
X (Twitter)
Integrates with X (Twitter) API v2 to post tweets, search content, and reply to messages. Includes enhanced research tools that bypass some API restrictions.
Interact with X (Twitter) by posting tweets and searching for tweets through the X API.
What it does
- Post tweets and replies
- Search tweets and user content
- Analyze thread performance and engagement
- Track viral content and sentiment
- Map social networks and connections
- Access enhanced research tools without Pro tier
Best for
About X (Twitter)
X (Twitter) is a community-built MCP server published by enescinr that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Interact with X (formerly Twitter) using the Twitter API to post tweets, search content, and explore Twitter API pricing It is categorized under communication.
How to install
You can install X (Twitter) in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
License
X (Twitter) is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Twitter MCP Server
This MCP server allows Clients to interact with Twitter, enabling posting tweets and searching Twitter.
Quick Start
-
Create a Twitter Developer account and get your API keys from Twitter Developer Portal
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Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file:
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"twitter-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@enescinar/twitter-mcp"],
"env": {
"API_KEY": "your_api_key_here",
"API_SECRET_KEY": "your_api_secret_key_here",
"ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_access_token_here",
"ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET": "your_access_token_secret_here"
}
}
}
}
- Restart Claude Desktop
That's it! Claude can now interact with Twitter through two tools:
post_tweet: Post a new tweetsearch_tweets: Search for tweets
Example Usage
Try asking Claude:
- "Can you post a tweet saying 'Hello from Claude!'"
- "Can you search for tweets about Claude AI?"
Troubleshooting
Logs can be found at:
- Windows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\logs\mcp-server-twitter.log - macOS:
~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-twitter.log
Development
If you want to contribute or run from source:
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/EnesCinr/twitter-mcp.git
cd twitter-mcp
- Install dependencies:
npm install
- Build:
npm run build
- Run:
npm start
Running evals
The evals package loads an mcp client that then runs the index.ts file, so there is no need to rebuild between tests. You can load environment variables by prefixing the npx command. Full documentation can be found here.
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key npx mcp-eval src/evals/evals.ts src/index.ts
License
MIT
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