What this skill does
Post to X (Twitter) using the official API with OAuth 1.0a. Use when you need to tweet, post updates, or publish content. Bypasses rate limits and bot detection that affect cookie-based approaches like bird CLI.
X Api is part of the Messaging & Channels category — messaging and channel skills that connect your agent to chat platforms. You can install it on its own or alongside other messaging & channels skills from the OpenClaw catalog.
How to install X Api
The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:
- Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
- Open the in-app Skills panel.
- Search for
x-apiand click Install. - The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.
Install from the command line
If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add X Api with a single command:
openclaw skills add x-api
This pulls x-api from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/x-api/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.
How to use X Api
Once installed, X Api activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.
Turning social content into video
X Api works with social content. Getting from there to something postable is a separate job: ViralMint — an open-source video pipeline — renders a script or a set of clips into a finished vertical video with captions, ready to post.
It runs as an MCP server, so an OpenClaw agent can drive it from the same chat you already use: ask for a short, and the render comes back finished. See how to connect a video pipeline to your agent.
Manual install (advanced)
If you prefer manual installation:
- Click the Download .zip button above to grab
x-api-0.1.0.zipdirectly from our S3 mirror. - Unzip into
~/.openclaw/skills/x-api/(create the directory if it does not exist). - Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.
Frequently asked questions
How do I install X Api?
Install X Api in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for x-api, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add x-api. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/x-api/.
Is X Api free?
Yes. X Api is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.
What does X Api do?
Post to X (Twitter) using the official API with OAuth 1.0a. Use when you need to tweet, post updates, or publish content. Bypasses rate limits and bot detection that affect cookie-based approaches like bird CLI.
Related: more messaging & channels skills
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Free, open-source · Apache-2.0 · Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or local Ollama models