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/install x-read
Description
Render and summarize a public X (Twitter) link when you need to read the tweet/article content without logging in.
Usage Guidance
This skill appears coherent and read-only: it scrapes public X pages with Puppeteer and needs no API keys. Before installing, consider: (1) Puppeteer will download a Chromium binary and pull many npm packages—expect a heavier install and network activity. (2) The script launches Chromium with '--no-sandbox' and related flags (common for containerized runs) which reduces process-level sandboxing; run the skill in a hardened environment or sandboxed container. (3) Verify you are comfortable with automated scraping under the target site's terms of service. (4) Review the index.js output and test locally with a few public links to confirm behavior. (5) Do not provide any secrets to the skill (it does not need them). If you want stricter safety, restrict this skill to explicit user invocation only and monitor network egress from the runtime environment.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: x-read
Version: 1.0.1
The skill's `index.js` uses Puppeteer to launch a Chromium instance with the `--no-sandbox` flag. This critically disables Chromium's security sandbox, creating a significant Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability if a malicious URL is processed. This directly contradicts the `SKILL.md` documentation, which claims a 'sandboxed Chromium instance' is launched. While this is a severe security flaw, there is no evidence of intentional malicious behavior such as data exfiltration, persistence, or unauthorized actions beyond the stated web scraping purpose.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name/description match the implementation: index.js uses Puppeteer to load X permalinks, extract tweet/article text, links, and media, and format a markdown summary. No unrelated environment variables, binaries, or external services are requested.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md explicitly instructs a read-only workflow (navigate to URL, wait for tweet/article selectors, extract text/media). The runtime directives in index.js stay within that scope (DOM scraping, optional fallback of full page text). It does log some page text for debugging but does not transmit data to external endpoints beyond the normal navigation to the provided URL.
Install Mechanism
There is no separate install spec, but package.json depends on puppeteer (and package-lock lists npm registry packages). Installing will pull Puppeteer and associated npm packages, and Puppeteer typically downloads a Chromium browser binary (archive extraction). This is expected for the task but is heavier than a pure script and involves network/IO during install.
Credentials
The skill requires no environment variables, credentials, or config paths; the requested privileges are proportional to the stated read-only scraping purpose.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not marked always:true and does not attempt to persist or modify other skills or global settings. It uses normal, on-demand invocation privileges.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install x-read - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/x-read - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.1
Documented skill for ClawHub release using skill-creator packaging.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is X Read?
Render and summarize a public X (Twitter) link when you need to read the tweet/article content without logging in. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 802 downloads so far.
How do I install X Read?
Run "/install x-read" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is X Read free?
Yes, X Read is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does X Read support?
X Read is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created X Read?
It is built and maintained by Tylordius (@tylordius); the current version is v1.0.1.
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