Twitter/X CLI wrapper using bird — post tweets, reply, read, search, and manage your timeline. Fast GraphQL-based X CLI.
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Fast Twitter/X CLI wrapper using
birdexport AUTH_TOKEN=<your_twitter_auth_token> export CT0=<your_twitter_ct0_cookie>
auth_tokenAUTH_TOKENct0CT0# Check login status bird whoamiCheck 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
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Post a new tweet |
| Reply to a tweet |
| Tweet with media (up to 4 images or 1 video) |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Read/fetch a tweet |
| Show full conversation thread |
| List replies to a tweet |
| Get user's tweets |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Home timeline ("For You" feed) |
| Tweets mentioning you |
| Your liked tweets |
| Your bookmarked tweets |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Search tweets |
| AI-curated news from Explore |
| Trending topics |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| Show logged-in account |
| Check credential availability |
| Follow a user |
| Unfollow a user |
| List your followers |
| List users you follow |
| Your Twitter lists |
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| JSON output |
| Include raw API response |
| Plain text (no emoji, no color) |
| Disable emoji |
| Disable ANSI colors |
| Request timeout |
Reads from:
~/.config/bird/config.json5./.birdrc.json5Supports:
chromeProfilefirefoxProfilecookieTimeoutMstimeoutMsquoteDepth| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| Required — Twitter auth_token cookie |
| Required — Twitter ct0 cookie |
| Disable colors |
| Default timeout |
| Cookie extraction timeout |
| Max quoted tweet depth |
# Check who's logged in bird whoamiPost 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
Check that
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TL;DR: Fast Twitter/X CLI via bird. Set
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