bird

A command-line tool for posting tweets and replies via Twitter/X's GraphQL API.

Installation

cd ~/Projects/bird
pnpm install
pnpm run binary  # Creates the 'bird' executable

Usage

Post a tweet

bird tweet "Hello from bird!"

Reply to a tweet

# Using tweet URL
bird reply "https://x.com/user/status/1234567890" "This is my reply"

# Using tweet ID directly
bird reply 1234567890 "This is my reply"

Read a tweet

# Get tweet content by URL or ID
bird read "https://x.com/user/status/1234567890"
bird read 1234567890 --json

Check credentials

bird check

Authentication

The tool resolves credentials in the following order of priority:

1. CLI arguments (highest priority)

   bird --auth-token "xxx" --ct0 "yyy" tweet "Hello"
   

2. Environment variables

   export AUTH_TOKEN="xxx"
   export CT0="yyy"
   bird tweet "Hello"
   

   Alternative env var names: TWITTER_AUTH_TOKEN, TWITTER_CT0

3. Chrome cookies (fallback - macOS only)

   • Automatically extracts from Chrome's cookie database
   • Requires Chrome to be logged into x.com
   • May prompt for keychain access on first run

Getting Your Cookies

1. Open Chrome and log into x.com
2. Open DevTools (Cmd+Option+I)
3. Go to Application > Cookies > x.com
4. Copy the values for auth_token and ct0

Development

# Run in development mode
pnpm run dev tweet "Test"

# Run tests
pnpm test

# Run linter
pnpm run lint

# Fix lint issues
pnpm run lint:fix

Notes

• Chrome cookie extraction requires macOS (uses sqlite3 and security CLI tools)
• The keychain access may block when running over SSH - use env vars instead
• Twitter may rotate GraphQL query IDs - update src/lib/twitter-client.ts if needed