Bird Twitter

Twitter/X CLI wrapper using bird — post tweets, reply, read, search, and manage your timeline. Fast GraphQL-based X CLI.

Bird Twitter Skill 🐦

Fast Twitter/X CLI wrapper using bird — post tweets, reply, read, search, and manage your timeline via Twitter's GraphQL API.

Required Environment Variables

bash

export AUTH_TOKEN=<your_twitter_auth_token>
export CT0=<your_twitter_ct0_cookie>

How to Get Tokens

1. Log in to Twitter/X in your browser
2. Open Developer Tools (F12)
3. Go to Application/Storage → Cookies → twitter.com
4. Copy:
   • auth_token → AUTH_TOKEN
   • ct0 → CT0

Quick Usage

bash

# Check login status
bird whoami

# Check credential availability
bird check

# Post a tweet
bird tweet "Hello from bird-twitter skill!"

# Reply to a tweet
bird reply <tweet-id-or-url> "Great thread!"

# Read a tweet
bird read <tweet-id-or-url>

# Read with JSON output
bird read <tweet-id-or-url> --json

# Search tweets
bird search "query"

# Get home timeline
bird home

# Get mentions
bird mentions

# Get liked tweets
bird likes

# Follow a user
bird follow <username>

# Get user's tweets
bird user-tweets <handle>

# Get trending topics
bird news
bird trending

Commands

Posting

Command	Description
bird tweet <text>	Post a new tweet
bird reply <url> <text>	Reply to a tweet
bird tweet <text> --media <path>	Tweet with media (up to 4 images or 1 video)

Reading

Command	Description
bird read <url>	Read/fetch a tweet
bird thread <url>	Show full conversation thread
bird replies <url>	List replies to a tweet
bird user-tweets <handle>	Get user's tweets

Timelines

Command	Description
bird home	Home timeline ("For You" feed)
bird mentions	Tweets mentioning you
bird likes	Your liked tweets
bird bookmarks	Your bookmarked tweets

Search & Discovery

Command	Description
bird search <query>	Search tweets
bird news	AI-curated news from Explore
bird trending	Trending topics

Account Management

Command	Description
bird whoami	Show logged-in account
bird check	Check credential availability
bird follow <user>	Follow a user
bird unfollow <user>	Unfollow a user
bird followers	List your followers
bird following	List users you follow
bird lists	Your Twitter lists

Output Options

Option	Description
--json	JSON output
--json-full	Include raw API response
--plain	Plain text (no emoji, no color)
--no-emoji	Disable emoji
--no-color	Disable ANSI colors
--timeout <ms>	Request timeout

Configuration

Reads from:

• ~/.config/bird/config.json5
• ./.birdrc.json5

Supports: chromeProfile, firefoxProfile, cookieTimeoutMs, timeoutMs, quoteDepth

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
AUTH_TOKEN	Required — Twitter auth_token cookie
CT0	Required — Twitter ct0 cookie
NO_COLOR	Disable colors
BIRD_TIMEOUT_MS	Default timeout
BIRD_COOKIE_TIMEOUT_MS	Cookie extraction timeout
BIRD_QUOTE_DEPTH	Max quoted tweet depth

Examples

bash

# Check who's logged in
bird whoami

# Post a simple tweet
bird tweet "Hello world from OpenClaw!"

# Post with an image
bird tweet "Check this out!" --media ./image.png

# Reply to a tweet
bird reply 1234567890123456789 "Thanks for sharing!"

# Search for tweets about AI
bird search "artificial intelligence" --json

# Get your home timeline
bird home -n 20

# Read a tweet thread
bird thread https://x.com/user/status/1234567890

# Get trending topics
bird trending

Troubleshooting

401 Unauthorized

Check that AUTH_TOKEN and CT0 are set and valid. Run bird check to verify.

Token Expired

Twitter tokens expire periodically. Re-copy from browser cookies.

Rate Limited

Twitter GraphQL API has rate limits. Wait a few minutes and retry.

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TL;DR: Fast Twitter/X CLI via bird. Set AUTH_TOKEN and CT0, then tweet, read, search, and manage your timeline!