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# x-thread `thread.py` does the splitting so the arithmetic is right. You do the editing. ```bash python3 thread.py draft.txt # posts with weighted counts python3 thread.py draft.txt --number # prefix 1/N, counted in the budget python3 thread.py draft.txt --pack # merge short paragraphs python3 thread.py draft.txt --json ``` On Windows, where this says `python3`, use `python`. It imports `../x-post/xcount.py`, so keep the plugin folder intact. ## Before you write 1. Read `~/.claude/x/voice.md` (or the handle's). Free account by default, so every post is 280 weighted characters. URLs weigh 23. CJK and most emoji weigh 2. 2. Ask whether it should be a thread at all. If it fits one post, say so and send it to `/x-post`. A thread is for something that needs steps. 3. **No invented numbers.** Missing figure: `{{your number}}`, and say so. ## The loop 1. **Find the hook.** The first post must work alone. Run `postscore.py --hooks` on two or three candidate openers, pick the best, put it first. 2. **One idea per post.** A blank line in the draft is a post boundary. Cut filler until each paragraph earns its own post. 3. **Run `thread.py`.** Read the warnings; each one is a decision for you: - a link was removed and the sentence now dangles: reword it - a sentence was split mid-sentence: rewrite it shorter - the hook post scores under 55: fix the opener, not the rest 4. **Links go last.** `thread.py` moves every link to the final post under the line that introduced it. Observed, not coded: link posts from free accounts were seen to reach less. The thread's hook never carries a link. 5. **Humanize each post** with `/x-human`. Then re-run `thread.py` so counts stay true. 6. **Print the block** as numbered posts. Real output (sample draft with a link): ``` --- post 1/4 (52/280) I sent 400 cold DMs in 30 days and 2 became clients. --- post 2/4 (239/280) Here is the pattern. The two who said yes got a question about their pricing page. ... --- post 3/4 (153/280) The question was always specific. ... --- post 4/4 (103/280) What is the first line you send to a stranger? Full breakdown of the messages: https://example.com/dm-breakdown --- 1 link(s) moved to the last post. ``` ## Rules - No "A thread", no "🧵", no "1/ Let's dive in". The first post is a claim. - No "RT the first post", no "follow for more". Bait is a ranking risk and an Original Content Rewards ineligibility problem. `thread.py` warns on it. - Long threads lose readers. `thread.py` warns past 12 posts. Cut to the strongest. - Posts in your own thread are your replies to yourself. That is normal. What to avoid is stacking several replies under someone else's post: see `/x-reply`. ## Approval gate 1. Show the finished text in one fenced block, ready to copy. If there is a link, show it in a second block labelled "first reply". 2. End the message with: Reply yes to log it. 3. On "yes", append one line to `~/.claude/x/log.md` (or the handle's folder): date, skill, first line. That is all "yes" does. 4. Never post, like, follow, reply, DM or scroll. You write; the human posts, by hand, on x.com.