# Twitter/X MCP Server: Give AI Access to Twitter Data
The X (Twitter) API has become expensive and restrictive. Basic tier costs $100/month for limited read access. Free tier only allows posting. Most developers who want to pull tweets, search conversations, or monitor profiles for AI workflows hit a wall immediately.
DataFaucet gets around this by capturing the web interface's own API calls, giving your AI read access to Twitter data without paying for API tiers.
Once connected:
x.comDataFaucet captures the internal API calls X makes when you browse (search results, timeline fetches, profile loads) and turns them into tools your AI can call.
Claude Code:
claude mcp add my-twitter https://datafaucet.dev/api/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_IDCursor: Add to .cursor/mcp.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "twitter": { "url": "https://datafaucet.dev/api/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID/sse" } } }Windsurf: Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:
{ "mcpServers": { "twitter": { "serverUrl": "https://datafaucet.dev/api/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID/sse" } } }| X API (Basic) | DataFaucet | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | $100/month | Free (3 servers) |
| Rate limits | 10K reads/month | Based on your plan |
| Setup time | Apply, wait for approval, write code | 60 seconds |
| Search | Limited to 7 days | Whatever X web shows |
| Auth | OAuth 2.0 + bearer tokens | Your existing X login |
The official API is built for apps serving many users. For AI-assisted research, monitoring, and analysis, capturing web traffic is faster and cheaper.
"Search for tweets about [topic] from accounts with 10K+ followers, posted this week. Summarize the main takes."
"Check @competitor's last 20 tweets. What features are they shipping? What are people complaining about?"
"Search for mentions of our brand name. Categorize sentiment: positive, negative, neutral."
"Pull the full thread from this URL and give me the key points."
"Look at my recent tweets. Which topics get the most replies vs likes?"
Twitter data combined with other MCP servers:
Connect X/Twitter to your AI in 60 seconds. No API application, no $100/month tier, no code.
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Create X / Twitter server free →After creating, add to Claude Desktop:
"x---twitter": {
"url": "https://datafaucet.dev/api/mcp/YOUR_ID/sse"
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