xai-account-ops_skill

Overview

This skill automates X (Twitter) account operations using the xAI Grok-4 API. It streamlines account analysis, trend discovery, competitor comparisons, and data-driven improvement suggestions. Outputs are saved locally for review and further processing.

How this skill works

The skill calls the xAI API (grok-4-fast) to fetch and analyze recent posts, search for trending content by keyword and time window, and compare multiple accounts. Commands wrap curl and jq to request X Search endpoints, parse JSON responses, and write human-readable reports to outputs/xai-account-ops/. Authentication relies on the XAI_API_KEY environment variable and respects rate and cost considerations.

When to use it

• When you need regular engagement analysis for a single X account.
• To discover viral or rising posts around specific keywords or time ranges.
• When benchmarking multiple accounts or competitors for content strategy.
• To generate concrete, data-backed improvement suggestions for posting and timing.
• When automating report generation for social media managers or small teams.

Best practices

• Store XAI_API_KEY securely as an environment variable, not in scripts.
• Limit query frequency to avoid rate limits and control X Search costs.
• Use specific date ranges for trend queries to reduce noise and API usage.
• Post-process saved JSON outputs with jq or custom scripts to integrate into dashboards.
• Combine competitor comparisons with manual review to validate automated findings.

Example use cases

• Run ./run.sh analyze <handle> to get engagement trends and top-performing posts for a brand account.
• Use ./run.sh trend "keyword" "start_time" "end_time" to find recent viral posts for a campaign idea.
• Execute ./run.sh competitor "acct1,acct2" to produce side-by-side metrics for competitive analysis.
• Call ./run.sh suggest <handle> to receive tailored content and timing recommendations.
• Schedule periodic runs to populate outputs/xai-account-ops/ for trend tracking and monthly reporting.