--- name: bird description: X\/Twitter CLI for reading, searching, posting, and engagement via cookies. homepage: https:\/\/bird.fast metadata: {"sendell":{"emoji":"🐦","requires":{"bins":["bird"]},"install":[{"id":"brew","kind":"brew","formula":"steipete\/tap\/bird","bins":["bird"],"label":"Install bird (brew)","os":["darwin"]},{"id":"npm","kind":"node","package":"@steipete\/bird","bins":["bird"],"label":"Install bird (npm)"}]}} --- # bird 🐦 Fast X\/Twitter CLI using GraphQL + cookie auth. ## Install ```bash # npm\/pnpm\/bun npm install -g @steipete\/bird # Homebrew (macOS, prebuilt binary) brew install steipete\/tap\/bird # One-shot (no install) bunx @steipete\/bird whoami ``` ## Authentication `bird` uses cookie-based auth. Use `--auth-token` \/ `--ct0` to pass cookies directly, or `--cookie-source` for browser cookies. Run `bird check` to see which source is active. For Arc\/Brave, use `--chrome-profile-dir `. ## Commands ### Account & Auth ```bash bird whoami # Show logged-in account bird check # Show credential sources bird query-ids --fresh # Refresh GraphQL query ID cache ``` ### Reading Tweets ```bash bird read # Read a single tweet bird # Shorthand for read bird thread # Full conversation thread bird replies # List replies to a tweet ``` ### Timelines ```bash bird home # Home timeline (For You) bird home --following # Following timeline bird user-tweets @handle -n 20 # User's profile timeline bird mentions # Tweets mentioning you bird mentions --user @handle # Mentions of another user ``` ### Search ```bash bird search "query" -n 10 bird search "from:steipete" --all --max-pages 3 ``` ### News & Trending ```bash bird news -n 10 # AI-curated from Explore tabs bird news --ai-only # Filter to AI-curated only bird news --sports # Sports tab bird news --with-tweets # Include related tweets bird trending # Alias for news ``` ### Lists ```bash bird lists # Your lists bird lists --member-of # Lists you're a member of bird list-timeline -n 20 # Tweets from a list ``` ### Bookmarks & Likes ```bash bird bookmarks -n 10 bird bookmarks --folder-id # Specific folder bird bookmarks --include-parent # Include parent tweet bird bookmarks --author-chain # Author's self-reply chain bird bookmarks --full-chain-only # Full reply chain bird unbookmark bird likes -n 10 ``` ### Social Graph ```bash bird following -n 20 # Users you follow bird followers -n 20 # Users following you bird following --user # Another user's following bird about @handle # Account origin\/location info ``` ### Engagement Actions ```bash bird follow @handle # Follow a user bird unfollow @handle # Unfollow a user ``` ### Posting ```bash bird tweet "hello world" bird reply "nice thread!" bird tweet "check this out" --media image.png --alt "description" ``` **⚠️ Posting risks**: Posting is more likely to be rate limited; if blocked, use the browser tool instead. ## Media Uploads ```bash bird tweet "hi" --media img.png --alt "description" bird tweet "pics" --media a.jpg --media b.jpg # Up to 4 images bird tweet "video" --media clip.mp4 # Or 1 video ``` ## Pagination Commands supporting pagination: `replies`, `thread`, `search`, `bookmarks`, `likes`, `list-timeline`, `following`, `followers`, `user-tweets` ```bash bird bookmarks --all # Fetch all pages bird bookmarks --max-pages 3 # Limit pages bird bookmarks --cursor # Resume from cursor bird replies --all --delay 1000 # Delay between pages (ms) ``` ## Output Options ```bash --json # JSON output --json-full # JSON with raw API response --plain # No emoji, no color (script-friendly) --no-emoji # Disable emoji --no-color # Disable ANSI colors (or set NO_COLOR=1) --quote-depth n # Max quoted tweet depth in JSON (default: 1) ``` ## Global Options ```bash --auth-token # Set auth_token cookie --ct0 # Set ct0 cookie --cookie-source # Cookie source for browser cookies (repeatable) --chrome-profile # Chrome profile name --chrome-profile-dir # Chrome\/Chromium profile dir or cookie DB path --firefox-profile # Firefox profile --timeout # Request timeout --cookie-timeout # Cookie extraction timeout ``` ## Config File `~\/.config\/bird\/config.json5` (global) or `.\/.birdrc.json5` (project): ```json5 { cookieSource: ["chrome"], chromeProfileDir: "\/path\/to\/Arc\/Profile", timeoutMs: 20000, quoteDepth: 1 } ``` Environment variables: `BIRD_TIMEOUT_MS`, `BIRD_COOKIE_TIMEOUT_MS`, `BIRD_QUOTE_DEPTH` ## Troubleshooting ### Query IDs stale (404 errors) ```bash bird query-ids --fresh ``` ### Cookie extraction fails - Check browser is logged into X - Try different `--cookie-source` - For Arc\/Brave: use `--chrome-profile-dir` --- **TL;DR**: Read\/search\/engage with CLI. Post carefully or use browser. 🐦