Agent skill · code-yeongyu
x-search
MUST read before searching X/Twitter with the x_search tool. When xAI is connected: date-bound every time-sensitive query (from_date >= yesterday, widen to 7 days), scope trusted accounts with allowed_x_handles, phrase queries as latest/recent with since:/from:/filter: operators, split into 2-3 searches by account and by keyword, and reconcile against web_search. Triggers: X search, Twitter search, tweets, posts on X, what people are saying on X, x_search, social signal.
What it needs
About 3k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
x-search: searching X (Twitter) through xAI This skill only matters when an xAI account is connected. The xsearch tool is registered at load time if a credential exists, and it is hidden behind toolsearch until you activate it. Everything below assumes you've read the current date from the system prompt; never hardcode a date. Which tool 1. Run toolsearch "X posts". If xsearch shows up, it's callable on the next turn. 2. If nothing matches, xAI isn't connected. Say so plainly ("xsearch is unavailable, no xAI credential") and fall back to websearch. Don't guess at tweets from memory. xsearch is one round trip to xAI's server-side X tools (keyword search, semantic search, user search, thread fetch). You don't pick the sub-tool; the server does. Your job is to shape the query and the parameters so the server lands on the right one. The 4 rules 1. Date-bound anything time-sensitive. Stocks, earnings, market reaction, foreign flows, breaking news, product launches: compute yesterday from today's date and pass it as fromdate. Start narrow. If the first pass comes back thin, widen to 7 days. Dates are inclusive on both ends. 2. Scope trusted accounts. When the user names accounts they trust, pass them as allowedxhandles (bare handles, no @, max 20). Example: ["growthpapa", "aleabitoreddit"]. allowedxhandles and excludedxhandles are exclusive; pick one. 3. Phrase for recency. Write the query the way X advanced search expects: "latest" or "recent" wording plus operators (since:, until:, from:, filter:links, -filter:replies, lang:). The server has been observed running keyword search in Latest mode when the query carries since:. 4. Split, don't stack. One mega-query returns mush. Run 2 to 3 narrower searches: one pass by account, one by keyword, and a thread fetch when a single post needs its replies. Each call is one search turn. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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