steipete

bird

@steipete/bird
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Updated 1/6/2026
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X/Twitter CLI for reading, searching, and posting via cookies or Sweetistics.

Installation

$skills install @steipete/bird
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Details

Pathskills/bird/SKILL.md
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Scoped Name@steipete/bird

Usage

After installing, this skill will be available to your AI coding assistant.

Verify installation:

skills list

Skill Instructions


name: bird description: X/Twitter CLI for reading, searching, and posting via cookies or Sweetistics. homepage: https://bird.fast metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"🐦","requires":{"bins":["bird"]},"install":[{"id":"brew","kind":"brew","formula":"steipete/tap/bird","bins":["bird"],"label":"Install bird (brew)"}]}}

bird

Use bird to read/search X and post tweets/replies.

Quick start

  • bird whoami
  • bird read <url-or-id>
  • bird thread <url-or-id>
  • bird search "query" -n 5

Posting (confirm with user first)

  • bird tweet "text"
  • bird reply <id-or-url> "text"

Auth sources

  • Browser cookies (default: Firefox/Chrome)
  • Sweetistics API: set SWEETISTICS_API_KEY or use --engine sweetistics
  • Check sources: bird check