X(Twitter) MCP server

An MCP server to create, manage and publish X/Twitter posts directly through Claude chat.

Quick Setup

Installing via Smithery

To install X(Twitter) MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install x-mcp --client claude

Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/x-mcp.git

2. Install UV globally using Homebrew in Terminal:

brew install uv

3. Create claude_desktop_config.json:

   • For MacOS: Open directory ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/ and create the file inside it
   • For Windows: Open directory %APPDATA%/Claude/ and create the file inside it

4. Add this configuration to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "x_mcp": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/x-mcp",
        "run",
        "x-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TWITTER_API_KEY": "your_api_key",
        "TWITTER_API_SECRET": "your_api_secret",
        "TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_access_token",
        "TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET": "your_access_token_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

5. Get your X/Twitter API credentials:

   • Go to X API Developer Portal
   • Create a project
   • In User Authentication Settings: Set up with Read and Write permissions, Web App type
   • Set Callback URL to http://localhost/ and Website URL to http://example.com/
   • Generate and copy all keys and tokens from Keys and Tokens section

6. Update the config file:

   • Replace /path/to/x-mcp with your actual repository path
   • Add your X/Twitter API credentials

7. Quit Claude completely and reopen it

Usage Examples

• “Tweet ‘Just learned how to tweet through AI - mind blown! 🤖✨’”
• “Create a thread about the history of pizza”
• “Show me my draft tweets”
• “Publish this draft!”
• “Delete that draft”

Troubleshooting

If not working:

• Make sure UV is installed globally (if not, uninstall with pip uninstall uv and reinstall with brew install uv)
• Or find UV path with which uv and replace "command": "uv" with the full path
• Verify all X/Twitter credentials are correct
• Check if the x-mcp path in config matches your actual repository location