Date: 2026 03-March 09

Key Aspects

How Can CLIs be Leveraged in Project Management?

Information propagation, export, backups, synchronization, reporting.

This is related to projman-api-protocol.

Ranking System and Decision Matrix

How can we assess use cases of CLIs based on:

• Timely execution
• Fit
• Leveragability
• Stability
• Good vibes

The inference here is that some ways to leverage an CLI might be like pulling teeth, take a long time to implement, be hard to maintain, and be a waste of time.

Which CLIs are Available to Leverage for Project Management?

• MicrosoftGraph
  • Commands (Powershell):
    • Connect-MgGraph
    • Invoke-MgGraphRequest
    • Get-MgPlannerTaskDetail
    • Get-MgUserPlannerPlan
  • Purpose:
    • Access Microsoft Planner, SharePoint, Power Automate, and the wider M365 platofmr
• PnP
  • Examples (PowerShell):
    • Import-Module "C:\Users\george.bennett\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PnP.PowerShell\2.12.0\PnP.PowerShell.psd1"
    • Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://memphistn.sharepoint.com" -Interactive -ClientId 9bc3ab49-b65d-410a-8536-c7d0d8b7e23d
    • Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://memphistn.sharepoint.com" -DeviceLogin
    • Install-Module PnP.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser -AllowClobber -Force
    • Set-PnPTermGroup -Identity "Maxson Term Taxonomy" -AddContributor "george.bennett@memphistn.gov"
• AzureCLI
  • Examples:
    • curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
    • az --help
    • winget install -e --id Microsoft.AzureCLI
    • $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/installazurecliwindows -OutFile .\AzureCLI.msi; Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/I AzureCLI.msi /quiet'; rm .\AzureCLI.msi
• obsidian
  • Commands
    • login
    • tasks
  • Purpose:
    • Access local obsidian vault to for tasks, reading, and writing of files.
    • Could be used to automate documentation export using custom software, rather than relying on something like Claude Cowork for modification to the knowledge base.
• m365
  • Commands:
    • login
  • Examples:
    • m365 sharepoint term group set --siteUrl https://memphistngov.sharepoint.com/sites/... --name "Maxson Term Taxonomy" --contributors "user@memphistn.gov"
  • Status:
    • Promising, but not yet approved by CoM IT
    • Error Code: 53003
    • Need to resolve Entra user permission