diff --git a/core/modules/commands/pipe.js b/core/modules/commands/pipe.js
index 90f48250e7..a58046f926 100644
--- a/core/modules/commands/pipe.js
+++ b/core/modules/commands/pipe.js
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Command.prototype.execute = function() {
 			return this.pipeExternalTask(pipeInfo,options);
 		case "socket":
 			return this.pipeSocket(pipeInfo,options);
+		case "socket-erlang":
+			return this.pipeSocketErlang(pipeInfo,options);
 		default:
 			return "Invalid pipe specifier '" + name + "'"
 	}
@@ -130,6 +132,55 @@ Command.prototype.pipeSocket = function(pipeInfo,options) {
 	return null;
 };
 
+Command.prototype.pipeSocketErlang = function(pipeInfo,options) {
+	var self = this,
+		net = require("net"),
+		socket = new net.Socket(),
+		accumulator = Buffer.alloc(0);
+	socket.connect(pipeInfo.port,pipeInfo.host || 8081,function() {
+		self.log("Socket connection",pipeInfo.port,pipeInfo.host);
+		var lengthBytes = Buffer.alloc(4);
+		lengthBytes.writeUInt32BE(options.data.length,0)
+console.log("Wring butes",options.data.length)
+		socket.write(lengthBytes);
+		var typeByte = Buffer.alloc(1);
+		typeByte.writeUInt8(1,0);
+		socket.write(typeByte);
+		socket.write(options.data);
+	});
+	socket.on("error",function(e) {
+		self.log("Socket error",e)
+	});
+	socket.on("data",function(data) {
+console.log("Received data",data.length)
+		accumulator = Buffer.concat([accumulator,data]);
+		while(accumulator.length > 5) {
+			var length = accumulator.readInt32BE(0),
+				type = accumulator.readUInt8(4);
+			if(accumulator.length > (length + 5)) {
+				var data = accumulator.toString("utf8",5,length + 5);
+console.log("Got message",length,type)
+				self.processIncomingData(data,pipeInfo);
+				accumulator = accumulator.slice(length + 5);
+socket.end();
+return self.callback(null);
+			} else {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	});
+	socket.on("end",function() {
+		self.log("Socket end");
+		socket.destroy();
+	});
+	// Add a "close" event handler for the client socket
+	socket.on("close",function() {
+		self.log("Socket closed");
+		return self.callback(null);
+	});
+	return null;
+};
+
 Command.prototype.composeOutgoingData = function(filter,pipeInfo) {
 	var self = this,
 		pipeInfoInput = pipeInfo.input || {},
diff --git a/editions/externalpipesdemo/demo-tasks/recaser.js b/editions/externalpipesdemo/demo-tasks/recaser.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cdfdbebf1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/editions/externalpipesdemo/demo-tasks/recaser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/*
+A socket server that listens on a host/port for connections and reverses the case of incoming text
+
+	recaser.js <port> <host>
+
+This utility is provided as an example of using an external task that doesn't have any prior knowledge of
+TiddlyWiki. Like many Unix utilities, it just reads and writes to a socket.
+
+*/
+
+var net = require("net"),
+	port = parseInt(process.argv[2] || "",10) || 8081, // Port
+	host = process.argv[3] || "127.0.0.1"; // Host
+
+var server = net.createServer();
+
+server.listen(port,host);
+
+server.on("connection", function(sock) {
+	console.log("CONNECTED: " + sock.remoteAddress +":"+ sock.remotePort);
+	// Trap errors
+	sock.on("error",function(e) {
+		console.log("ERROR: " + e);
+	});
+	// Read data until the end
+	var accumulator = Buffer.alloc(0);
+	sock.on("data",function(data) {
+		console.log("DATA " + sock.remoteAddress + ": " + data.length);
+		accumulator = Buffer.concat([accumulator,Buffer.from(data)]);
+		while(accumulator.length > 5) {
+			var length = accumulator.readInt32BE(0),
+				type = accumulator.readUInt8(4);
+			if(accumulator.length > (length + 5)) {
+				var data = accumulator.toString("utf8",5,length + 5);
+				accumulator = accumulator.slice(length + 5);
+				// Recase it
+console.log("MESSAGE",length,type);
+				var recasedData = recase(data);
+				// Send it back
+				var lengthBytes = Buffer.alloc(4);
+				lengthBytes.writeUInt32BE(recasedData.length,0)
+console.log("RESPONSE",1,recasedData.length)
+				sock.write(lengthBytes);
+				var typeByte = Buffer.alloc(1);
+				typeByte.writeUInt8(1,0);
+				sock.write(typeByte);
+				sock.write(recasedData);
+			} else {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	});
+	sock.on("end",function() {
+		console.log("END")
+		sock.end();		
+	});
+	sock.on("close", function(data) {
+		console.log("CLOSED: " + sock.remoteAddress +" "+ sock.remotePort);
+	});
+});
+
+function recase(str) {
+	return str.split("").map(function(char) {
+		if(char >= "A" && char <= "Z") {
+			return char.toLowerCase();
+		} else {
+			return char.toUpperCase();
+		}
+	}).join("");
+}
+
diff --git a/editions/externalpipesdemo/tiddlywiki.info b/editions/externalpipesdemo/tiddlywiki.info
index 7e065d941d..dc55fe1855 100644
--- a/editions/externalpipesdemo/tiddlywiki.info
+++ b/editions/externalpipesdemo/tiddlywiki.info
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 		"tiddlywiki/vanilla",
 		"tiddlywiki/snowwhite"
 	],
+	"build": {
+		"index": [
+			"--rendertiddler","$:/core/save/all","index.html","text/plain"]
+	},
 	"config": {
 		"allow-remote-commands": true
 	},
@@ -70,6 +74,25 @@
 				"MY_VARIABLE": "value"
 			},
 			"timeout": 100
+		},
+		"recaser": {
+			"type": "socket-erlang",
+			"host": "127.0.0.1",
+			"port": 8081,
+			"input": {
+				"format": "rendered-text"
+			},
+			"output": {
+				"format": "text",
+				"tiddler": {
+					"title": "PipeOutput",
+					"type": "text/plain"
+				}
+			},
+			"environment": {
+				"MY_VARIABLE": "value"
+			},
+			"timeout": 100
 		}
 	}
 }