X API Skill

Use this skill to run X API v2 operations through uxc + OpenAPI.

Reuse the uxc skill for shared execution, auth, and error-handling guidance.

Prerequisites

• uxc is installed and available in PATH.
• Network access to https://api.x.com.
• Access to the official OpenAPI schema URL:
  • https://api.x.com/2/openapi.json
• An X developer app with OAuth2 enabled.

Authentication

Preferred Path: OAuth2 Authorization Code + PKCE (User Context)

This path is required for user-context operations such as bookmarks, home timeline, posting, replying, and DM actions.

1. Start OAuth2 login:

uxc auth oauth start x-api-user \
  --endpoint https://api.x.com/2 \
  --client-id M3VseG9xOXZXZVREZnNqWk9jN1I6MTpjaQ \
  --redirect-uri http://127.0.0.1:11111/callback \
  --scope users.read \
  --scope tweet.read \
  --scope tweet.write \
  --scope tweet.moderate.write \
  --scope media.write \
  --scope like.read \
  --scope like.write \
  --scope follows.read \
  --scope follows.write \
  --scope list.read \
  --scope list.write \
  --scope timeline.read \
  --scope space.read \
  --scope mute.read \
  --scope mute.write \
  --scope block.read \
  --scope block.write \
  --scope bookmark.read \
  --scope bookmark.write \
  --scope dm.read \
  --scope dm.write \
  --authorization-endpoint https://x.com/i/oauth2/authorize \
  --token-endpoint https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token

This default example intentionally includes the full OAuth2 user scope set exposed by the current X OpenAPI surface, excluding offline.access to avoid refresh-token compatibility failures observed on some X app configurations. Add --scope offline.access only when you explicitly need long-lived refresh behavior and have verified token refresh works for your app.

2. Open the returned authorization URL in browser and finish consent.
3. Complete login with the callback URL:

uxc auth oauth complete x-api-user \
  --session-id <session_id> \
  --authorization-response '<callback_url>'

4. Bind credential to X API:

uxc auth binding add \
  --id x-api-user \
  --host api.x.com \
  --path-prefix /2 \
  --scheme https \
  --credential x-api-user \
  --priority 100

5. Verify binding:

uxc auth binding match https://api.x.com/2

Optional Path: App-only Bearer Token (Public Reads)

App-only bearer auth is useful for selected public read endpoints.

Do not embed bearer tokens in this skill or repository. Configure local credentials only.

uxc auth credential set x-api-app \
  --auth-type bearer \
  --secret-env X_API_BEARER_TOKEN

uxc auth binding add \
  --id x-api-app \
  --host api.x.com \
  --path-prefix /2 \
  --scheme https \
  --credential x-api-app \
  --priority 90

Use --auth x-api-app when you intentionally want app-only requests.

Core Workflow

1. Use fixed link command by default:

   • command -v x-openapi-cli
   • If missing, create it: uxc link x-openapi-cli https://api.x.com --schema-url https://api.x.com/2/openapi.json
   • x-openapi-cli -h

2. Inspect operation schema first:

   • x-openapi-cli get:/2/users/me -h
   • x-openapi-cli get:/2/users/{id}/bookmarks -h
   • x-openapi-cli post:/2/tweets -h

3. Execute reads before writes:

   • x-openapi-cli get:/2/users/me
   • x-openapi-cli get:/2/users/{id}/bookmarks id=<user_id> max_results=20
   • x-openapi-cli get:/2/users/{id}/timelines/reverse_chronological id=<user_id> max_results=20

4. Execute writes with explicit user confirmation:

   • key/value: x-openapi-cli post:/2/tweets text='hello from uxc'
   • positional JSON: x-openapi-cli post:/2/tweets '{"text":"hello from uxc"}'

Subscribe / Stream Status

X stream endpoints are HTTP streaming routes and can be used with uxc subscribe raw HTTP stream mode.

Example:

uxc subscribe start https://api.x.com/2/tweets/search/stream \
  --auth x-api-app \
  --sink file:$HOME/.uxc/subscriptions/x-search-stream.ndjson

Use the relevant stream rule-management endpoints before starting stream consumers.

Guardrails

• Keep automation on JSON output envelope; do not use --text.
• Parse stable fields first: ok, kind, protocol, data, error.
• x-openapi-cli <operation> ... is equivalent to uxc https://api.x.com --schema-url https://api.x.com/2/openapi.json <operation> ....
• OAuth2 PKCE is the default path for user-context operations.
• Do not commit or hardcode bearer tokens, client secrets, or refresh tokens.
• Treat post:/2/tweets, DM endpoints, bookmark write endpoints, and stream rule mutation endpoints as write/high-risk operations; require explicit user confirmation before execution.

References

• Usage patterns: references/usage-patterns.md
• X API OpenAPI schema: https://api.x.com/2/openapi.json
• X OAuth2 authorization code with PKCE: https://docs.x.com/fundamentals/authentication/oauth-2-0/authorization-code
• X OAuth2 app-only bearer auth: https://docs.x.com/fundamentals/authentication/oauth-2-0/application-only