X (Twitter) Scraper API Skill: Search Tweets, Get Profile Tweets, Followers, Posting & Replies

An AI agent skill for Xquik, a Twitter API alternative for developers who need to search tweets, get tweets from profiles, export followers, download media, monitor accounts, and automate posting workflows.

Use it for advanced Twitter search, tweet search API calls, profile tweet scraping, follower export to CSV, media download, tweet scheduling, send tweets, post replies, like, repost, follow, DM, webhooks, MCP, and official SDK workflows from AI coding agents.

Includes 100+ REST API endpoints, 2 MCP tools, HMAC webhooks, 23 bulk extraction tools, and confirmation-gated write actions.

Works with 40+ AI coding agents including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, VS Code, Cline, Roo Code, Goose, Amp, Augment, Continue, OpenHands, Trae, OpenCode, and more.

Usage Costs

This installable skill can read credit balance and estimate usage costs. Users manage plan and credit changes in the Xquik dashboard.

vs Official X API

Source: official X API pricing, which lists current pay-per-usage rates.

Per-Operation Usage Credits

Skill Account Boundary

Only balance reads and usage estimates are in scope for this skill. Plan and credit changes are dashboard-only.

Installation

Install via the skills CLI (auto-detects your installed agents):

npx skills@1.5.3 add Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper

This installs the primary x-twitter-scraper skill, including SKILL.md and every file in references/.

Manual Installation

Use manual installation only when the skills CLI is unavailable. Copy the primary skill directory, not the repository root.

target_dir=".agents/skills/x-twitter-scraper"
tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper.git "$tmp_dir/x-twitter-scraper"
rm -rf "$target_dir"
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$target_dir")"
cp -R "$tmp_dir/x-twitter-scraper/skills/x-twitter-scraper" "$target_dir"
rm -rf "$tmp_dir"

Target directories:

• Codex / Cursor / Gemini CLI / GitHub Copilot / Cline / OpenCode: .agents/skills/x-twitter-scraper
• Claude Code: .claude/skills/x-twitter-scraper
• Windsurf: .windsurf/skills/x-twitter-scraper
• Roo Code: .roo/skills/x-twitter-scraper
• Continue: .continue/skills/x-twitter-scraper
• Goose: .goose/skills/x-twitter-scraper

What This Skill Does

When installed, this skill gives your AI coding assistant deep knowledge of the Xquik platform:

• Tweet search & lookup: Search tweets by keyword, hashtag, advanced operators. Get full engagement metrics for any tweet
• User profile lookup: Fetch follower/following counts, bio, location, and profile data for any X account
• User activity feeds: Get user's recent tweets, liked tweets, and media tweets
• Tweet engagement data: Get who liked (favoriters) any tweet, mutual followers between accounts
• Follower & following extraction: Extract complete follower lists, verified followers, and following lists
• Reply, retweet & quote extraction: Bulk extract all replies, retweets, and quote tweets
• Media download: Download images, videos, and GIFs with permanent hosted URLs
• Thread & article extraction: Extract full tweet threads and linked article content
• Community & Space data: Extract community members, moderators, posts, and Space participants
• Bookmarks & notifications: Access bookmarks, bookmark folders, notifications, and home timeline after explicit approval
• DM history: Retrieve conversation history with explicit approval
• Mutual follow checker: Check if two accounts follow each other
• X account monitoring: Track accounts for new tweets, replies, quotes, retweets with explicit approval
• Webhook delivery: Receive HMAC-signed event notifications at your HTTPS endpoint
• Trending topics: Get trending hashtags and topics by region
• Radar: Trending news from supported trend and news sources. Free
• Giveaway draws: Run transparent draws from tweet replies with configurable filters
• Write actions: Post tweets, like, retweet, follow/unfollow, remove followers, send DMs, update profile, upload media, manage communities after explicit approval
• Tweet composition: Algorithm-optimized tweet composer with scoring (free)
• Usage credits: Check balance and estimate costs; dashboard handles plan and credit changes
• Support tickets: Open and manage support tickets via API
• MCP server: 2 tools covering 100+ endpoints for AI agent integration

Capabilities

Supported Agents

Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, VS Code Copilot, Cline, Roo Code, Goose, Amp, Augment, Continue, OpenHands, Trae, OpenCode, and any agent that supports the skills.sh protocol.

API Coverage

Official SDKs & Tools

Use the X Twitter Scraper API in your language of choice. All SDKs are auto-generated, kept in sync with the OpenAPI spec, and follow idiomatic conventions for each ecosystem.

Skill Structure

x-twitter-scraper/
├── skills/
│   └── x-twitter-scraper/
│       ├── SKILL.md                      # Main skill (auth, pricing, endpoints, patterns)
│       ├── metadata.json                 # Version and references
│       └── references/
│           ├── api-endpoints.md          # REST API endpoint reference
│           ├── mcp-tools.md              # MCP tool selection rules and workflow patterns
│           ├── mcp-setup.md              # MCP configs for 10 platforms (v2 + v1)
│           ├── webhooks.md               # Webhook setup & verification
│           ├── extractions.md            # 23 extraction tool types
│           ├── types.md                  # TypeScript type definitions
│           └── python-examples.md        # Python code examples
├── task-guides/                          # Public task guides, not installable skills
├── server.json                           # MCP Registry metadata
├── logo.png                              # Marketplace logo
├── LICENSE                               # MIT
└── README.md                             # This file

Links

• Xquik Documentation
• API Reference
• MCP Server Guide
• Framework guides: Mastra, CrewAI, LangChain, Pydantic AI, Google ADK, Microsoft Agent Framework, n8n, Zapier, Make, Pipedream, Composio migration
• skills.sh Page
• skills.sh Primary Skill Page

License

MIT