X (Twitter) MCP

A simple Model Context Protocol server for Twitter/X. Post tweets, threads, and get metrics.

Features

Related MCP server: Apex MCP for X Management

Requirements

• Python 3.10+

• Twitter API credentials (OAuth 1.0a)

Setup

1. Get Twitter API Credentials

1. Go to Twitter Developer Portal

2. Create a project and app

3. Enable OAuth 1.0a with read and write permissions

4. Generate Access Token and Secret

2. Install

git clone https://github.com/arnaldo-delisio/x-mcp.git
cd x-mcp
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env with your credentials:

TWITTER_API_KEY=your_api_key
TWITTER_API_KEY_SECRET=your_api_key_secret
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_access_token
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=your_access_token_secret

4. Add to Claude Code

Add to your .mcp.json or Claude Code config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "x": {
      "command": "/path/to/x-mcp/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/path/to/x-mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Usage

Post a tweet

x_post_tweet("Hello world!")

Post a thread

Separate tweets with \n\n---\n\n:

x_post_thread("1/ First tweet here

---

2/ Second tweet continues

---

3/ Final tweet")

Get tweet metrics

x_get_tweet("1234567890")

Returns likes, retweets, replies, impressions, quotes, and bookmarks.

Roadmap

• Upload media (images, video)

• Quote tweet

• Batch metrics

License

MIT