# Twitter Reader

Read Twitter/X for financial research through opencli: the user's home timeline, tweet...

- Repository: https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills (3487 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-25
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill twitter-reader -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill twitter-reader -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill twitter-reader -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add himself65/finance-skills --skill twitter-reader -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add himself65/finance-skills`

## Description

Read Twitter/X for financial research through opencli: the user's home timeline, tweet search, trending topics, bookmarks, a user's recent tweets, threads, articles, profiles, followers and following, and notifications. Use this skill whenever the user wants to know what people are saying on Twitter/X or fintwit about a stock, topic, or market event, check their feed or bookmarks, see what's trending, or look up an @account and its posts. Read-only: it cannot post, like, retweet, reply, or follow.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Twitter Skill (Read-Only)

If your host has not already executed the shell probes below (for example, in Codex), run the commands inside the `!` wrappers with its shell tool before choosing a setup path. Use the actual output; if shell access is unavailable, report that limitation.

Reads Twitter/X for financial research using [opencli](https://github.com/jackwener/opencli), a universal CLI tool that bridges web services to the terminal via browser session reuse.

**This skill is read-only.** It is designed for financial research: searching market discussions, reading analyst tweets, tracking sentiment, and monitoring financial news on Twitter/X. It does NOT support posting, liking, retweeting, replying, or any write operations.

**Important**: opencli reuses your existing Chrome login session, no API keys or cookie extraction needed. Just be logged into x.com in Chrome and have the Browser Bridge extension installed.

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## Step 1: Ensure opencli Is Installed and Ready

**Current environment status:**

```
!`(command -v opencli && opencli doctor 2>&1 | head -5 && echo "READY" || echo "SETUP_NEEDED") 2>/dev/null || echo "NOT_INSTALLED"`
```

If the status above shows `READY`, skip to Step 2. If `NOT_INSTALLED`, install first:

```bash
# Install opencli globally
npm install -g @jackwener/opencli
```

If `SETUP_NEEDED`, guide the user through setup:

### Setup

opencli requires Node.js >= 20 and a Chrome browser with the Browser Bridge extension:

1. **Install the Browser Bridge extension:**
   - Download the latest `opencli-extension-v{version}.zip` from the [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/jackwener/opencli/releases)
   - Unzip it, open `chrome://extensions` in Chrome, and enable **Developer mode**
   - Click **Load unpacked** and select the unzipped folder
2. **Login to x.com** in Chrome, opencli reuses your existing browser session
3. **Verify connectivity:**

```bash
opencli doctor
```

The rest: https://github.com/himself65/finance-skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/social-readers/skills/twitter-reader/SKILL.md