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X opens its API to AI agents: programmable distribution arrives

Cyberpunk illustration of a red lobster with green AI circuits and a glowing claw-sword, surrounded by social app icons. ai agents


x api is now accessible via openclaw – and this is bigger than it looks


x api includes:

• posts (create, publish, edit, and delete posts; read timelines, threads, replies, and quote posts; access engagement metrics like likes, reposts, replies, impressions, and media data)

• users (retrieve user profiles, follower and following lists, verification status; manage relationships such as follow, unfollow, mute, and block)

• search (query public posts across the entire history of X (back to 2006) using filters like keywords, usernames, language, and time ranges)

• real-time stream (receive posts live as they are published using custom filtering rules (keywords, accounts, topics), enabling continuous monitoring of specific signals)

• trends (access trending topics based on geographic locations to understand what conversations are gaining attention in specific regions)

• direct messages (send, receive, and manage private conversations between users)

• spaces (discover and retrieve information about live audio conversations, including hosts, speakers, and participants)

• lists (create and manage curated groups of accounts to build custom feeds and track specific communities or niches)

combine that with agents and you get:

• autonomous accounts (moltbook replacement)
• automated social media support
• automated reply marketing
• automated business development
• automated custdev
• automated sales

x is no longer just a social network. it’s becoming programmable distribution for agents. whoever builds the best loops here will own attention.

Screenshot from X developer docs showing two cards — MCP Servers (XMCP, 200+ endpoints) and OpenAPI Spec — with links to GitHub and api.x.com.
source: https://docs.x.com/tools/ai
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