AI Twitter Radar

Discover AI trends, tools, and insights from Twitter/X using Bird CLI.

Prerequisites

Bird CLI must be installed and authenticated:

# Check installation
bird --version

# Authentication uses browser cookies (Safari/Chrome/Firefox)
# If not authenticated, bird commands will fail with auth errors

Core Discovery Workflows

1. AI News Feed

Get curated AI news from Twitter's Explore:

bird news --ai-only -n 20

Include related tweets for deeper context:

bird news --ai-only -n 10 --with-tweets

2. Search AI Topics

Search for specific AI tools, models, or concepts:

bird search "Claude AI" -n 30
bird search "GPT-4 API" -n 30
bird search "LLM agents" -n 30
bird search "AI coding assistant" -n 30

Filter to recent/popular:

bird search "Cursor IDE" -n 50 --json

3. Follow Influential Voices

Retrieve tweets from key AI developers and advocates:

bird user-tweets @karpathy -n 20
bird user-tweets @ylecun -n 20
bird user-tweets @sama -n 20
bird user-tweets @emaborisov -n 20

See references/influential-accounts.md for curated list.

4. Explore Discussions

Read full threads for context:

bird thread <tweet-url>

See what people are saying in replies:

bird replies <tweet-url> -n 50

5. Track Mentions

Find discussions about specific tools or people:

bird mentions --user @AnthropicAI -n 30
bird mentions --user @OpenAI -n 30

Output Handling

JSON for Analysis

bird search "AI agents" -n 100 --json > ai_agents.json

Pagination for Volume

bird search "machine learning" -n 50 --max-pages 3

Example Research Session

# 1. Check AI news
bird news --ai-only -n 15

# 2. Search trending topic
bird search "MCP servers Claude" -n 30

# 3. Check what key voices are saying
bird user-tweets @steipete -n 10
bird user-tweets @simonw -n 10

# 4. Deep-dive interesting thread
bird thread <interesting-tweet-url>

Constraints

READ-ONLY: This skill only supports read operations:

• bird read / bird <url>
• bird thread
• bird replies
• bird search
• bird mentions
• bird user-tweets
• bird news

DO NOT USE any write operations (post, like, retweet, follow, etc.).