Skills twitter
Search and retrieve content from Twitter/X. Get user info, tweets, replies, followers, communities, spaces, and trends via twitterapi.io. Use when user mentions Twitter, X, or tweets.
install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/insight68/Skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/insight68/Skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/twitter" ~/.claude/skills/insight68-skills-twitter && rm -rf "$T"
manifest:
skills/twitter/SKILL.mdsource content
Twitter/X Skill
Get user profiles, tweets, replies, followers/following, communities, spaces, and trends from Twitter/X via twitterapi.io.
Prerequisites
Set API key in
~/.zshrc:
export TWITTERAPI_API_KEY="your_api_key"
Quick Check:
cd <skill_directory> python3 scripts/get_user_info.py elonmusk
Commands
All commands run from the skill directory.
User Endpoints
python3 scripts/get_user_info.py USERNAME python3 scripts/get_user_about.py USERNAME python3 scripts/batch_get_users.py USER_ID1,USER_ID2 python3 scripts/get_user_tweets.py USERNAME --limit 20 python3 scripts/get_user_mentions.py USERNAME --limit 20 python3 scripts/get_followers.py USERNAME --limit 100 python3 scripts/get_following.py USERNAME --limit 100 python3 scripts/get_verified_followers.py USERNAME --limit 20 python3 scripts/check_relationship.py USER1 USER2 python3 scripts/search_users.py "query" --limit 20
Tweet Endpoints
python3 scripts/get_tweet.py TWEET_ID [TWEET_ID2...] python3 scripts/search_tweets.py "query" --type Latest --limit 20 python3 scripts/get_tweet_replies.py TWEET_ID --limit 20 python3 scripts/get_tweet_quotes.py TWEET_ID --limit 20 python3 scripts/get_tweet_retweeters.py TWEET_ID --limit 50 python3 scripts/get_tweet_thread.py TWEET_ID python3 scripts/get_article.py TWEET_ID
List Endpoints
python3 scripts/get_list_followers.py LIST_ID --limit 20 python3 scripts/get_list_members.py LIST_ID --limit 20
Community Endpoints
python3 scripts/get_community.py COMMUNITY_ID python3 scripts/get_community_members.py COMMUNITY_ID --limit 20 python3 scripts/get_community_moderators.py COMMUNITY_ID python3 scripts/get_community_tweets.py COMMUNITY_ID --limit 20 python3 scripts/search_community_tweets.py "query" --limit 20
Other Endpoints
python3 scripts/get_space.py SPACE_ID python3 scripts/get_trends.py --woeid 1 # Worldwide
Search Query Syntax
# Basic search python3 scripts/search_tweets.py "AI agent" # From specific user python3 scripts/search_tweets.py "from:elonmusk" # Date range python3 scripts/search_tweets.py "AI since:2024-01-01 until:2024-12-31" # Exclude retweets python3 scripts/search_tweets.py "AI -filter:retweets" # With media python3 scripts/search_tweets.py "AI filter:media" # Minimum engagement python3 scripts/search_tweets.py "AI min_faves:1000"
API: twitterapi.io
- Base URL: https://api.twitterapi.io/twitter
- Auth: X-API-Key header
- Pricing: ~$0.15-0.18/1k requests
- Docs: https://docs.twitterapi.io/