDITOR
Writing empty content removes the day's entry, and the command says "removed" rather
than "saved" — so never pass an empty string, and never save an empty $EDITOR buffer
unless removal is the intent. A day with no entry reads back as empty content, not an
error.
Authentication
hey auth login # Log in (browser-based OAuth)
hey auth status # Check if authenticated
hey auth logout# Log out
hey login / hey logout# Shortcuts for the two above
hey setup omarchy # Omarchy only: put HEY in the bar. The interactive# sign-in offer never fires for agents (non-TTY,# machine output), so this command is the way
hey setup # First-run wizard: sign in + connect coding agents
HEY_NONINTERACTIVE=1 hey setup --json # No prompts and no OAuth wait — but still# installs agent skills and records onboarding;# use `hey doctor` to inspect without changes.# (Without HEY_NONINTERACTIVE, a terminal on# stdin still starts browser sign-in.)
If a command fails with an auth error, run hey auth status to check, then hey auth login to re-authenticate.
