# xurl

CLI skill for authenticated X API requests. Lets agents post updates, inspect timelines, and manage direct messages.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 660 installs · ★ 1360
- Author: xdevplatform
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/xdevplatform/xurl/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/xdevplatform-xurl

## What it does

The skill connects the `xurl` CLI tool to your agent for making authenticated requests to X API v2. It provides human-friendly shortcut commands alongside raw curl-style queries, returning all responses as JSON to stdout. Supported actions include publishing posts, replying to threads, uploading media files, managing followers, and reading encrypted XChat messages.

You need the standalone `xurl` utility installed on your machine before running commands. App credentials must be placed in `~/.xurl/auth.yml` manually by the user outside the agent session. Never allow the agent to read `~/.xurl/`, invoke `xurl token`, use `--verbose`, or pass secret flags inline, because doing so leaks private keys and active tokens into the LLM context.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add xdevplatform/xurl --skill xurl -a claude-code
```
```bash
npx skills add xdevplatform/xurl --skill xdevplatform-xurl -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add xdevplatform/xurl --skill xdevplatform-xurl -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add xdevplatform/xurl --skill xdevplatform-xurl -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install xdevplatform/xurl xdevplatform-xurl
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add xdevplatform/xurl --skill xdevplatform-xurl -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/xdevplatform/xurl
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add xdevplatform/xurl --skill xdevplatform-xurl -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/xdevplatform/xurl/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- post updates, replies, and quotes directly to X
- query user profiles, timelines, and search results
- manage follows, likes, and bookmarks from the terminal
- send media attachments and encrypted XChat messages

## Example prompts
- Check profile identity with xurl whoami
- Verify configured applications using xurl auth status
- Search recent posts with xurl search "news"

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: xurl
description: A curl-like CLI tool for making authenticated requests to the X (Twitter) API. Use this skill when you need to post tweets, reply, quote, search, read posts, manage followers, send DMs, send or read end-to-end encrypted XChat messages, upload media, or interact with any X API v2 endpoint. Supports multiple apps, OAuth 2.0, OAuth 1.0a, and app-only auth.
---

# xurl — Agent Skill Reference

`xurl` is a CLI tool for the X API. It supports both **shortcut commands** (human/agent‑friendly one‑liners) and **raw curl‑style** access to any v2 endpoint. All commands return JSON to stdout.

---

## Prerequisites

This skill requires the `xurl` CLI utility: <https://github.com/xdevplatform/xurl>.

Before using any command you must be authenticated. Run `xurl auth status` to check.

### Secret Safety (Mandatory)

- Never read, print, parse, summarize, upload, or send anything under `~/.xurl/` (or copies of it) to the LLM context.
- `~/.xurl/keys.yml` contains XChat **private encryption keys** — the strictest no-read rule applies.
- Never pass `--pin` inline in agent/LLM sessions (`xurl chat keys restore --pin ...` leaks the recovery PIN to context and shell history). Run `xurl chat keys restore` without the flag so the PIN is prompted without echo, or have the user run it manually.
- Never ask the user to paste credentials/tokens into chat.
- The user must fill `~/.xurl/auth.yml` with required secrets manually on their own machine.
- Do not recommend or execute auth commands with inline secrets in agent/LLM sessions.
- Warn that using CLI secret options in agent sessions can leak credentials (prompt/context, logs, shell history).
- Never use `--verbose` / `-v` in agent/LLM sessions; it can expose sensitive headers/tokens in output.
- Never run `xurl token` in agent/LLM sessions: it prints a live OAuth2 access token to stdout, which is a credential and must not enter the LLM context.
- `xurl mcp` is for configuring an MCP client (it bridges stdio↔HTTP and injects the bearer token); it is not something to invoke directly from an agent/LLM session.
- Sensitive flags that must never be used in agent commands: `--bearer-token`, `--consumer-key`, `--consumer-secret`, `--access-token`, `--token-secret`, `--client-id`, `--client-secret`.
- To verify whether at least one app with credentials is already registered, run: `xurl auth status`.

### Register an app (recommended)

App credential registration must be done manually by the user outside the agent/LLM session.
After credentials are registered, authenticate against the app that holds those credentials:

```bash
xurl auth oauth2 --app APP_NAME
```

You can also run `xurl auth default APP_NAME` first and then use `xurl auth oauth2`.

On a remote/headless machine (no reachable browser callback), add `--headless`: `xurl auth oauth2 --app APP_NAME --headless` prints the authorization URL and reads the pasted redirect URL (or code) back, so no localhost callback is needed.

For multiple pre-configured apps, switch between them:
```bash
xurl auth default prod-app          # set default app
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