falcon
Use falcon to read, search, and interact with Twitter/X.
Quick start
falcon check
falcon user elonmusk
falcon tweets elonmusk 5
falcon read <url-or-id>
falcon search "bitcoin" 10
Reading users
falcon user <username> Profile info for a single user
falcon users <u1,u2,...> Look up multiple users (comma-separated)
falcon find <keyword> [count] Search for users by keyword (default: 5)
falcon followers <username> [count] List followers (default: 20)
falcon following <username> [count] List following (default: 20)
Reading tweets
falcon tweets <username> [count] User's tweets and replies (default: 20)
falcon read <id-or-url> [...] Read one or more tweets by ID or URL
falcon replies <id-or-url> [count] Replies to a tweet (default: 20)
falcon similar <id-or-url> Find similar tweets
falcon retweeters <id-or-url> [cnt] Who retweeted a tweet (default: 20)
Searching
falcon search <query> [count] Advanced search (default: 10)
falcon hashtag <tag> [count] Search by hashtag (default: 20)
falcon cashtag <tag> [count] Search by cashtag (default: 20)
falcon trending [country] Trending topics (default: worldwide)
Posting (confirm with user first)
falcon tweet "text"
falcon reply <id-or-url> "text"
falcon quote <tweet-url> "text"
Engagement (confirm with user first)
falcon like <id-or-url>
falcon unlike <id-or-url>
falcon retweet <id-or-url>
falcon bookmark <id-or-url>
falcon follow <username>
falcon unfollow <username>
Account
falcon check Verify API key and cookie are set
falcon balance Check remaining API credits
Auth sources
TWEXAPI_KEY env var: TwexAPI bearer token (required for all commands)
TWITTER_COOKIE env var: Twitter auth cookie (required for write/engagement commands)
Important notes
- The falcon script lives at {baseDir}/falcon.sh
- All commands accept tweet URLs (x.com or twitter.com) or bare tweet IDs
- Always confirm with the user before executing any write or engagement command
- Search accepts any Twitter advanced search syntax
- Hashtags can be passed with or without the # prefix
- Cashtags can be passed with or without the $ prefix
- Country for trending uses slug format: united-states, united-kingdom, japan, etc.
