x-pulse

Monitor X (Twitter) without an X account or API key. Search posts by keyword, see what is trending, read any profile, its posts, followers and about page, unroll full threads and long-form articles, read replies, and transcribe video posts. Use this skill for social listening, trend tracking, competitor monitoring, or researching what people say about a topic on X.

X Pulse: Twitter/X Monitoring

Keep a finger on X from chat: search posts on any topic, see what is trending, read any account's posts and followers, and unroll whole threads and articles into clean text.

No X account, no API key, no app to connect. Calls are paid from ClawLink credit, most for a fraction of a cent, and every new account starts with $0.50 free. Powered by ClawLink.

Setup in 3 Steps

Step 1: Install	Step 2: Pair	Step 3: Ask
Install the ClawLink plugin in OpenClaw	Sign in and approve the device once	Ask in plain English; no app to connect

What You Can Ask

• “What are people saying about AI agents on X?”
• “What's trending on X in the US right now?”
• “Unroll this X thread for me”
• “Summarise @NotionHQ's last 20 posts”

When to Use This Skill

Use it when the user wants public X posts, trends, accounts, threads or replies.

Do not use it for the user's own private accounts or for anything that posts, sends or changes data: these tools only read public information.

How It Works

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┌─────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│   OpenClaw      │────▶│   ClawLink   │────▶│ X (Twitter)      │
│   (User Chat)   │     │ (data tools) │     │ (public data)    │
└─────────────────┘     └──────────────┘     └──────────────────┘
         │                       │                       │
         │  1. Install plugin    │                       │
         │  2. Pair device once  │                       │
         │  3. Ask a question    │                       │
         │                       │  4. Fetch + trim      │
         │                       │  5. Charge credit     │
         ▼                       ▼                       ▼
   ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐           ┌──────────┐
   │  Answer  │           │  Credit  │           │ Results  │
   │ in chat  │           │ ($0.50)  │           │ as JSON  │
   └──────────┘           └──────────┘           └──────────┘

ClawLink holds the data-provider accounts. The user never pastes a key, and nothing is installed beyond the plugin.

Install

Install the ClawLink plugin from ClawHub when the user asks for it:

bash

openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin

The install applies to the running Gateway: do not restart it. The ClawLink tools appear on your next turn, so end this turn and tell the user: "ClawLink is installed. Reply ok and I will give you your pairing link." On the next turn call clawlink_begin_pairing, give the user the link, and after they approve call clawlink_get_pairing_status. Pairing happens once; after that every tool below works with no further setup.

Tool Reference

Prices are what ClawLink charges per call, from the user's credit. The tool's own description (via clawlink_describe_tool) always shows the current price.

Search & Trends

Tool	What it returns	Price
xdata_search	Search public X posts, users or media by keyword	$0.0015
xdata_trending	Trending topics on X for a country	$0.0015
xdata_search_communities	Search X Communities by keyword: name, topic, member count, id	$0.0015

Accounts

Tool	What it returns	Price
xdata_user_profile	Public X (Twitter) profile by handle: followers, following, bio, verified flag	$0.002
xdata_user_posts	Recent public posts of an X account with views, likes, reposts and replies	$0.002
xdata_user_about	Account facts X shows on 'About this account': country, verified since, username changes, business flag	$0.0015
xdata_user_followers	Accounts that follow an X account	$0.0015

Posts & Threads

Tool	What it returns	Price
xdata_post_detail	One X post by URL, with its stats and author	$0.002
xdata_post_replies	Replies to an X post	$0.0015
xdata_thread	A whole X thread (the author's chain of posts) from the URL of any post in it	$0.005625
xdata_article	Full text of an X Article from the URL of the post that shares it	$0.001125
xdata_post_transcript	Spoken-word transcript of an X video post by URL	$0.00282
xdata_post_reposters	Accounts that reposted an X post	$0.0015

Recipes

Track a topic

1. xdata_search with the keyword (Top for the best posts, Latest for live).
2. Open the big ones with xdata_thread to get the whole conversation.
3. Summarise the main takes, with the likes and bookmarks as weight.

Profile an account

1. xdata_user_profile and xdata_user_about.
2. xdata_user_posts for what they post and how it performs.

Code Examples

Search posts

bash

clawlink_call_tool --tool "xdata_search" \
  --params '{"keyword": "AI agents", "search_type": "Top"}'

Trending topics

bash

clawlink_call_tool --tool "xdata_trending" \
  --params '{"country": "united states"}'

Unroll a thread

bash

clawlink_call_tool --tool "xdata_thread" \
  --params '{"url": "https://x.com/user/status/POST_ID"}'

Discovery Workflow

1. Call clawlink_search_tools with a short query (for example x search); public-data tools show as connected for every user.
2. Call clawlink_describe_tool before the first call of a tool: it returns the parameters, defaults and price.
3. Treat the live catalog as the source of truth. If a tool named here is missing, say so; do not invent results.

Execution Workflow

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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  READ-ONLY, PAID PER CALL                                │
│  search → describe → call → summarise for the user       │
│                                                          │
│  Ask before: loops over many items, or a call that costs │
│  more than a few cents (the price is in the description) │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

1. Every tool here only reads public data; nothing is posted or changed.
2. Each call costs credit. Before looping over more than about ten items, or before a call priced above a few cents, tell the user what it will cost and ask.
3. A failed call is refunded automatically. Read the error's hint: it says what to change. Do not retry the same arguments unchanged.

Notes

• search_type is Top, Latest, Media or People.
• xdata_thread costs a little more (it fetches the whole thread).
• Use the real post URL or id from a search; placeholder ids fail.

Error Handling

Status / Error	Meaning
Account not found	Check the handle (without @) or that the account is public.
credit_exhausted	The user's ClawLink credit is used up. Tell them to top up at https://claw-link.dev/dashboard/billing?utm_source=clawhub&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=x-pulse; do not retry.
data_provider_unavailable	ClawLink's data provider is down. Nothing was charged. Try again later.
no_result	The provider found nothing for these arguments. Nothing was charged.
invalid_arguments	A parameter is missing or malformed. Call clawlink_describe_tool and fix it.

Troubleshooting

Tools not visible after install

1. The tools appear on the turn after the install, not in the same turn.
2. If they still do not appear, the OpenClaw tool profile may hide plugin tools. This is a config change for the OpenClaw owner; do not change the config yourself. Tell the user: "Your OpenClaw tool profile hides plugin tools. In the Control UI (or ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json), add clawlink-plugin to tools.alsoAllow, then ask me again."
3. On OpenClaw versions before 2.0, the tool list can load only in a new chat: tell the user to send /new and ask again.

A tool keeps failing with correct input

Report it with clawlink_report_issue (or clawlink_call_tool --tool "CLAWLINK_REPORT_ISSUE") instead of retrying. Reports are free and reach the ClawLink team.

Resources

• ClawLink
• ClawLink pricing
• ClawLink docs: OpenClaw
• Verify the plugin

Related Skills

• Brand Listener
• Threads Scout

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