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Author: Rudis Muiznieks <rudis@sitosis.com>
Date:   Fri Jun 25 10:52:46 2021 -0500

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+# Dotplan CLI
+
+A shell script to interact with [dotplan](https://github.com/rudism/dotplan-online) providers.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- [curl](https://curl.se/)
+- [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)
+- [drill](https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/about/) or [dig](https://www.isc.org/bind/)
+- Optional for verifying or publishing signed dotplans: [minisign](https://jedisct1.github.io/minisign/)
+
+Install these using your distribution's package manager, or compile from source if your distribution does not provide recent versions.
+
+## Basic Usage
+
+- `dotplan email@example.com` will print the dotplan for `email@example.com` as plain text
+- `dotplan email@example.com PUBLIC_MINISIGN_KEY` will verify the signed dotplan for `email@example.com` using the provided public `minisign` key before printing it
+
+## Advanced Usage
+
+`dotplan-cli` can be used to register an account and publish dotplans on [Dotplan Online](https://dotplan.online) or other providers running compatible implementations.
+
+Configure your email and password in `~/.dotplan.conf.json`. Make sure this file is read-protected after you create it (`chmod 0600 ~/.dotplan.conf.json`):
+
+```json
+{
+  "auth": {
+    "email": "user@example.com",
+    "password": "my-password-123"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+- `dotplan register` will register a new account using the email and password in your `~/.dotplan.conf.json` file
+- `dotplan publish` will sign (if `minisign` is available) and publish your `~/.plan` file to your dotplan provider
+- `dotplan edit` will open your `~/.plan` file in an editor, then sign (if `minisign` is available) and publish it to your dotplan provider after you save and exit
+
+## Optional Configuration
+
+If you set `auth.provider` in your `~/.dotplan.conf.json` file, the `register`, `publish`, and `edit` commands will use that instead of discovering via `SRV` records. If you set `relayProvider`, all dotplans will be fetched from there instead of discovering via `SRV` records.
+
+```json
+{
+  "auth": {
+    "email": "user@example.com",
+    "password": "my-password-123",
+    "provider": "https://dotplan.online"
+  },
+  "relayProvider": "https://dotplan.online"
+}
+```