Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @tolibear/bird-dms
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install bird-dms
What This Skill Does
Bird DM is an add-on to the bird CLI that reads X/Twitter direct messages. It lists DM conversations and retrieves message threads by conversation ID. Authentication uses the browser session already established by bird.
Reads DMs without requiring X API credentials by reusing the browser cookie session that bird already manages.
When to use it
- Check unread DMs from followers
- List active conversations with latest message previews
- Read a full conversation thread by ID
- Export DM data as JSON for archiving or scripting
- Monitor group chats for new activity
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: Check my Twitter DMs and summarize any new messages
AGENT
- 1Run bird-dm inbox to list recent conversations
- 2Identify conversations with new messages
- 3Run bird-dm read <conv-id> for each relevant conversation
- 4Summarize message content and senders
OUTPUT
Summary of new DMs: @alice sent 2 messages about a project article, group 'Project Team' has a meeting update from @carol