x_monitor
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Watch an X/Twitter account or keyword query in real time: new tweets, replies, quotes, mentions, hashtags, and profile changes, delivered to your agent by free polling or HMAC-signed webhooks. Prepaid by the hour with a hard stop at expiry — no open-ended billing. The way to track a brand, competitor, or topic without re-polling paid reads.
Guidance: action=create needs username (account monitor, e.g. "vercel") OR query (keyword monitor, X search syntax, ≤512 chars), optional eventTypes — 21 available: post events (tweet.new, .reply, .retweet, .quote, .media, .link, .poll, .mention, .hashtag, .longform) for any monitor, plus profile-change events (profile.avatar/banner/name/username/bio/location/url/verified/protected/pinned_tweet/unavailable.changed) for ACCOUNT monitors only; default all applicable — and hours (1–168, default 1). action=extend needs monitorId + hours; hours append to the current expiry (total prepaid window ≤ 720h). Extend at least 5 minutes BEFORE expiry — extends inside the final 5 minutes are refused (unpaid) to keep settlement from racing the expiry teardown. PREPAID: the monitor stops and is removed at expires_at unless extended — no open-ended billing; early deletion does not refund remaining hours. Idempotency-Key header REQUIRED — retries replay the original monitor instead of re-charging (on the MCP door, retries are protected by single-use payment credentials instead). Pay with USDC on Base (x402) or Tempo (MPP); Solana is not offered for monitors (stateful resources need a recoverable owner wallet). After creation: poll events at /api/monitors/{id}/events (free — SIWX sign-in with the paying wallet; do NOT poll in a tight loop) or register an HTTPS webhook once at /api/webhooks to push signed events straight to your AI agent (Claude, OpenClaw, Hermes, or any endpoint) in real time. Manage monitors at /api/monitors (SIWX).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | yes | Create a new monitor or extend an existing one. |
| type | string | no | Monitor kind (create). Inferred from username/query when omitted. |
| username | string | no | X handle to monitor, without @ (create, type=account). |
| query | string | no | X search query to monitor (create, type=keyword). |
| eventTypes | array | no | Event types to receive (default: all applicable). Post events (tweet.*) work for any monitor; profile-change events (profile.*.changed) apply to ACCOUNT monitors only. |
| hours | integer | no | Prepaid hours to purchase (default 1). |
| monitorId | string | no | Monitor to extend (extend only). |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"create",
"extend"
],
"description": "Create a new monitor or extend an existing one."
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"account",
"keyword"
],
"description": "Monitor kind (create). Inferred from username/query when omitted."
},
"username": {
"type": "string",
"description": "X handle to monitor, without @ (create, type=account)."
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 512,
"description": "X search query to monitor (create, type=keyword)."
},
"eventTypes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"tweet.new",
"tweet.reply",
"tweet.retweet",
"tweet.quote",
"tweet.media",
"tweet.link",
"tweet.poll",
"tweet.mention",
"tweet.hashtag",
"tweet.longform",
"profile.avatar.changed",
"profile.banner.changed",
"profile.name.changed",
"profile.username.changed",
"profile.bio.changed",
"profile.location.changed",
"profile.url.changed",
"profile.verified.changed",
"profile.protected.changed",
"profile.pinned_tweet.changed",
"profile.unavailable.changed"
]
},
"description": "Event types to receive (default: all applicable). Post events (tweet.*) work for any monitor; profile-change events (profile.*.changed) apply to ACCOUNT monitors only."
},
"hours": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 168,
"description": "Prepaid hours to purchase (default 1)."
},
"monitorId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Monitor to extend (extend only)."
}
},
"required": [
"action"
]
}