🔊 Sonar (Alpha)

Agent optimised X CLI for founders who want to stay ahead of the curve.

We got tired of missing important content in our feed and built Sonar to fix it.

Sonar matches your interests from your X network, filtering only relevant content from your graph using a variety of AI pipelines. We built this to automate our social intelligence at @LighthouseGov.

Get started

• Login with your X account to obtain a free API key.

Install the CLI

pnpm add -g @1a35e1/sonar-cli@latest

Register your API key.

sonar account add snr_xxxxx

View your account status:

sonar status

Add at least one topic so Sonar knows what to look for:

sonar topics add "AI agents"
sonar topics add "Ethereum DeFi"

Topics are how Sonar matches content from your network. The more specific, the better — "onchain governance mechanisms" beats "crypto". You can also let AI suggest topics based on your bookmarks and likes:

sonar topics suggest

Run your first refresh to index tweets and generate suggestions:

The first time you run this it will take some time.

sonar refresh
sonar status --watch

Scopes

• We currently request read:* and offline:processing scopes
• This allows us to read your feed, bookmarks, followers/following, and other account data to power our signal filtering and topic suggestions.

Use cases

Morning briefing in one command

Pull everything relevant that happened while you slept:

sonar feed --hours 8

Stream your feed in real time

Watch for new items as they appear:

sonar feed --follow                      # visual cards, polls every 30s
sonar feed --follow --json | jq .score   # NDJSON stream for agents

Discover new topics with AI

Let Sonar suggest topics based on your interests and feed:

sonar topics suggest                 # interactive accept/reject
sonar topics suggest --count 3       # just 3 suggestions

Track a topic you care about

Add a topic, then refresh:

sonar topics add "AI agents"
sonar refresh
sonar feed --hours 24

Sonar rebuilds your social graph, indexes recent tweets, and generates suggestions matched against your topics and interest profile.

Build a scriptable news digest

Combine --json output with jq to pipe Sonar content wherever you want:

# Get today's feed as JSON
sonar feed --hours 24 --json | jq '.[] | {author: .tweet.user.username, text: .tweet.text}'

# Summarize with an LLM
sonar feed --json | jq '.[].tweet.text' | your-summarizer-script

# Stream high-score items to a file
sonar feed --follow --json | jq --unbuffered 'select(.score > 0.7)' >> highlights.jsonl

Monitor the pipeline

Watch the queue in real time while refresh runs:

sonar refresh
sonar status --watch

Interactive triage

Work through suggestions without leaving the terminal:

sonar                    # interactive triage is on by default
sonar --no-interactive   # disable for scripting

Mark suggestions as skip, later, or archive — keyboard-driven.

Build your own filters and dashboards (WIP)

Download your data and build your own tools on top of it.

sonar sync # sync data to ~/.sonar/data.db

No lock-in. If you outgrow us, you leave with your data intact.

How Sonar finds relevant content

Sonar surfaces relevant content from your immediate network — the people you follow and who follow you. Your network is already a curated signal layer. Sonar's job is to surface what's moving through that graph before it reaches mainstream feeds.

What this means in practice:

• Results reflect your network's attention, not global virality
• The feed gets more useful the more intentional you are about who you follow
• Bookmarking and liking content improves your recommendations over time
• Topics sharpen what Sonar surfaces within your graph

Setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• pnpm
• A Sonar API key from sonar.8640p.info

Install and authenticate

pnpm add -g @1a35e1/sonar-cli@latest

sonar account add <YOUR_API_KEY>

Verify it works:

sonar status
sonar topics

Command Reference

Default — triage suggestions

sonar                                # interactive triage (default)
sonar --hours 24                     # widen time window
sonar --days 3                       # last 3 days
sonar --kind bookmarks               # default | bookmarks | followers | following
sonar --render table --limit 50      # table layout
sonar --json                         # raw JSON output
sonar --no-interactive               # disable interactive mode

Feed — read-only view

sonar feed                           # read-only feed (last 12h, limit 20)
sonar feed --hours 48 --limit 50     # widen window
sonar feed --kind bookmarks          # bookmarks | followers | following
sonar feed --render table            # table layout
sonar feed --json | jq .             # pipe to jq

Streaming with --follow

Poll for new items continuously and stream them to your terminal or another process:

sonar feed --follow                  # poll every 30s, visual cards
sonar feed --follow --interval 10    # poll every 10s
sonar feed --follow --json           # NDJSON stream (one JSON per line)
sonar feed --follow --json | jq --unbuffered '.score'

Press q to quit follow mode.

