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Use when user asks to "search Twitter", "read a tweet", "check my bookmarks", "find mentions", "get tweets from a list", "see who I follow", "extract tweets", or needs programmatic access to X/Twitter for research and information synthesis. Handles reading, searching, bookmarks, lists, and social graph queries.

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Twitter / X Research & Extraction

Programmatic access to Twitter/X via bird CLI. Primary use: search, read, extract, and synthesize information.

Core Commands

Reading & Threads

bird read <url-or-id>           # Single tweet
bird read <url> --json          # JSON output for processing
bird thread <url>               # Full conversation thread
bird replies <url> -n 20        # Replies to a tweet

Search

bird search "query" -n 10       # Search tweets
bird search "from:user topic"   # User-specific search
bird search "query" --json      # JSON for processing

Bookmarks & Likes

bird bookmarks                  # Your saved tweets
bird bookmarks -n 50 --json     # Bulk export
bird likes                      # Your liked tweets
bird unbookmark <url>           # Remove bookmark

Lists

bird lists                      # Your lists
bird list-timeline <list-id>    # Tweets from a list

Social Graph

bird following                  # Who you follow
bird followers                  # Who follows you
bird mentions                   # Tweets mentioning you

Extraction Workflows

Save tweets to file

bird search "topic" -n 50 --json > tweets.json
bird bookmarks --json > bookmarks.json
bird thread <url> --json > thread.json

Synthesize from search

  1. bird search "topic" -n 20 --json > results.json
  2. Read results.json
  3. Extract key insights, summarize themes

Export bookmarks for review

  1. bird bookmarks -n 100 --json > bookmarks.json
  2. Parse and categorize by topic
  3. Create summary or reading list

Auth & Troubleshooting

Check auth status:

bird whoami                     # Current account
bird check                      # Credential sources

Auth sources (checked in order):

  • Browser cookies (Firefox/Chrome)
  • SWEETISTICS_API_KEY env var
  • Explicit --auth-token and --ct0 flags

Common issues:

  • Rate limits: Wait and retry; reduce -n count
  • Auth expired: Re-login to Twitter in browser, cookies auto-refresh
  • No results: Check query syntax; try broader terms

Output Formats

  • Default: Human-readable with emoji
  • --plain: Stable text output, no emoji/color
  • --json: Machine-readable for processing
  • --json-full: Includes raw API response

Always use --json when extracting for synthesis.