xint — X Intelligence CLI (Rust)

Fast, zero-dependency binary for X/Twitter search, analysis, and engagement from the terminal. All output goes to stdout (pipe-friendly).

Security Considerations

This skill requires sensitive credentials. Follow these guidelines:

Credentials

• X_BEARER_TOKEN: Required for X API. Treat as a secret - prefer exported environment variables (optional project-local .env)
• XAI_API_KEY: Optional, needed for AI analysis. Also a secret
• X_CLIENT_ID: Optional, needed for OAuth. Less sensitive but don't expose publicly
• XAI_MANAGEMENT_API_KEY: Optional, for collections management

File Writes

• This skill writes to its own data/ directory: cache, exports, snapshots, OAuth tokens
• OAuth tokens stored with restrictive permissions (chmod 600)
• Review exported data before sharing - may contain sensitive search queries

Webhooks

• watch and stream can send data to webhook endpoints
• Remote endpoints must use https:// (http:// is accepted only for localhost/loopback)
• Optional host allowlist: XINT_WEBHOOK_ALLOWED_HOSTS=hooks.example.com,*.internal.example
• Avoid sending sensitive search queries or token-bearing URLs to third-party destinations

Runtime Notes

• This file documents usage and safety controls for the CLI only.
• Network listeners are opt-in (mcp --sse) and disabled by default
• Webhook delivery is opt-in (--webhook) and disabled by default

Installation

• For required tools: prefer OS package managers over curl | bash when possible
• Verify any installer scripts before running

MCP Server (Optional)

• xint mcp starts a local MCP server exposing xint commands as tools
• Default mode is stdio/local integration; no inbound web server unless --sse is explicitly enabled
• Respect --policy read_only|engagement|moderation and budget guardrails

Setup

Requires env vars (in .env or exported):

• X_BEARER_TOKEN — for search, profile, tweet, thread, trends, watch, report
• X_CLIENT_ID — for OAuth commands (bookmarks, likes, following, diff)
• XAI_API_KEY — for AI analysis (analyze, report, x-search, collections upload/search)
• XAI_MANAGEMENT_API_KEY — for collections management (list, create, ensure, add-document)

OAuth setup (one-time): xint auth setup

Commands

Search & Discovery

xint search "AI agents" --limit 10            # Search recent tweets
xint search "AI agents" --quick               # Fast mode (1 page, 10 max, 1hr cache)
xint search "AI agents" --quality             # Min 10 likes filter
xint search "AI agents" --since 1d --sort likes
xint search "from:elonmusk" --limit 5
xint search "AI agents" --json                # JSON output
xint search "AI agents" --jsonl               # One JSON per line
xint search "AI agents" --csv                 # CSV output
xint search "AI agents" --sentiment           # AI sentiment analysis (needs XAI_API_KEY)
xint search "AI agents" --save                # Save to data/exports/

Monitoring

xint watch "AI agents" -i 5m                  # Poll every 5 minutes
xint watch "@elonmusk" -i 30s                 # Watch user (auto-expands to from:)
xint watch "bitcoin" --webhook https://hooks.example.com/ingest  # POST new tweets to webhook
xint watch "topic" --jsonl                    # Machine-readable output

Profiles & Tweets

xint profile elonmusk                         # User profile + recent tweets
xint profile elonmusk --json                  # JSON output
xint tweet 1234567890                         # Fetch single tweet
xint thread 1234567890                        # Fetch conversation thread

Article Fetching (requires XAI_API_KEY)

Fetch and extract full article content from any URL using xAI's web_search tool. Also supports extracting linked articles from X tweets.

# Fetch article content
xint article "https://example.com"

# Fetch + analyze with AI
xint article "https://example.com" --ai "Summarize key takeaways"

# Auto-extract article from X tweet URL and analyze
xint article "https://x.com/user/status/123456789" --ai "What are the main points?"

# Full content without truncation
xint article "https://example.com" --full

# JSON output
xint article "https://example.com" --json

Trends

xint trends                                   # Worldwide trending
xint trends us                              # US trends
xint trends --json                          # JSON output
xint trends --locations                     # List supported locations

AI Analysis (requires XAI_API_KEY)

xint analyze "What's the sentiment around AI?"
xint analyze --tweets saved.json              # Analyze tweets from file
cat tweets.json | xint analyze --pipe         # Analyze from stdin
xint analyze "question"                              # Free-form analysis request

Intelligence Reports

xint report "AI agents"                       # Full report with AI summary
xint report "AI agents" -a @user1,@user2      # Track specific accounts
xint report "AI agents" -s                    # Include sentiment analysis
xint report "AI agents" --save                # Save to data/exports/

Follower Tracking (requires OAuth)

xint diff @username                           # Snapshot followers, diff vs previous
xint diff @username --following               # Track following instead
xint diff @username --history                 # Show snapshot history

Bookmarks & Engagement (requires OAuth)

xint bookmarks                                # List bookmarks
xint bookmarks --since 1d                     # Recent bookmarks
xint bookmark 1234567890                      # Save tweet
xint unbookmark 1234567890                    # Remove bookmark
xint likes                                    # List liked tweets
xint like 1234567890                          # Like a tweet
xint unlike 1234567890                        # Unlike a tweet
xint following                                # List accounts you follow

Cost Tracking

xint costs                                    # Today's API costs
xint costs week                               # Last 7 days
xint costs month                              # Last 30 days
xint costs budget 2.00                        # Set $2/day budget

Watchlist

xint watchlist                                # List watched accounts
xint watchlist add @username "competitor"     # Add with note
xint watchlist remove @username               # Remove
xint watchlist check @username                # Check if watched

xAI X Search (no cookies/GraphQL)

Search X via xAI's hosted x_search tool. No bearer token or cookies needed — only XAI_API_KEY.

# Create a queries file
echo '["AI agents", "solana"]' > queries.json

# Run search scan → markdown report + JSON payload
xint x-search --queries-file queries.json --out-md report.md --out-json raw.json

# Date range filter
xint x-search --queries-file queries.json --from-date 2026-02-01 --to-date 2026-02-15

# Emit memory candidates (deduped against existing workspace sources)
xint x-search --queries-file queries.json --workspace /path/to/workspace --emit-candidates

# Custom model
xint x-search --queries-file queries.json --model grok-3

xAI Collections Knowledge Base

Upload documents, manage collections, and semantic-search via xAI Files + Collections APIs.

# List existing collections
xint collections list

# Create or find a collection
xint collections ensure --name "research-kb"

# Upload a file to xAI
xint collections upload --path ./report.md

# Semantic search across documents
xint collections search --query "AI agent frameworks"

# Sync a directory to a collection (upload + attach)
xint collections sync-dir --collection-name "kb" --dir ./docs --glob "*.md" --limit 50

Utilities

xint auth setup                               # OAuth setup (interactive)
xint auth setup --manual                      # Manual paste mode
xint auth status                              # Show auth info
xint auth refresh                             # Force token refresh
xint cache clear                              # Clear cached data

Output Formats

Most commands support --json for raw JSON. Search also supports:

• --jsonl — one JSON object per line (great for piping)
• --csv — spreadsheet-compatible
• --markdown — formatted for reports

Piping

xint search "topic" --jsonl | jq '.username'
xint search "topic" --json | xint analyze --pipe "summarize these"
xint search "topic" --csv > export.csv

Cost Awareness

X API costs ~$0.005/tweet read. Budget system prevents runaway costs:

• Default: $1.00/day limit
• Set custom: xint costs budget <amount>
• Watch command auto-stops at budget limit