Setup & Installation
openclaw skills install @tylordius/x-read
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
npx clawhub install x-read
What This Skill Does
Fetches content from public X (Twitter) permalink URLs using a headless Chromium browser. Extracts tweet text, media attachments, and thread replies without an account or API key, then returns a structured markdown summary.
Uses a real browser to bypass login walls that block direct HTTP requests to X without consuming API credits or requiring account credentials.
When to use it
- Reading a tweet thread without an X account
- Capturing tweet text and media for research notes
- Summarizing an article posted on X
- Archiving a public tweet before deletion
- Extracting media links from a specific tweet
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
INPUT
User asks: summarize this thread https://x.com/someuser/status/1234567890
AGENT
- 1Launch Puppeteer with a sandboxed Chromium instance and realistic user-agent
- 2Navigate to the provided X permalink URL
- 3Wait for tweet article elements to load, then capture the main tweet and up to three replies
- 4Extract author, timestamp, tweet text, linked card URLs, and media attachments
- 5Format output as a markdown summary with headings, inline images, and linked articles
OUTPUT
Markdown thread summary listing the author handle, timestamp, full tweet text, any linked article title and URL, and media rendered as inline images