# twitter-api

This skill gives agents access to Twitter/X search and public account data through fetcher.sh. Use it for account, hashtag, and tweet monitoring.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 8000 installs · ★ 2
- Author: fetcher-sh
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/twitter-api/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/twitter-api

## What it does

The skill connects an agent to Twitter/X data through HTTP GET requests at `https://twitter.fetcher.sh`. It can search posts with keywords, hashtags, and operators such as `from:`, `to:`, `since:`, `until:`, `min_faves:`, and `filter:`. It also finds accounts by name and resolves a profile from its handle.

The endpoint set covers user timelines, replies, followers, followings, individual tweets, retweeters, Twitter Lists, and country trends. It includes 15 GET endpoints plus `cursor` pagination and `sort` ordering parameters. Requests use a Bearer key or per-call USDC payment through x402. A request without credentials or payment returns `402`, while OAuth and a developer app are not required.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill twitter-api -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill twitter-api -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill twitter-api -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills twitter-api
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill twitter-api -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --path skills/twitter-api
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill twitter-api -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/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/twitter-api/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- search tweets with keyword and operator filters
- collect a user’s posts and replies
- export an account’s followers or followings
- inspect a tweet and its replies or retweeters
- check trending topics for a country

## Example prompts
- Search for posts matching `from:OpenAI min_faves:500 -filter:replies` and order the results by popularity.
- Look up the `nasa` profile, then fetch its tweets and followers.
- For tweet `1234567890123456789`, retrieve the tweet, its replies, and its retweeters.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: twitter-api
description: >-
  A Twitter API alternative and X API alternative on fetcher.sh — pay-per-call
  in USDC via x402, or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no OAuth and no
  developer application. Use when the user wants to search tweets by keyword,
  hashtag, or advanced operators (from:, to:, since:, until:, min_faves:,
  filter:), scrape a Twitter/X profile by handle, pull a user's tweets,
  replies, followers, or followings, fetch a single tweet with its replies or
  retweeters, read a Twitter List's members or tweets, check trending topics
  by country, or search for X accounts by name. Also covers Twitter data
  pipelines, competitor monitoring, hashtag tracking, sentiment analysis
  input, or follower export without the official X API's pricing tiers or
  app-review process.
keywords:
  - twitter
  - x
  - twitter-api
  - x-api
  - twitter-api-alternative
  - x-api-alternative
  - tweet-search
  - social-media
  - social-listening
  - x402
  - ai-agent
---

# Twitter / X API

A drop-in Twitter/X data source for agents: search tweets, resolve profiles,
pull timelines and followers, read Lists, and check trends — all as one plain
HTTP GET, paid per call. No developer account, no app review, no OAuth
handshake, and no waiting on X's own API tiers or rate-limit approvals. If
your task mentions a Twitter/X search query, a handle, a tweet ID, or a list
ID, this is the skill.

Base URL: `https://twitter.fetcher.sh`

Also published as [`x-api`](../x-api/SKILL.md) — same host, same
endpoints, indexed under the "X" name too since agents and users refer to the
platform both ways.

## Quick reference

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Base URL | `https://twitter.fetcher.sh` |
| Auth | `Authorization: Bearer bby_live_...` or x402 (USDC) |
| Price | $0.002–$0.005/call |
| Endpoints | 15, all `GET` |
| MCP | `https://twitter.fetcher.sh/mcp` |
| Machine-readable | `/openapi.json` · `/llms.txt` · `/skill.md` |

## Which endpoint do I need?

| I want to... | Call |
| --- | --- |
| Search tweets by keyword or operator (`from:`, `since:`, `min_faves:`, ...) | `GET /api/search` |
| Search accounts by name | `GET /api/search/users` |
| Look up a profile by @handle | `GET /api/handle/{handle}` |
| Get a user's followers or followings | `GET /api/user/{id}/followers` or `/followings` |
| Get a single tweet by ID | `GET /api/tweet/{id}` |
| See who retweeted a tweet | `GET /api/tweet/{id}/retweeters` |
| Read a Twitter List's tweets or members | `GET /api/list/{id}/tweets` or `/members` |
| Check trending topics for a country | `GET /api/trends` |

Full param details for every row: [`references/endpoints.md`](references/endpoints.md).

## Authentication

Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the [`fetcher`
skill](../fetcher/SKILL.md):

```bash
# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
#    or via POST /api/credits/topup, see the fetcher skill)
export FETCHER_API_KEY="bby_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
````
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