Twikit
About
Integrate with X (Twitter) for social media data analysis.
Details
- Author
- adhikasp
- Repository
- adhikasp/mcp-twikit
- GitHub stars
- 149
- Downloads
- 401
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, AI, Community, Media, Search, Infrastructure, Project Management, API, Other
Jump to
- Search tweets by query and sort by latest.
- Retrieve tweets from your own home timeline.
- Compare sentiments across multiple Twitter accounts.
- Example usage with mcp-client-cli.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
TwikitCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)uvxArguments-
Argument 1
--from -
Argument 2
git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-twikit -
Argument 3
mcp-twikit
Environment-
TWITTER_EMAIL
me@example.com -
TWITTER_PASSWORD
secret -
TWITTER_USERNAME
@example
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
To install Twikit Twitter Search for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install mcp-twikit --client claude
{
"mcpServer": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["--from", "git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-twikit", "mcp-twikit"],
"env": {
"TWITTER_USERNAME": "@example",
"TWITTER_EMAIL": "me@example.com",
"TWITTER_PASSWORD": "secret",
}
}
}
Using mcp-client-cli
compare
Compare sentiments across different Twitter accounts. Parameters: latest tweet count (integer), accounts (string).
search_twitter
Search for tweets directed at a specific Twitter account. Parameters: query (string), count (integer), sort_by (string).
get_timeline
Retrieve the latest tweets from your Twitter timeline. No parameters required.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"twikit": {
"env": {
"TWITTER_EMAIL": "me@example.com",
"TWITTER_PASSWORD": "secret",
"TWITTER_USERNAME": "@example"
},
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-twikit",
"mcp-twikit"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
Linux
{
"env": {
"TWITTER_EMAIL": "me@example.com",
"TWITTER_PASSWORD": "secret",
"TWITTER_USERNAME": "@example"
},
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-twikit",
"mcp-twikit"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
Macos
{
"env": {
"TWITTER_EMAIL": "me@example.com",
"TWITTER_PASSWORD": "secret",
"TWITTER_USERNAME": "@example"
},
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-twikit",
"mcp-twikit"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
Windows
{
"env": {
"TWITTER_EMAIL": "me@example.com",
"TWITTER_PASSWORD": "secret",
"TWITTER_USERNAME": "@example"
},
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/adhikasp/mcp-twikit",
"mcp-twikit"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
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