TwitterAPIs MCP Server

Name: TwitterAPIs MCP Server
Author: io.github.TwitterAPIs

io.github.TwitterAPIs/twitterapis-mcp

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What is the TwitterAPIs MCP server?

Official MCP server for twitterapis.com. Read and write Twitter/X: search, users, tweets, DMs.

How to install TwitterAPIs

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

TWITTERAPIS_KEY
required
secret
Your twitterapis.com API key. Create one at https://www.twitterapis.com/dashboard. Required: every tool call authenticates with it.
TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL
Override the API base URL. Defaults to https://api.twitterapis.com. Only set this if you were given a different endpoint.
TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS
Per-request timeout in milliseconds. Raise it if you page through large follower lists on a slow link.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twitterapis-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twitterapis/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TWITTERAPIS_KEY": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_KEY>",
        "TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL>",
        "TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twitterapis-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twitterapis/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TWITTERAPIS_KEY": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_KEY>",
        "TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL>",
        "TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "twitterapis-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twitterapis/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TWITTERAPIS_KEY": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_KEY>",
        "TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL>",
        "TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "twitterapis-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@twitterapis/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TWITTERAPIS_KEY": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_KEY>",
        "TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL>",
        "TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add twitterapis-mcp --env TWITTERAPIS_KEY=<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_KEY> --env TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL=<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_BASE_URL> --env TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS=<YOUR_TWITTERAPIS_TIMEOUT_MS> -- npx -y @twitterapis/mcp