The best Twitter MCP server for Claude (2026)

LinkIntel gives Claude your own recent original posts and their metrics (read daily once X is connected), X's open-source ranking weights with commit links, and public posts you chose as references, each with its source link. It also keeps daily snapshots of your posts as a record. Nothing it does can post, reply or DM. In Claude Code the setup is one command, claude mcp add -s user --transport http linkintel https://www.getlinkintel.com/api/mcp, and in Claude.ai or Desktop you add it under Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector.

The catch: it cannot schedule, post or search X, and it is built around one person's own X account. It is also not the only server that shows Claude your own metrics, since Buffer's and OpenTweet's do too. I put it first for the evidence job because it is the only one here built purely to inform a draft; the others are first and foremost for writing or searching.

Typefully's server at mcp.typefully.com/mcp signs in with OAuth, with no API key needed (a bearer API key works for headless clients). Claude can create, edit and schedule drafts across X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon, including threads, view your queue and published posts, upload media and organise with tags.

The catch: the help article does not mention analytics or post metrics, so it is not described as showing Claude how your posts performed. It states a Claude Pro or Max plan as a requirement. For scheduling from Claude it is the one I would try first.

Buffer's server at mcp.buffer.com/mcp authorises with an API key as a bearer token, works even on the Free plan, and lets an assistant read your channels, browse your queue and drafts, schedule and edit posts, capture ideas and pull post analytics. Claude is one of its documented integrations.

The catch: metrics refresh once a day, so values can lag by up to a day, reach and impressions appear only when every channel in the filter supports them, and requests count against your plan's API limit (3,000 a month on Free). On Twitter, create_post is text only and takes a thread through metadata.

OpenTweet hosts an MCP server with 43 tools across posting, articles, evergreen queues, media, analytics, discovery, accounts and DM campaigns. The analytics tools include get_top_posts and get_profile_growth, and a discovery tool searches saved and public tweets for inspiration. It uses an API key and needs no X developer account, and there is an open-source npm package and a one-click Claude Desktop Extension.

The catch is breadth: this is the most capable server here, which also makes it the one that can do the most to your account. Its docs do not say which plan includes the analytics tools, and DM campaigns need the Advanced or Agency plan with a human approving each DM.

X's hosted MCP at api.x.com/mcp calls X API endpoints: fetch posts, full-archive post search, user search and lookup, a user's posts and mentions, bookmarks, news and trends, and drafting and publishing Articles. It needs your own X developer app, with either an app-only bearer token (read-only) or the open-source xurl mcp bridge for user-context writes.

The catch is setup and cost, since you bring the developer app and pay per call. The docs list no scheduling, no ranking weights or references, and do not state whether per-post impressions are exposed, so I would not use it for performance evidence. It is the one to pick for search.