Twitter/X Scraper MCP Server

An MCP server that provides real-time Twitter/X data — user profiles with follower counts, recent tweets, and individual tweet details with engagement metrics — for use with Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible AI tools.

Features

• Get Profile — Get a Twitter/X user profile including bio, follower counts, and verification status
• Get Tweets — Get recent tweets from a Twitter/X user
• Get Tweet — Get a single tweet's details including engagement metrics

Tools

get_profile

Get a Twitter/X user profile including bio, follower counts, and verification status

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | username | string | Yes | Twitter/X username (without @) |

get_tweets

Get recent tweets from a Twitter/X user

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | username | string | Yes | Twitter/X username | | count | number | No | Number of tweets to return (default: 20) |

get_tweet

Get a single tweet's details including engagement metrics

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | tweet_id | string | Yes | Tweet ID |

Configuration

Get your API key from RapidAPI.

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twitter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pullapi/twitter-scraper-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "your-rapidapi-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage with Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP settings (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twitter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pullapi/twitter-scraper-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "your-rapidapi-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

License

MIT