Topics

sonar topics                         # list all topics
sonar topics --json                  # JSON output
sonar topics add "AI agents"         # add a topic
sonar topics view <id>               # view a topic
sonar topics edit <id> --name "New Name"
sonar topics delete <id>             # delete a topic

AI-powered topic suggestions

Let Sonar suggest new topics based on your existing interests and recent feed:

sonar topics suggest                 # interactive — y/n/q per suggestion
sonar topics suggest --count 3       # limit to 3 suggestions
sonar topics suggest --vendor anthropic  # use Anthropic instead of OpenAI
sonar topics suggest --json          # raw suggestions as JSON

Requires OPENAI_API_KEY or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY depending on vendor.

Account

sonar account                        # list accounts, * marks active
sonar account add <key>              # add account (random name)
sonar account add <key> --alias work # add with custom name
sonar account switch <name>          # switch active account
sonar account rename <old> <new>     # rename an account
sonar account remove <name>          # remove (--force if active)

Refresh

sonar refresh                        # full pipeline (all steps)
sonar refresh --bookmarks            # just sync bookmarks from X
sonar refresh --likes                # just sync likes from X
sonar refresh --graph                # just rebuild social graph
sonar refresh --tweets               # just index tweets
sonar refresh --suggestions          # just regenerate suggestions
sonar refresh --likes --bookmarks    # any combo of flags

Status

sonar status                         # account status, queue activity
sonar status --watch                 # poll every 2s

Triage

sonar skip --id <suggestion_id>      # skip a suggestion
sonar later --id <suggestion_id>     # save for later
sonar archive --id <suggestion_id>   # archive a suggestion

Lens (paid)

AI-powered analysis of your local data using embeddings. Requires a paid plan — run sonar data pull first to sync embeddings.

sonar lens blindspots --window 3d    # what your topics are missing
sonar lens emerging --window 3d      # small accounts gaining credibility
sonar lens experts --window 3d       # genuine domain experts per topic
sonar lens contrarian --window 3d    # credible disagreements with consensus
sonar lens diff --window 3d          # how narratives shifted over time

All lens commands accept --vendor openai|anthropic, --json, and --window.

Data

sonar data pull                      # download feed/suggestions/topics to local SQLite
sonar data backup                    # backup local DB
sonar data restore --from <path>     # restore from backup
sonar data verify                    # integrity check
sonar data path                      # show DB location
sonar data sql                       # query helper

Config

sonar config                         # show current config
sonar config setup --key=<API_KEY>   # legacy setup
sonar config set vendor anthropic    # set AI vendor
sonar config skill --install         # install OpenClaw skill (--force to overwrite)

Environment Variables

| Variable | Required | Purpose | | ------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | SONAR_API_URL | No | GraphQL endpoint (default: production API) | | SONAR_MAX_RETRIES | No | Max retry attempts on transient failures (default: 3, 0 to disable) | | OPENAI_API_KEY | For topics suggest | Required when using OpenAI vendor for AI suggestions | | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | For topics suggest | Required when using Anthropic vendor for AI suggestions |

Local Files

| Path | Contents | | ---------------------- | ---------------------------- | | ~/.sonar/config.json | Token, API URL, CLI defaults | | ~/.sonar/data.db | Local synced SQLite database |

Drift Prevention Checks

# Run all drift checks (surface/docs/data/schema)
pnpm drift:check

# Refresh committed command snapshot after intentional command changes
pnpm drift:surface:update

drift:schema:check validates GraphQL documents against the live schema. Locally, it skips when offline; in CI (CI=true) it is enforced.

Troubleshooting

No token found. Run: sonar account add <name> <key> Add an account with sonar account add <YOUR_KEY>. Get a key at sonar.8640p.info.

Unable to reach server, please try again shortly. Check your network connection and API availability. The CLI automatically retries transient failures (network errors, 5xx) up to 3 times with exponential backoff. Use --debug to see retry attempts. Set SONAR_MAX_RETRIES=0 to disable retries.