read-x

Read X/Twitter posts and articles — no API key, no auth, no browser needed. Uses FxTwitter API to fetch full tweet content, media, engagement stats, and long-form articles.

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Install skill "read-x" with this command: npx skills add mikeygonz/skills/mikeygonz-skills-read-x

Read X

Fetch full content from X/Twitter posts and articles — no API key, no auth, no browser needed.

How It Works

Use the FxTwitter API — a public, no-auth API that returns full tweet JSON including embedded articles, media, and engagement stats.

Endpoint

https://api.fxtwitter.com/{username}/status/{tweet_id}

When to Use

  • User shares an x.com or twitter.com URL
  • User asks to read/summarize an X post or article
  • User shares a thread or long-form X article

When NOT to Use

  • User just wants to post/reply on X (this is read-only)
  • URL is not a post (e.g., x.com/username profile page)

How to Fetch

Use web_fetch on the fxtwitter URL:

web_fetch: https://api.fxtwitter.com/{username}/status/{tweet_id}

Extracting from the URL

Given: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1234567890

  • username: elonmusk
  • tweet_id: 1234567890
  • API URL: https://api.fxtwitter.com/elonmusk/status/1234567890

Response Structure

The API returns JSON with:

  • tweet.text — tweet text
  • tweet.author — author info (name, handle, followers, bio)
  • tweet.likes, tweet.retweets, tweet.views — engagement
  • tweet.article — full long-form article content (if present)
    • tweet.article.title — article title
    • tweet.article.content.blocks[] — article body (block-based, like Draft.js)
      • Each block has text, type (unstyled, header-two, blockquote, atomic), and inlineStyleRanges (Bold, Italic)
  • tweet.media — attached images/videos
  • tweet.replying_to — if it's a reply, who it's replying to

Rendering Articles

When tweet.article exists, render it as clean markdown:

  • header-two## heading
  • blockquote> quote
  • Bold inline style → **bold**
  • Italic inline style → *italic*
  • atomic with DIVIDER entity → ---
  • Links in entityMap[text](url)

Limitations

  • Read-only (no posting, liking, replying)
  • Some tweets may be unavailable (deleted, protected accounts)
  • Rate limits exist but are generous for casual use
  • Threads: each tweet is a separate request (follow replying_to chain)

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