Skills twscrape

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twscrape

Name: twscrape
Author: 2025Emma

Content revision r2 Low Risk 🌐 Network access📁 Filesystem access

Collect Twitter/X Data with twscrape

Twitter/X data collection can require asynchronous queries, session setup, and careful rate-limit handling. This skill provides documented twscrape workflows for searches, profiles, timelines, and local result exports.

Supports: Claude Codex Code(CC)

📊 73 Adequate

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Agent request

Review the Skillstore skill "twscrape" from https://skillstore.io/skills/2025emma-twscrape.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/2025emma-twscrape/manifest. Verify the artifact. Stop and obtain explicit user consent before installing or changing files.

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Agent-readable resources

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Markdown detail GET /skills/2025emma-twscrape.md Signed manifest GET /api/skills/2025emma-twscrape/manifest Signed lockfile GET /api/skills/2025emma-twscrape/lockfile

Test it

Using "twscrape". Search public posts for "python lang:en" with a limit of 20.

Expected outcome:

Setup checklist for an authenticated twscrape API instance.
A limited asynchronous search workflow.
Guidance for reviewing results and respecting platform limits.

Using "twscrape". Collect a public account timeline and store it locally.

Expected outcome:

Steps to retrieve a public account identifier.
A bounded timeline collection workflow.
A local export plan with credential and database protection reminders.

Security Audit

Low Risk

v7 • 7/18/2026 Open versioned report

Most static detections are benign documentation examples for local proxies, local files, SQLite paths, and public installation URLs. Manual review found no prompt injection or hidden payload, but the skill promotes account rotation to bypass platform limits and demonstrates direct handling of account credentials and session cookies.

Files scanned

435

Lines analyzed

Review items

False positives ignored

Confirmed security concerns (1)

Low

SKILL.md:1

Unscanned file (invalid_frontmatter) — manual review required

[unscanned: invalid_frontmatter]

Force-confirmed metadata/low static finding; AI false-positive verdict rejected.

Risk Factors

🌐 Network access (4)

references/examples.md:247 references/examples.md:255 references/examples.md:255 references/installation.md:14

📁 Filesystem access (2)

references/examples.md:161 references/examples.md:320

Audited by: claude View Audit History →

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Academic citations (APA · BibTeX · CFF)

APA citation

2025Emma. (2026). twscrape security audit report (audit version 7) [Author version unspecified]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/2025emma-twscrape/audits/7

BibTeX citation

@techreport{2025emma-2025emma-twscrape-2026,
  author = {2025Emma},
  title = {twscrape security audit report (audit version 7)},
  institution = {Skillstore},
  year = {2026},
  number = {7},
  url = {https://skillstore.io/skills/2025emma-twscrape/audits/7},
  note = {Author version unspecified}
}

CITATION.cff

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title: "twscrape security audit report (audit version 7)"
version: "unspecified"
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authors:
  - name: "2025Emma"
date-released: "2026-07-18"
url: "https://skillstore.io/skills/2025emma-twscrape/audits/7"
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  - type: other
    value: "skillstore:2025emma-twscrape:audit:7"
    description: "Skillstore immutable audit report identifier"

Skillstore Score

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Architecture

Maintainability

Content

Community

Spec Compliance

What You Can Build

Monitor a public topic

Search public posts for a defined topic and collect a limited result set for analysis.

Review a public account

Retrieve a public profile and recent timeline for a documented research task.

Build an async collector

Use asynchronous queries and local exports in a Python data collection workflow.

Try These Prompts

Run a basic search

Help me use twscrape to search public Twitter/X posts for "climate data" and return at most 20 results. Explain the required setup first.

Retrieve a public profile

Show me how to retrieve a public Twitter/X profile by username with twscrape. Include safe handling for account credentials and cookies.

Collect a limited timeline

Create a twscrape workflow that collects up to 100 recent posts from a public account and saves the requested fields locally.

Design a compliant collector

Design an asynchronous twscrape collection plan for authorized research. Include limits, local database protections, logging, retries, and platform compliance checks.

Best Practices

Use only accounts and data collection activities that you are authorized to access.
Store passwords, cookies, and local account databases outside source control with restrictive file permissions.
Set small limits, add delays, and follow Twitter/X terms, privacy obligations, and applicable law.

Avoid

Do not use account rotation or proxies to evade platform enforcement or collect data without authorization.
Do not hardcode real passwords, email credentials, or session cookies in scripts or prompts.
Do not collect, retain, or share personal data beyond the approved research purpose.