Twitterapi runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 30 installs a week from npm. Last commit 3 Jul 2026.
Read/write X (Twitter) via twitterapi.io: mentions, thread context, create and delete tweets.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Twitterapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add twitterapi -e 'TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY=<TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY>' -- npx -y @pedrot95dev/twitterapi.mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"twitterapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pedrot95dev/twitterapi.mcp"
],
"env": {
"TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY": "<TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.twitterapi]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@pedrot95dev/twitterapi.mcp"]
env = { TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY = "<TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"twitterapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pedrot95dev/twitterapi.mcp"
],
"env": {
"TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY": "<TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"twitterapi": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pedrot95dev/twitterapi.mcp"
],
"env": {
"TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY": "<TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<TWITTERAPI_IO_KEY> (twitterapi.io API key (x-api-key). Required for all tools).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
TWITTERAPI_IO_AUTH_TOKEN (auth_token cookie from a logged-in X session. Write tools only), TWITTERAPI_IO_CT0 (ct0 cookie from the same logged-in X session. Write tools only), TWITTERAPI_IO_PROXY (Residential proxy (http://user:pass@ip:port). Write tools only).
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Twitterapi — questions
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