ai-twitter-radar

name	ai-twitter-radar
description	Discover trending AI tools, news, and insights from influential developers and AI advocates on Twitter/X using Bird CLI. Use PROACTIVELY when users need: (1) AI-related tweets, tools, or discussions from Twitter (2) What influential AI developers are currently talking about (3) AI news and trends from social media (4) Developer sentiment on AI tools and frameworks (5) New AI projects being shared on Twitter This is a READ-ONLY skill - no posting, liking, or account modifications.
triggers	["AI Twitter","trending AI tools","AI news Twitter","what are AI developers saying","AI tweets","Twitter AI trends","developer sentiment AI","AI influencers"]

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.).