generated: '2026-08-28'
method: searched
source: https://docs.x.com/tools/mcp.md, https://docs.x.com/tools-and-libraries.md
docs: https://docs.x.com/tools/xurl
description: First-party command-line tooling for the X API.
clis:
- name: xurl
  official: true
  description: >-
    Auth-enabled, curl-like CLI for the X API. Handles OAuth 1.0a and OAuth 2.0 PKCE login
    with automatic token refresh, so there is no manual token management. Also ships the
    `xurl mcp` local stdio bridge that fronts the hosted MCP server at api.x.com/mcp.
  repository: https://github.com/xdevplatform/xurl
  install:
  - method: homebrew
    command: brew install --cask xdevplatform/tap/xurl
  - method: npm
    command: npm install -g @xdevplatform/xurl
  - method: script
    command: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdevplatform/xurl/main/install.sh | bash
  - method: npx
    command: npx -y @xdevplatform/xurl
  package: packages/x-packages.yml#@xdevplatform/xurl
  version: 1.3.1
  published: '2026-07-21'
  commands:
  - group: auth
    examples: ['xurl auth oauth2', 'xurl auth oauth2 --headless']
    description: One-time browser or paste-a-code OAuth login; caches and auto-refreshes the token.
  - group: mcp
    examples: ['xurl mcp']
    description: Runs the local MCP bridge; diagnostics go to stderr so stdout stays a clean JSON-RPC channel.
  env:
  - CLIENT_ID
  - CLIENT_SECRET
  - REDIRECT_URI
  note: Default redirect URI for the first-run login is http://localhost:8080/callback and must be registered on the app.
- name: twurl
  official: true
  description: >-
    Long-standing curl-like CLI for the X API, listed by X alongside xurl on its
    Tools & Libraries page. Predates xurl and does not include the MCP bridge.
  source: https://docs.x.com/tools-and-libraries