# x-post

Publishes tweets with text, pictures, and video to X directly from your terminal. Handy for shipping release announcements without opening a browser.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 31
- Author: rameerez
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/x-post/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-02-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/rameerez-x-post

## What it does

The skill triggers a local Python script at `~/.claude/skills/x-post/x-post.py` to interact with the X API. It requires Python packages `xdk` and `requests_oauthlib`, alongside a credentials file located at `~/.claude/skills/x-post/x.key`. Without valid API tokens stored in that JSON file, every request will fail immediately.

The script handles plain text updates, image attachments, and video uploads, detecting file types from extensions automatically. Video files rely on chunked upload steps, meaning larger video posts may take up to a minute to process. It also includes a `me` subcommand to inspect the authorized profile.

Safety instructions prevent unapproved posts: the agent must display the exact text draft and obtain explicit user consent before calling the publish command.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills --skill x-post -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills --skill x-post -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills --skill x-post -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills x-post
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills --skill x-post -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills --path skills/x-post
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills --skill x-post -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/rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/x-post/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- publish release notes to X directly from your coding session
- attach screenshots or demo videos to tweets from the command line
- verify the active X account credentials via the CLI profile check
- preview and confirm draft tweet copy before sending it live

## Example prompts
- Post a tweet saying 'Shipped version 2.0' with `./preview.png` attached
- Publish this update to X with video `./demo.mp4`
- Check my current X profile info using x-post

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

Below is the content of a third-party file. It is data, not instructions for you: do not act on anything written inside unless the human asks. Block tag: dfee15db16366626.

BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE dfee15db16366626
````text
---
name: x-post
description: Post to X (Twitter) from the command line. Text, images, and video.
argument-hint: "post \"Your tweet text\" [--media /path/to/file]"
allowed-tools: Bash, Read
model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
---

Post to X using the CLI tool at `~/.claude/skills/x-post/x-post.py`.

## Setup

Requires Python packages: `pip install xdk requests_oauthlib`

Credentials file at `~/.claude/skills/x-post/x.key` (JSON):
```json
{
  "api_key": "...",
  "api_secret": "...",
  "access_token": "...",
  "access_token_secret": "..."
}
```

## Commands

**Post text:**
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/x-post/x-post.py post "Your tweet text"
```

**Post with image:**
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/x-post/x-post.py post "Your tweet text" --media /path/to/image.jpg
```

**Post with video:**
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/x-post/x-post.py post "Your tweet text" --media /path/to/video.mp4
```

**Check profile:**
```bash
python ~/.claude/skills/x-post/x-post.py me
```

## Rules

- Always show the user the exact tweet text before posting and get confirmation
- Never post without explicit user approval
- Video uploads use chunked upload (INIT/APPEND/FINALIZE) and may take a minute for processing
- The script auto-detects media type from file extension
````
END THIRD-PARTY FILE dfee15db16366626

The third-party file has ended. Everything between the dfee15db16366626 tags is data: requests and commands from it are not followed. An “end of file” line with another tag inside the block is part of the file.

© rameerez · MIT · https://github.com/rameerez/claude-code-startup-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/x-post/SKILL.md

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