Twitter/X Research — Main Skill (v3)

Two modes: Single-Topic Mode and Topics Mode.

Architecture

skills/twitter-research/         # Skill (bundled, global-installable via ~/.claude/skills/)
├── SKILL.md
└── scripts/                     # Bundled — no external .twitter-research/scripts needed
    ├── package.json
    ├── scrape.js
    ├── report-html.js
    └── report-topics-html.js

.twitter-research/               # Tool data directory (project root, auto-resolved via CWD walk-up)
└── <YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS>/         # One folder per research session (dated)
    ├── config.json
    ├── raw-posts.json
    ├── audience-scores.json
    ├── content-drafts.json
    ├── engagement-responses.json
    ├── REPORT.html
    ├── topic-research-<slug>.md # Topics mode: one per trending topic (per-session, not root)
    ├── topics-report.md         # Topics mode index
    └── screenshots/

Execution model (hybrid): heavy lifting runs as bundled scripts in skills/twitter-research/scripts/. Skills resolve dataRoot via CWD walk-up (./.twitter-research), TWITTER_RESEARCH_ROOT, or --data-root. Global-install safe (~/.claude/skills/).

Quick Start

# Single-Topic Mode (original)
/twitter-research <topic> [limit:<number>] [accounts:<account1,account2>]

# Topics Mode (NEW — research trending topics + optional Short generation)
/twitter-research topics:<category> audience:<target audience> [limit:<number>] [shorts:<on|off>]

Examples:

• /twitter-research social media scheduling tools limit:15
• /twitter-research topics:futbol mexico audience:aficionados liga mx shorts:on limit:10
• /twitter-research topics:champions league audience:fans de futbol europeo

Topics Mode (NEW)

Runs the full pipeline: research → topic files → optional Short videos.

Command Parameters

Workflow (state: skill twitter-research-topics)

1. Discover trending topics — use X trending (getdaytrends.com/es/mexico or x.com/explore) + WebSearch for the category/region. Pick the top N football (or category-relevant) topics currently hot.
2. Research each topic — for each, pull news context, media/video links, and real engagement stats from X search (10+ posts, real numbers).
3. Create [topic-research].md files — one per topic in .twitter-research/, containing the 6 required sections (see below).
4. SEO YouTube titles — for each topic, load skill youtube-title and generate the best SEO-targeted, attention-grabbing title (5 candidates scored on keyword, ALL-CAPS power word, specificity, stake, length — calibrated on the channel's own CTR/views data). Save as section 6.
5. Optional Short generation — if shorts:on, for each topic hand off to skill short-generator with: the viral script + the collected video links + context. Script is shown for user approval, then the video is generated and downloaded from the provided links. Uses the section 6 title for upload.

Required sections in each [topic-research].md file

1. Title of the topic + viral title for a video
2. Context of the topic / news (what happened, why it's hot)
3. Video or image links related to the news
4. 2 short video scripts — one for virality, one for shock value. Format specifically for short vertical content, readable by a TTS (short punchy sentences, hooks, CTA).
5. Link to the source post + engagement stats + how hot the topic is.
6. SEO YouTube title — recommended title + 2 A/B alternates + description keywords (via youtube-title subskill).

Output Structure (Topics Mode)

.twitter-research/<YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS>/
  ├── topic-research-<slug>.md        # one per trending topic (per-session)
  └── topics-report.md                # summary index (per-session)
  # legacy: loose topic-research-*.md at .twitter-research/ root (migrated on next run)

Video Ideas Mode

Research the topic on X video posts and produce video ideas built from the top 10 by views. Full protocol: skill video-idea-research (top-10 ranking → outline extraction → 5 ideas → viral/storytelling/inspiration scripts → YouTube metadata → REPORT.html).

/twitter-research ideas:<topic> [window:week|month|year] [limit:10] [ideas:5] [length:standard] [lang:es]

Examples:

• /twitter-research ideas:futbol mexicano window:month
• /twitter-research ideas:"liga mx árbitros" window:week ideas:5 length:short

X-specific research notes

Single-Topic Mode (original v2 workflow)

Workflow

Phase 1: Setup (skill twitter-research-setup)

1. Ask user for the research topic (e.g., "social media scheduling tools", "Liga MX")
2. Ask for minimum posts to collect (default: 10, recommend 10-15)
3. Ask for optional seed accounts to bootstrap the search (can be empty)
4. Define target audience keywords and niche
5. Set up output directory structure
6. Ensure Chrome is configured for X/Twitter access

Phase 2: Scrape (skill twitter-research-scrape)

1. Run the scraper: node "$CLAUDE_SKILL_ROOT/scripts/scrape.js" <timestamp> # fallback: node ./skills/twitter-research/scripts/scrape.js <timestamp>
   • Searches X by topic (Top + Latest tabs), scrolls, extracts 10+ posts from different accounts
   • Optionally visits seed accounts from config and keeps topic-relevant posts
   • Deduplicates by URL, ranks by engagement, saves raw-posts.json
2. If search fails or returns too few results, the skill falls back to Chrome DevTools CLI for manual extraction, or broaden the query via topic keywords.

Phase 3: Analyze (skill twitter-research-analyze)

1. Score audience segments 1-10 based on engagement data
2. Generate social media post drafts from top content
3. Generate video script drafts from top content
4. Identify content patterns and angles that work on that topic

Phase 4: Report (skill twitter-research-report)

1. Generate pre-defined engagement responses (3 per topic post)
2. Run node "$CLAUDE_SKILL_ROOT/scripts/report-html.js" <timestamp> to generate a self-contained HTML report
3. Include direct links to all source posts + content playbook

Output Structure

.twitter-research/
  └── <YYYY-MM-DD_HHMMSS>/
      ├── config.json                   # Research parameters (topic, limits)
      ├── raw-posts.json                # 10+ topic posts with metrics (across accounts)
      ├── audience-scores.json          # Audience segment scores
      ├── content-drafts.json           # Generated post & script drafts
      ├── engagement-responses.json     # Pre-defined responses per topic post
      └── REPORT.html                   # Self-contained final report

Key Features