Twitter Skill (Read-Only)

Reads Twitter/X for financial research using opencli, a universal CLI tool that bridges web services to the terminal via browser session reuse.

This skill is read-only. It is designed for financial research: searching market discussions, reading analyst tweets, tracking sentiment, and monitoring financial news on Twitter/X. It does NOT support posting, liking, retweeting, replying, or any write operations.

Important: opencli reuses your existing Chrome login session — no API keys or cookie extraction needed. Just be logged into x.com in Chrome and have the Browser Bridge extension installed.

Step 1: Ensure opencli Is Installed and Ready

Current environment status:

!`(command -v opencli && opencli doctor 2>&1 | head -5 && echo "READY" || echo "SETUP_NEEDED") 2>/dev/null || echo "NOT_INSTALLED"`

If the status above shows

READY

NOT_INSTALLED

# Install opencli globally
npm install -g @jackwener/opencli

If

SETUP_NEEDED

Setup

opencli requires a Chrome browser with the Browser Bridge extension:

1. Install the Browser Bridge extension — follow the instructions from

   opencli doctor

   output
2. Login to x.com in Chrome — opencli reuses your existing browser session
3. Verify connectivity:

opencli doctor

This auto-starts the daemon, verifies the extension is connected, and checks session health.

Common setup issues

Extension not connected

Daemon not running

opencli doctor

No session for twitter.com

CSRF token missing

Step 2: Identify What the User Needs

Match the user's request to one of the read commands below, then use the corresponding command from

references/commands.md

opencli doctor

opencli twitter timeline

--type following

--limit N

opencli twitter search "QUERY"

--filter top|live

--limit N

opencli twitter trending

--limit N

opencli twitter bookmarks

--limit N

opencli twitter thread TWEET_ID

opencli twitter article TWEET_ID

opencli twitter profile USERNAME

opencli twitter followers USERNAME

--limit N

opencli twitter following USERNAME

--limit N

opencli twitter notifications

--limit N

Step 3: Execute the Command

General pattern

# Use -f json or -f yaml for structured output
opencli twitter timeline -f json --limit 20
opencli twitter timeline --type following --limit 20

# Searching for financial topics
opencli twitter search "$AAPL earnings" --filter live --limit 10 -f json
opencli twitter search "Fed rate decision" --limit 20 -f yaml

# Trending topics
opencli twitter trending --limit 20 -f json

Key rules

1. Check setup first — run

   opencli doctor

   before any other command if unsure about connectivity
2. Use

   -f json

   or

   -f yaml

   for structured output when processing data programmatically
3. Use

   -f csv

   when the user wants spreadsheet-compatible output
4. Use

   --limit N

   to control result count — start with 10-20 unless the user asks for more
5. For search, use

   --filter

   —

   top

   (default) for relevance,

   live

   for latest tweets
6. NEVER execute write operations — this skill is read-only; do not post, like, retweet, reply, quote, follow, or delete

Output format flag (

-f

)

-f table

-f json

-f yaml

-f md

-f csv

Output columns

Commands that return tweets typically include:

id

author

text

created_at

likes

views

url

Profile commands include:

username

name

bio

followers_count

following_count

Step 4: Present the Results

After fetching data, present it clearly for financial research:

1. Summarize key content — highlight the most relevant tweets for the user's financial research
2. Include attribution — show @username, tweet text, and engagement metrics (likes, views)
3. Provide tweet URLs when the user might want to read the full thread
4. For search results, group by relevance and highlight key themes, sentiment, or market signals
5. For user profiles, present follower count, bio, and notable recent activity
6. Flag sentiment — note bullish/bearish sentiment, consensus vs contrarian views
7. Treat sessions as private — never expose browser session details

Step 5: Diagnostics

If something isn't working, run:

opencli doctor

This checks daemon status, extension connectivity, and browser session health.

Error Reference

Extension not connected

No session

CSRF token missing

Reference Files

• references/commands.md

  — Complete read command reference with all flags, research workflows, and usage examples

• references/schema.md

  — Output format documentation and column definitions

Read the reference files when you need exact command syntax, research workflow patterns, or output details.