# twist

Bridges your Twist workspace and an AI agent: list channels, open threads, post messages through MCP tools. Handy when discussion lives in Twist but you work from the chat.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 81
- Author: pulsemcp
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/pulsemcp/mcp-servers/tree/HEAD/experimental/twist
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/twist

## What it does

Under the hood it talks to the Twist REST API and exposes six tools. `get_channels` and `get_channel` map the workspace, `get_threads` and `get_thread` pull discussions with their messages, `create_thread` starts a new topic in a channel, and `add_message_to_thread` appends to an existing one. List calls come with pagination.

Two credentials gate everything: a Twist bearer token and the workspace ID, passed as `TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN` and `TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID`. Miss either and the server has nothing to talk to. Node.js v24.2.0 is the version the project asks for, so an older runtime is a risk.

PulseMCP maintains the code; it is not an official Twist product. Message and thread bodies accept Markdown, which makes agent-written updates readable. Development and testing happened on macOS with Claude Desktop — other MCP clients should work, though the README only promises that they should.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN`, `TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add twist -e TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN=<TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN> -e TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID=<TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID> -- npx -y twist-mcp-server
```
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### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add twist --env TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN=<TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN> --env TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID=<TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID> -- npx -y twist-mcp-server
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "twist": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "twist-mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN": "<TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN>",
                "TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID": "<TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "twist": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "twist-mcp-server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN": "<TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN>",
                "TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID": "<TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN=<TWIST_BEARER_TOKEN> -e TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID=<TWIST_WORKSPACE_ID> twist npx -y twist-mcp-server
```
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## When to use it
- see which channels exist in a Twist workspace
- pull the messages out of a thread
- open a new discussion in a channel from the agent chat
- append a link or status update to an existing thread
- look up a channel by ID and check its topic

## Example prompts
- List every channel in my Twist workspace
- Start a thread in channel `ch_456` about the new API design
- Post the docs link into thread `th_999`

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