---
name: x-twitter-scraper-8df1a0a2f614
description: "X (Twitter) data platform skill — tweet search, user lookup, follower extraction, engagement metrics, giveaway draws, monitoring, webhooks, 19 extraction tools, MCP server."
category: data
risk: safe
source: community
tags: "[twitter, x-api, scraping, mcp, social-media, data-extraction, giveaway, monitoring, webhooks]"
date_added: "2026-02-28"
---

# X (Twitter) Scraper — Xquik

## Overview

Gives your AI agent full access to X (Twitter) data through the Xquik platform. Covers tweet search, user profiles, follower extraction, engagement metrics, giveaway draws, account monitoring, webhooks, and 19 bulk extraction tools — all via REST API or MCP server.

## When to Use This Skill

- User needs to search X/Twitter for tweets by keyword, hashtag, or user
- User wants to look up a user profile (bio, follower counts, etc.)
- User needs engagement metrics for a specific tweet (likes, retweets, views)
- User wants to check if one account follows another
- User needs to extract followers, replies, retweets, quotes, or community members in bulk
- User wants to run a giveaway draw from tweet replies
- User needs real-time monitoring of an X account (new tweets, follower changes)
- User wants webhook delivery of monitored events
- User asks about trending topics on X

## Setup

### Install the Skill

```bash
npx skills add Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper
```

Or clone manually into your agent's skills directory:

```bash
# Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper.git .claude/skills/x-twitter-scraper

# Cursor / Codex / Gemini CLI / Copilot
git clone https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper.git .agents/skills/x-twitter-scraper
```

### Get an API Key

1. Sign up at [xquik.com](https://xquik.com)
2. Generate an API key from the dashboard
3. Set it as an environment variable or pass it directly

```bash
export XQUIK_API_KEY="xq_YOUR_KEY_HERE"
```

## Capabilities

| Capability | Description |
|---|---|
| Tweet Search | Find tweets by keyword, hashtag, from:user, "exact phrase" |
| User Lookup | Profile info, bio, follower/following counts |
| Tweet Lookup | Full metrics — likes, retweets, replies, quotes, views, bookmarks |
| Follow Check | Check if A follows B (both directions) |
| Trending Topics | Top trends by region (free, no quota) |
| Account Monitoring | Track new tweets, replies, retweets, quotes, follower changes |
| Webhooks | HMAC-signed real-time event delivery to your endpoint |
| Giveaway Draws | Random winner selection from tweet replies with filters |
| 19 Extraction Tools | Followers, following, verified followers, mentions, posts, replies, reposts, quotes, threads, articles, communities, lists, Spaces, people search |
| MCP Server | StreamableHTTP endpoint for AI-native integrations |

## Examples

**Search tweets:**
```
"Search X for tweets about 'claude code' from the last week"
```

**Look up a user:**
```
"Who is @elonmusk? Show me their profile and follower count"
```

**Check engagement:**
```
"How many likes and retweets does this tweet have? https://x.com/..."
```

**Run a giveaway:**
```
"Pick 3 random winners from the replies to this tweet"
```

**Monitor an account:**
```
"Monitor @openai for new tweets and notify me via webhook"
```

**Bulk extraction:**
```
"Extract all followers of @anthropic"
```

## API Reference

| Endpoint | Method | Purpose |
|----------|--------|---------|
| `/x/tweets/{id}` | GET | Single tweet with full metrics |
| `/x/tweets/search` | GET | Search tweets |
| `/x/users/{username}` | GET | User profile |
| `/x/followers/check` | GET | Follow relationship |
| `/trends` | GET | Trending topics |
| `/monitors` | POST | Create monitor |
| `/events` | GET | Poll monitored events |
| `/webhooks` | POST | Register webhook |
| `/draws` | POST | Run giveaway draw |
| `/extractions` | POST | Start bulk extraction |
| `/extractions/estimate` | POST | Estimate extraction cost |
| `/account` | GET | Account & usage info |

**Base URL:** `https://xquik.com/api/v1`
**Auth:** `x-api-key: xq_...` header
**MCP:** `https://xquik.com/mcp` (StreamableHTTP, same API key)

## Repository

https://github.com/Xquik-dev/x-twitter-scraper

**Maintained By:** [Xquik](https://xquik.com)


---
Source attribution: Endsi3g
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# Dave AI resource metadata

Creator / publisher: Endsi3g
Original project: https://github.com/Endsi3g/M.Alfred-The-personal-assistant-of-Uprising-Studio-/blob/9d41adf0685abd7f610d931920fe1e9e96e590a1/modules/awesome_skills/skills/x-twitter-scraper/SKILL.md
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Fields of work: Marketing
Roles: Content Marketer, Growth Marketer, Influencer Marketer, Marketing Analyst, Social Media Manager
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