bird is a fast X CLI for tweeting, replying, and reading via X/Twitter GraphQL (cookie auth). Requires bird cli installed (bun add -g @steipete/bird)
Read and search X (Twitter) using the bird CLI with Chrome cookie extraction.
Install the bird CLI:
bun add -g @steipete/bird
Requires a Chrome profile logged into x.com (see Chrome Profile section below).
# Read a tweet/thread
bird read https://x.com/username/status/1234567890 --chrome-profile claude --plain
# Read replies
bird replies https://x.com/username/status/1234567890 --chrome-profile claude
# Search tweets
bird search "Solana traders" --limit 20 --chrome-profile claude
# User timeline
bird timeline @username --limit 10 --chrome-profile claude
Uses the claude Chrome profile. Make sure you're logged into x.com in that profile, or setup another profile.
Bird extracts cookies automatically from the specified Chrome profile. If it fails, cookies can be extracted manually from Chrome DevTools.