Search X

Real-time X/Twitter search powered by Grok’s x_search tool. Get actual tweets with citations.

Setup

Set your xAI API key:

clawdbot config set skills.entries.search-x.apiKey "xai-YOUR-KEY"

Or use environment variable:

export XAI_API_KEY="xai-YOUR-KEY"

Get your API key at: https://console.x.ai

Commands

Basic Search

node {baseDir}/scripts/search.js "AI video editing"

Filter by Time

node {baseDir}/scripts/search.js --days 7 "breaking news"
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.js --days 1 "trending today"

Filter by Handles

node {baseDir}/scripts/search.js --handles @elonmusk,@OpenAI "AI announcements"
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.js --exclude @bots "real discussions"

Output Options

node {baseDir}/scripts/search.js --json "topic"        # Full JSON response
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.js --compact "topic"     # Just tweets, no fluff
node {baseDir}/scripts/search.js --links-only "topic"  # Just X links

Example Usage in Chat

User: “Search X for what people are saying about Claude Code” Action: Run search with query “Claude Code”

User: “Find tweets from @remotion_dev in the last week” Action: Run search with –handles @remotion_dev –days 7

User: “What’s trending about AI on Twitter today?” Action: Run search with –days 1 “AI trending”

User: “Search X for Remotion best practices, last 30 days” Action: Run search with –days 30 “Remotion best practices”

How It Works

Uses xAI’s Responses API (/v1/responses) with the x_search tool:

• Model: grok-4-1-fast (optimized for agentic search)
• Returns real tweets with URLs
• Includes citations for verification
• Supports date and handle filtering

Response Format

Each result includes:

• @username (display name)
• Tweet content
• Date/time
• Direct link to tweet

Environment Variables

• XAI_API_KEY – Your xAI API key (required)
• SEARCH_X_MODEL – Model override (default: grok-4-1-fast)
• SEARCH_X_DAYS – Default days to search (default: 30)