--- name: xfetch description: Use xfetch CLI to fetch X/Twitter data - tweets, user profiles, search results, timelines, lists, DMs, and notifications. Use this skill whenever you need to retrieve any data from X/Twitter, whether the user asks to "get tweets", "look up a Twitter user", "search X for...", "check my timeline", "fetch bookmarks", "read DMs", or any variation involving X/Twitter data retrieval. Also use when the user pastes a tweet URL and wants its content, or asks to export Twitter data to CSV/JSON/SQLite. --- # xfetch - X/Twitter CLI Data Fetcher xfetch is a cookie-based X/Twitter scraper CLI. It requires no API keys - just browser cookies for authentication. It's installed globally as `xfetch` (or can be run via `npx @lxgic/xfetch` / `bunx @lxgic/xfetch`). ## Prerequisites Authentication must be set up first. Check with: ```bash xfetch auth check ``` If not authenticated, extract cookies from the user's browser: ```bash xfetch auth extract --browser chrome # or firefox, safari, arc, brave xfetch auth extract --browser chrome --profile "Profile 1" # specific profile ``` Or set tokens directly: ```bash xfetch auth set --auth-token --ct0 ``` ## Command Reference ### Single Tweet Accepts a tweet URL or numeric ID: ```bash xfetch tweet https://x.com/user/status/123456789 xfetch tweet 123456789 ``` Also works with X Article URLs (`/article/ID`). ### User Profile ```bash xfetch user @handle # by handle (@ is optional) xfetch user 12345678 # by numeric ID ``` ### User Tweets ```bash xfetch tweets @handle # latest 20 tweets xfetch tweets @handle -n 50 # 50 per page xfetch tweets @handle --replies # include replies xfetch tweets @handle --all # all pages (paginated) xfetch tweets @handle --max-pages 5 # limit to 5 pages ``` ### Thread / Conversation ```bash xfetch thread # full conversation thread ``` ### Search ```bash xfetch search "query" # top results xfetch search "query" --type latest # latest tweets xfetch search "query" --type people # user results xfetch search "query" --type photos # photo tweets xfetch search "query" --type videos # video tweets xfetch search "from:handle since:2024-01-01" # advanced operators xfetch search "query" -n 100 --all # all pages ``` Search types: `top` (default), `latest`, `people`, `photos`, `videos`. ### Timelines ```bash xfetch home # algorithmic home timeline xfetch home --following # chronological (following only) xfetch bookmarks # your bookmarks xfetch likes @handle # user's liked tweets ``` ### Followers / Following ```bash xfetch followers @handle -n 100 xfetch following @handle -n 100 ``` ### Lists ```bash xfetch lists @handle # user's lists xfetch list # list details xfetch list-members # list members xfetch list-tweets -n 50 # list timeline ``` ### Direct Messages ```bash xfetch dms # inbox overview xfetch dms inbox # same as above xfetch dms conversation # messages in a conversation xfetch dms # shortcut for above ``` ### Notifications ```bash xfetch notifications # all notifications xfetch mentions # mentions only xfetch verified-notifications # from verified accounts ``` ### Auth Management ```bash xfetch auth check # show auth status xfetch auth extract --browser chrome # extract cookies xfetch auth set --auth-token --ct0 # set tokens manually xfetch auth clear # clear saved auth xfetch auth browsers # list available browsers + profiles ``` ### Query ID Management ```bash xfetch query-ids --refresh # fetch latest query IDs from X frontend xfetch query-ids --list # show cached query IDs ``` ## Pagination Options All list-like commands (`tweets`, `search`, `followers`, `following`, `likes`, `bookmarks`, `home`, `notifications`, `mentions`, `list-members`, `list-tweets`, `dms inbox`, `dms conversation`) support these pagination options: | Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | `-n, --count ` | Results per page (default: 20) | | `--all` | Fetch all available pages | | `--max-pages ` | Maximum number of pages to fetch | | `--cursor ` | Resume from a specific cursor | | `--resume ` | Save/restore cursor state to a file | | `--delay ` | Delay between page requests (default: 1000ms) | ## Output Formats Control output with `--format`: ```bash xfetch tweets @handle --format json # pretty-printed JSON (default) xfetch tweets @handle --format jsonl # newline-delimited JSON (streaming) xfetch tweets @handle --format csv # CSV with headers xfetch tweets @handle --format sqlite --db tweets.db # SQLite database ``` Additional output flags: - `--json` — shorthand for `--format json` - `--plain` — disable pretty printing Pipe to files with shell redirection: ```bash xfetch tweets @handle -n 100 --format csv > tweets.csv xfetch search "AI" --all --format jsonl > results.jsonl ``` ## Global Options These can be passed to any command: | Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | `--auth-token ` | Override auth_token cookie | | `--ct0 ` | Override ct0 cookie | | `--cookie-source ` | Cookie source browser | | `--chrome-profile ` | Chrome profile name | | `--proxy ` | Proxy URL (`http://user:pass@host:port`) | | `--proxy-file ` | File with proxy URLs for rotation | | `--timeout ` | Request timeout (default: 30000) | | `--delay ` | Delay between requests (default: 500) | | `--no-color` | Disable colored output | ## Tips for Effective Use - When fetching large datasets, prefer `--format jsonl` for streaming output (avoids buffering entire result set in memory). - Use `--max-pages` instead of `--all` when you only need a sample — it's faster and avoids rate limits. - If a request fails with a 404 or query ID error, try `xfetch query-ids --refresh` to update cached query IDs — X periodically rotates these. - Pipe JSON output through `jq` for filtering: `xfetch tweets @handle | jq '.[].text'` - For SQLite output, always specify `--db`: `xfetch tweets @handle --format sqlite --db data.db` - Rate limits are handled internally with jitter, but high-volume scraping benefits from `--delay 2000` or higher.

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