Twitter MCP Server

A powerful Twitter integration for AI agents that leverages the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard, providing a comprehensive set of Twitter functionality through a clean and consistent interface.

Overview

This server provides access to Twitter's features through MCP tools, allowing seamless integration with AI assistants and other MCP-compatible clients. It's built on top of the agent-twitter-client library and provides robust error handling, rate limiting, and consistent response formatting.

Related MCP server: MCP Twitter

Features

Basic Reading

• Get tweets from users with media support

• Fetch user profiles with detailed information

• Search tweets by hashtags or keywords

• Filter search results by latest/top

• Rate limiting (max 50 tweets per request)

User Interactions

• Like/Unlike tweets

• Retweet/Undo retweet

• Post tweets with:

  • Text content

  • Media attachments (images, videos)

  • Reply functionality

  • Quote tweet capability

Advanced Features

• Get user relationships (followers/following)

• Fetch trending topics

• Access different timeline types:

  • Home timeline

  • Following timeline

  • User timeline

• List management (fetch list tweets)

Media & Advanced Interactions

• Media handling:

  • Image upload (JPEG, PNG, GIF)

  • Video upload (MP4)

  • Alt text support

• Thread creation

• Follow/Unfollow users

Tools

Reading Tools

• get_tweets - Fetch recent tweets from a user

• get_profile - Get a user's profile information

• search_tweets - Search for tweets by hashtag or keyword

Interaction Tools

• like_tweet - Like or unlike a tweet

• retweet - Retweet or undo retweet

• post_tweet - Post a new tweet with optional media

• create_thread - Create a Twitter thread

Timeline Tools

• get_timeline - Get tweets from different timeline types

• get_list_tweets - Get tweets from a Twitter list

• get_trends - Get current trending topics

User Management Tools

• get_user_relationships - Get followers or following list

• follow_user - Follow or unfollow a user

Installation

1. Install dependencies:

npm install

2. Build the server:

npm run build

3. Configure environment variables:

# Required: Twitter Account Credentials (for user authentication)
TWITTER_USERNAME=your_username
TWITTER_PASSWORD=your_password
TWITTER_EMAIL=your_email

# Twitter API Authentication (Optional)
TWITTER_API_KEY=your_api_key
TWITTER_API_SECRET_KEY=your_api_secret_key
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_access_token
TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=your_access_token_secret

4. Add the server config to your MCP client:

On MacOS:

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On Windows:

%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twitter-mcp-server": {
      "command": "/path/to/twitter-mcp-server/build/index.js"
    }
  }
}

Development

For development with auto-rebuild:

npm run watch

Debugging

Since MCP servers communicate over stdio, you can use the MCP Inspector for debugging:

npm run inspector

The Inspector will provide a URL to access debugging tools in your browser.

Error Handling

The server implements comprehensive error handling:

• Input validation for all parameters

• Rate limiting protection

• Detailed error messages

• Proper error propagation

• Logging for debugging

Response Format

All tools return responses in a consistent format:

{
  content: [{
    type: "text",
    text: string // JSON stringified response or error message
  }]
}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details