x-research

X (Twitter) research

Look up public X profiles, recent posts, and individual post content/engagement — all as normalized JSON from the Crawlora API, no browser automation or official X API access required.

When to use this skill

• "What's 's profile / follower count on X?"
• "Pull 's recent posts on X."
• "What does this X post say, and what's its engagement?"
• Competitor or influencer social-listening on X without X API access.

Setup (one-time)

• Get a free Crawlora API key (2,000 credits/mo, no card) at https://crawlora.net.
• Set CRAWLORA_API_KEY in the environment before running the helper.
• The helper reads CRAWLORA_API_KEY from the environment and sends requests to https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1. Missing/invalid key → 401.

How it works

1. Profile — GET /x/profile/{username} returns public profile details for an X username, including visible counts and profile media when available.
2. Profile posts — GET /x/profile/{username}/posts returns posts from the first public profile page payload (defaults to 20, max 50 via limit). It does not paginate replies, media-only tabs, or search results.
3. Post detail — GET /x/post/{id} returns a single public post by numeric post id, including author, text, visible metrics, and a quoted post preview when present. Pass username to require the author match (mismatches return 404).

Full endpoint list, methods, and params: reference/endpoints.md.

Calling the API

# Profile:
scripts/crawlora.sh /x/profile/nasa | jq '.'

# Profile posts (capped at 50 per page):
scripts/crawlora.sh /x/profile/nasa/posts limit=30 | jq '.'

# Single post, with author check:
scripts/crawlora.sh /x/post/1234567890 username=nasa | jq '.'

Use scripts/crawlora.sh for all requests; it keeps the API key out of command-line arguments.

Endpoint reference

See reference/endpoints.md for all X endpoints this skill uses.

Examples

• Profile snapshot: /x/profile/<handle> for follower/following counts and bio before deciding whether an account is worth tracking.
• Recent activity check: /x/profile/<handle>/posts to see posting cadence and topics without paging into replies or media tabs.
• Single post lookup: /x/post/<id> to pull a specific post's text and metrics, e.g. from a link shared elsewhere, optionally verifying the author with username=.

Notes & limits

• Credits / pay-on-success: billed only on 2xx; free tier 2,000 credits/mo. Key at https://crawlora.net.
• Public data only — public profiles/posts; no login, no private content. Respect X's terms.
• Security: key lives in CRAWLORA_API_KEY only — never hardcode, query-param, or commit it.
• No search or trending on X — this skill only covers profile, profile posts, and post detail; there is no /x/search or trending endpoint.
• Profile posts is single-page, not cursor-paginated — /x/profile/{username}/posts only returns what's in the first page payload (limit 1-50, default 20); it won't walk further back in a timeline.
• Post lookup is by numeric id only — /x/post/{id} needs the post's numeric id, not a tweet URL slug or username; pass username to guard against id collisions/mismatches.