GetXAPI MCP — Twitter/X API for Claude, Cursor & any MCP client

The official GetXAPI MCP server. Give your AI assistant direct access to the Twitter/X API — search tweets, look up users, read replies and followers, and post tweets, send DMs, manage articles, and more — through one Model Context Protocol server.

Unlike read-only Twitter MCP servers, GetXAPI MCP can act: post tweets, reply, like, retweet, send DMs, and publish articles — not just read.

→ Get a free API key at getxapi.com · API docs · Pricing ($0.001/call, $0.05 per 1,000 tweets)

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Install

Add it to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "getxapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@getxapi/mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "GETXAPI_KEY": "get-x-api-..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Get your GETXAPI_KEY from your GetXAPI dashboard. That's all the read tools need.

Or via the Claude Code CLI:

claude mcp add getxapi -- npx -y @getxapi/mcp@latest

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What you can do

Once installed, just ask your assistant naturally:

"Find Elon Musk's latest tweets" "Search tweets about OpenAI from the last week" "Who are @vercel's verified followers?" "Get the replies to this tweet: 1799…" "Post 'shipping 🚀' to my X account" (requires X auth — see below)

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Read vs. write tools

	Needs	Examples
Read	GETXAPI_KEY only	search tweets, user info, followers/following, replies, mentions, user tweets, lists
Write / private	GETXAPI_KEY + X account auth	post / reply / like / retweet / bookmark / delete tweet, send DM, read DMs/timeline/bookmarks, publish articles, update profile

Enabling write tools

Write and private tools act on a real X account, so they need that account's auth. Two ways to provide it:

Option A — log in through the assistant (convenient):

"Log in to my X account"

The assistant calls the x_login tool with your credentials and keeps the session for write tools. ⚠️ Your X password is passed as tool arguments, so it transits the AI model's context. For sensitive accounts, prefer Option B.

Option B — set credentials in config (recommended for sensitive accounts):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "getxapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@getxapi/mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "GETXAPI_KEY": "get-x-api-...",
        "X_AUTH_TOKEN": "...",
        "X_CT0": "...",
        "X_TWID": "...",
        "X_PROXY": "http://user:pass@host:port"
      }
    }
  }
}

X_CT0, X_TWID, and X_PROXY are optional — X_AUTH_TOKEN alone is enough for most write tools; the others improve reliability on some accounts.

Your X password never touches the model. The credential fields are never shown to the AI — the server injects them only into the calls that need them.

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How billing works

Every tool call is a normal GetXAPI API call authenticated with your GETXAPI_KEY, metered exactly like direct API usage. No separate MCP billing. See pricing.

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Links

• 🌐 Website: getxapi.com
• 📚 API docs: docs.getxapi.com
• 💳 Pricing: getxapi.com/pricing
• 🔑 Get an API key: getxapi.com

GetXAPI is an independent third-party API for developers and researchers. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by X Corp.

License

MIT