# fetch-tweets

Pulls tweets by keyword, topic, account or X list and turns them into a digest grouped by sub-narrative and ranked by signal.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/fetch-tweets/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/fetch-tweets

## What it does

One selector drives everything. You pass `source:` plus an argument, and the skill runs one of five branches: `keyword`, `topic`, `account`, `list` or `agent-buzz`. The argument changes with the branch — a search query, a subject, a handle, numeric list IDs, or an optional focus. Leave the prefix off and the mode is guessed from the argument's shape: empty means topic, digits mean list, a handle means account, anything else means keyword. The `agent-buzz` preset is the exception; it only fires with an explicit prefix.

Output is not a chronological feed. Tweets get clustered into sub-narratives, sorted by signal, with a single take attached to each. Before fetching, the skill reads `memory/MEMORY.md` and recent logs so links already reported stay out. The primary route is the X.AI API and it wants `XAI_API_KEY`; when the key is missing or the call fails, collection falls back to WebSearch. Either way you get a digest.

Quiet runs send nothing — an empty or all-duplicate pass just writes a log line. Engagement numbers are never invented: a missing count becomes 0. Links are written as `x.com/handle` so Telegram does not tag anyone.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill fetch-tweets -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill fetch-tweets -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill fetch-tweets -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon fetch-tweets
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/fetch-tweets/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill fetch-tweets -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/fetch-tweets
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill fetch-tweets -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/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/fetch-tweets/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pull fresh tweets on a keyword and split them by sub-topic
- get a digest of one account without scrolling the timeline
- merge several X lists into a single roundup
- track chatter around AI agents with the built-in preset
- skip links that were already reported

## Example prompts
- Build a digest from `keyword:$SOL OR solana` for yesterday
- Run a roundup on `topic:brain-computer interfaces`
- Fetch `agent-buzz:MCP protocol`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: fetch-tweets
description: Search and curate X/Twitter behind one selector - keyword, topic roundup, a single or tracked-account digest, an X list, or the AI-agent buzz preset - clustered into signal-scored sub-narratives.
metadata:
  title: Fetch Tweets
  category: basics
  var: ""
  tags:
    - social
  requires:
    - XAI_API_KEY?
---
<!-- autoresearch: variation B — sharper output via clustering + signal scoring + insight extraction. Merged HUB: absorbs tweet-digest, tweet-roundup, list-digest, refresh-x, agent-buzz behind a `source:` selector. -->
> **${var}** — `<source>:<arg>` where `<source>` ∈ `keyword | topic | account | list | agent-buzz`. The `<arg>` is source-specific (a query, a topic, a handle, comma-separated list IDs, or an optional focus). If no `source:` prefix is given, the source is inferred from the shape of `<arg>` (see **Source selector**). **Required** for `keyword` and `list`; optional for `topic`, `account`, and `agent-buzz`.

Today is ${today}. This skill fetches X/Twitter content along one of five **source axes** and produces a *curated* digest — clustered by sub-narrative, ranked by signal, one insight per item — never a flat chronological dump.

## Source selector

Parse `${var}` into `SOURCE` and `ARG` before doing anything else.

**Explicit form (recommended):** `<source>:<arg>`
- `keyword:$SOL OR solana OR "solana network"` — raw X search query, passed to Grok **verbatim** (OR/AND honored).
- `topic:brain-computer interfaces` — a single topic roundup. `topic:` (empty arg) → resolve a topic **list** from MEMORY.md, then built-in defaults.
- `account:vitalikbuterin` — one account's recent tweets. `account:` (empty arg) → digest **every** handle in `memory/topics/tracked-accounts.yml`.
- `list:1953536336675365173,1937207796270829766` — one or more numeric X list IDs. Append `|<topic>` for a topic booster: `list:195...,193...|AI agents`.
- `agent-buzz` — the curated AI-agent-ecosystem preset. `agent-buzz:MCP protocol` prioritizes a project/topic within the preset.

**Implicit form (back-compat with migrated bare-var configs):** when `${var}` has **no** recognized `source:` prefix, infer `SOURCE` in this order:
1. `${var}` is empty → `topic` (default multi-topic roundup).
2. `${var}` is all-digits, or comma-separated all-digits (optionally with a `|<topic>` suffix) → `list`.
3. `${var}` is `@handle` or matches `^[A-Za-z0-9_]{1,15}$` (a bare handle) → `account`.
4. Anything else → `keyword`.

Note: `agent-buzz` has **no** distinct implicit shape (its arg looks like a keyword/topic), so it is **only** selectable via the explicit `agent-buzz` / `agent-buzz:...` prefix.

Once `SOURCE` and `ARG` are set, jump to the matching branch below. Only one branch runs per invocation.
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