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Publish Markdown to X (Twitter) Articles as a draft (never auto-publish). Use when the user asks to publish/post an article to X Articles, convert Markdown to X Articles rich text, or mentions "X article", "publish to X", "post to Twitter articles". Converts Markdown → HTML, pastes rich text, and inserts images deterministically.

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X Article Publisher

Publish Markdown content into X (Twitter) Articles as a draft, preserving formatting via rich text paste and deterministic image insertion.

Hard Rules (Safety)

  1. Never auto-publish (draft only; user publishes manually).
  2. User must be logged in before automation starts.
  3. First image = cover image (if any).

Prerequisites

  • Browser automation available (Playwright MCP or equivalent)
  • X account can access Articles (Premium / Premium Plus)
  • macOS recommended (clipboard helper uses Cocoa)
  • Python 3.9+ with:
    • pip install Pillow pyobjc-framework-Cocoa

Inputs / Outputs (Recommended)

Inputs (paths only):

  • article_md_path: Markdown file to publish
  • Optional: run_dir for artifacts (otherwise use /tmp/)

Outputs (recommended artifacts):

  • /tmp/x_article.json (parsed structure)
  • /tmp/x_article.html (HTML body for paste)
  • Optional: run_dir/evidence/x-article-draft.md (what was done + links)

Bundled Scripts

Installed path (typical):

  • ~/.claude/skills/tool-x-article-publisher/scripts/parse_markdown.py
  • ~/.claude/skills/tool-x-article-publisher/scripts/copy_to_clipboard.py

Runbook (Step-by-step)

Follow: references/runbook.md