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x-research-but-cheaper
Search X/Twitter at $0.15 per 1K tweets
v1.0.0
MIT License
✓ OpenClaw
➜~clawhub install x-research-but-cheaper
What it does
Full Twitter research powered by TwitterAPI.io. Profile analysis, advanced search, thread reading, watchlists, and sourced briefings. No X Developer Portal needed.
How it works
Wraps TwitterAPI.io into a fast, agentic CLI that your AI agent calls directly. Instead of paying $100+/month for the X API, you pay ~$0.15 per 1,000 tweets searched — true pay-per-use pricing. The skill handles pagination, caching, rate limiting, and cost tracking automatically. Your agent gets full research capabilities without you ever touching the Twitter API docs.
Features
🔎 Advanced search with engagement sorting, date filters, and boolean operators
⚡ Quick mode — instant results with smart caching and deduplication
👤 Profile deep-dives: bio, metrics, recent activity, audience analysis
🧵 Thread reading — reconstructs full conversation trees
📋 Watchlists — monitor accounts and get periodic briefings
💰 Cost transparency — see exactly what each query costs in real-time
💾 Smart cache — repeated queries hit local cache, zero API cost
Example
output
$ "what are people saying about OpenClaw?"
🔍 Searching X for: OpenClaw (sorted by engagement)
💰 Cost: $0.0015 (10 results)
1. @devtools_daily (12.4K followers)
"OpenClaw is genuinely the best agent framework
I've used. The skill system is *chef's kiss*"
❤️ 847 🔄 124 💬 63 • 2h ago
2. @ai_engineer (8.2K followers)
"Just shipped my first OpenClaw skill in 20 min.
This is what AI tooling should feel like."
❤️ 391 🔄 67 💬 28 • 5h ago
📊 Sentiment: 94% positive | Top theme: developer experience Requirements
TWITTERAPI_KEY env var Node.js 18+ Zero npm dependencies