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Set up Twitter/X MCP in Continue

Post tweets, search timelines, manage followers, and analyze engagement on Twitter/X from your AI editor.

1

Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

2

Add the configuration

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml
mcpServers:
  - name: twitter-mcp
    command: npx
    args:
      - -y
      - twitter-mcp
    env:
      TWITTER_API_KEY: YOUR_TWITTER_API_KEY
      TWITTER_API_SECRET: YOUR_TWITTER_API_SECRET
      TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN: YOUR_TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN
      TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET: YOUR_TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRET
3

Set up environment variables

Twitter/X MCP requires the following environment variables:

TWITTER_API_KEYRequired

Twitter API key

TWITTER_API_SECRETRequired

Twitter API secret

TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKENRequired

Twitter access token

TWITTER_ACCESS_SECRETRequired

Twitter access token secret

4

Verify it works

Restart Continue. Twitter/X MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 8 tools available.

This server adds approximately 4,120 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.

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