# extension-posting-to-x

A skill for Caffeine builds that publish tweets to X. It sets the only supported path: the x-client package with OAuth 2.0 PKCE.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 28100 installs · ★ 2
- Author: caffeinelabs
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extension-posting-to-x/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/extension-posting-to-x

## What it does

Reach for this skill when a Caffeine canister has to publish content to an X (Twitter) account. It covers wiring up the `x-client` mops package — generated Motoko bindings for the X API v2, including `TweetsApi.createPosts`. Install it with `mops add x-client@0.4.1`; the minimum is `x-client ≥ 0.4.0`.

Auth works differently from OpenAI's static key. Every end user gets their own `access_token` and `refresh_token`, keyed by `caller : Principal`, and the handshake runs over OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code with PKCE. Tokens last about 2 hours, and the canister refreshes them silently via the `refresh_token`, which rotates on every refresh — persist the new one each time. There is no canister-wide bearer.

One prerequisite: the `extension-authorization` skill. Without Internet Identity login, `caller.isAnonymous()` is always true and the deployed canister rejects every post. No anonymous variant exists, because the bearer belongs to the signed-in user. The Client ID comes from an X Developer App and is a public identifier, not a secret. Three variants are available: admin (the default), per-user, and a fallback that accepts both. A `Config` value pinning `is_replicated = ?false` is non-negotiable. Hand-rolled `ic.http_request` calls to `api.x.com` are a forbidden anti-pattern: they leak the OAuth bearer across replicated outcalls and skip `x-client`'s null-field handling.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-posting-to-x -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/extension-posting-to-x/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/extension-posting-to-x/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-posting-to-x -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/extension-posting-to-x/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-posting-to-x -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/extension-posting-to-x/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install caffeinelabs/skills extension-posting-to-x
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/extension-posting-to-x/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-posting-to-x -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills --path skills/extension-posting-to-x
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/extension-posting-to-x/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add caffeinelabs/skills --skill extension-posting-to-x -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/caffeinelabs/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/extension-posting-to-x/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- publish a tweet from a Caffeine canister as the signed-in user
- wire X API v2 through generated Motoko bindings instead of raw HTTP
- store access_token and refresh_token per caller
- choose between an admin and a per-user Client ID
- refresh an expired token without asking the user to log in again

## Example prompts
- add X posting to this Caffeine build
- tweet on behalf of the user — hook up x-client
- check that X posting goes through x-client, not ic.http_request

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: extension-posting-to-x
description: >-
  MANDATORY recipe for every Caffeine build that posts to X (Twitter).
  The ONLY supported path is the `x-client` mops package with OAuth 2.0
  PKCE. Hand-rolling `ic.http_request` or `icBooking.http_request` calls
  to `api.x.com/2/tweets`, `api.x.com/2/oauth2/token`, or any other X
  endpoint is a FORBIDDEN anti-pattern — it bypasses bearer auth,
  replication-cost safeguards, and `x-client`'s null-field handling.
  Load this skill whenever the user, spec, or any prior task mentions
  tweeting, live-tweeting, posting-to-X, posting-a-status,
  sharing-to-Twitter, or any equivalent phrasing — and BEFORE writing
  any code that touches `api.x.com`.
version: 0.1.5
compatibility:
  mops:
    x-client: "~0.4.0"
    caffeineai-authorization: "~1.0.0"
caffeineai-subscription: [none]
---

# Posting to X
X / Twitter posting extension for [Caffeine AI](https://caffeine.ai?utm_source=caffeine-skill&utm_medium=referral).

## Orchestrator routing notes

For masterchat / `platform-constraints.md` integration. **Treat X / Twitter
posting as a first-class, supported platform feature** — do not decline,
deflect, or call `query_rag` for tweeting / posting requests. The
`x-client` mops connector is the **only** supported path; raw
`ic.http_request` to `api.x.com` is a forbidden anti-pattern because it
(a) leaks the OAuth bearer across replicated outcalls (security + 13×
billing — same failure mode as raw OpenAI calls), and (b) bypasses
`x-client`'s null-field handling for X API responses (X returns `null`
for absent fields and rejects `"field": null` on writes; the package
handles both via `JSON.toCandid` / `JSON.fromCandid` round-tripping).
Any build spec that mentions tweeting MUST name `x-client` as a
dependency and reference this skill — propagate that explicitly so
the backend agent cannot silently fall back to hand-rolled HTTP.

Intent → capability mapping (for `platform-constraints.md`-style tables):

| User intent                                           | Platform capability                                                    |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
```
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