@cli4ai/twitter

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X/Twitter automation via Puppeteer. Requires Chrome running with remote debugging.

Setup

npm i -g cli4ai
cli4ai add -g chrome twitter

1. Start Chrome with remote debugging (see @cli4ai/chrome), then:

cli4ai run chrome connect

2. Make sure you’re logged into X/Twitter in that Chrome session.

Commands

Core

cli4ai run twitter timeline [count]           # Home timeline
cli4ai run twitter notifications [count]      # Your notifications
cli4ai run twitter search "<query>" [count]   # Search tweets
cli4ai run twitter post "<message>"           # Post a tweet
cli4ai run twitter reply <url> "<message>"    # Reply to a tweet
cli4ai run twitter profile <handle>           # Get user profile
cli4ai run twitter digest [handles...]        # Last 24h tweets

Trend Analysis

cli4ai run twitter trends [location]          # Current trending topics
cli4ai run twitter analytics <handle> [n]     # Engagement stats for user's tweets
cli4ai run twitter tweet <url>                # Detailed stats for single tweet
cli4ai run twitter mentions "<query>" [n]     # Track mentions/topic with engagement

Network Analysis

cli4ai run twitter followers <handle> [n]     # List followers with their stats
cli4ai run twitter following <handle> [n]     # List who they follow
cli4ai run twitter engagers <handle> [n]      # Top accounts engaging with user

Advanced

cli4ai run twitter compare <h1> <h2>          # Side-by-side account comparison
cli4ai run twitter likes <handle> [n]         # What they've liked recently
cli4ai run twitter bookmarks [n]              # Your saved tweets
cli4ai run twitter lists <handle>             # User's lists

Examples

# What's trending right now?
cli4ai run twitter trends

# Get engagement analytics for a user
cli4ai run twitter analytics steipete 20
# Returns: avg likes/retweets/views, engagement rate, top tweets

# Deep dive on a specific tweet
cli4ai run twitter tweet "https://x.com/elonmusk/status/123456789"
# Returns: full engagement (replies, retweets, likes, bookmarks, views), engagement rate

# Track mentions of a topic or user
cli4ai run twitter mentions "claude AI" 20
cli4ai run twitter mentions "@anthropic" 10
# Returns: tweets with engagement stats, total/avg engagement

# Daily digest from specific accounts
cli4ai run twitter digest steipete badlogicgames

# Network analysis
cli4ai run twitter followers steipete 20        # Who follows them
cli4ai run twitter following elonmusk 10        # Who they follow
cli4ai run twitter engagers steipete            # Top accounts engaging (visits likes/RTs pages)

# Advanced
cli4ai run twitter compare steipete badlogicgames  # Side-by-side comparison
cli4ai run twitter likes steipete 10            # What they've liked
cli4ai run twitter bookmarks 20                 # Your saved tweets
cli4ai run twitter lists someuser               # User's public lists

Output

All commands output JSON for easy piping:

# Get top trending topic
cli4ai run twitter trends | jq '.[0]'

# Get engagement rate for a user
cli4ai run twitter analytics steipete 10 | jq '.engagementRate'

# Get views on a tweet
cli4ai run twitter tweet "https://x.com/user/status/123" | jq '.engagement.views'