Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
What This Skill Does
Searches X/Twitter for public sentiment and discussion on any topic using three fallback tiers: a free API, web search, and browser scraping. Returns structured briefings summarizing what people are saying.
The tiered fallback approach means results are returned even when the primary API is rate-limited or unavailable, without requiring any API keys for basic use.
When to use it
- Checking public reaction to a product launch
- Monitoring sentiment around a competitor
- Researching trending opinions before writing a report
- Gathering community buzz on a new technology
- Pulling cached briefings on a recurring topic
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: what are people saying about GPT-5?
- 1Run social_research.py with 'GPT-5 reactions' as the topic
- 2Attempt Tier 1 FxTwitter API fetch for recent public tweets
- 3Fall back to Tier 2 web search if API returns insufficient results
- 4Compile results into a structured briefing
A briefing summarizing public sentiment, notable reactions, and recurring themes around GPT-5