Twitter Thread Scheduler

Why This Exists

Buffer's GraphQL API has no thread field — it only supports single posts. To post a proper X thread (tweet 1 → reply → reply → ...), you need direct Twitter API v2 access.

This script uses the redditech OAuth2 credentials from ~/.xurl to:

1. Post tweet [1/N] — get back the tweet ID
2. Post tweet [2/N] as reply: { in_reply_to_tweet_id: \x3Cid> } — get tweet 2's ID
3. Continue through the queue until all N tweets are posted
4. Log all tweet IDs + URLs to memory/thread-log.jsonl

This is the ONLY way to schedule real X threads. Always use this script over Buffer for multi-tweet content.

Script

scripts/tweet_thread_scheduler.py

Auth: ~/.xurl → apps.redditech.users.redditech.access_token (auto-refreshes on 401)

Commands

Preview (parse + char check, no posting)

python3 scripts/tweet_thread_scheduler.py preview \
  --file projects/social-growth/thread-\x3Cslug>.md

Run this first. Confirms tweet count and flags any over 280 chars.

Post immediately

python3 scripts/tweet_thread_scheduler.py post \
  --file projects/social-growth/thread-\x3Cslug>.md \
  --slug \x3Cslug>
# Prompts for confirmation before posting

Dry run

python3 scripts/tweet_thread_scheduler.py post \
  --file projects/social-growth/thread-\x3Cslug>.md \
  --slug \x3Cslug> \
  --dry-run

Schedule for later (ISO8601 datetime)

python3 scripts/tweet_thread_scheduler.py schedule \
  --file projects/social-growth/thread-\x3Cslug>.md \
  --slug \x3Cslug> \
  --at "2026-04-05T08:00:00+11:00"
# Writes queue file + creates `at` job

Fire a queued thread (called automatically by at)

python3 scripts/tweet_thread_scheduler.py fire \
  --queue memory/thread-queue/\x3Cslug>.json

Thread File Format

The script parses the blog-to-social output format automatically:

## Thread (9 tweets)

[1/9] First tweet text here.

[2/9] Second tweet text here.

...

[9/9] Final tweet with blog URL. #Hashtag1 #Hashtag2

Also supports ## Tweet N headers and --- dividers.

Always run preview before scheduling to confirm parsing is correct.

Rate Limits

• 3 second delay between tweets in a thread
• Auto-retry with exponential backoff on HTTP 429
• Twitter free tier: 300 write operations per 15 minutes
• A 9-tweet thread uses 9 write ops — well within limits

Queue & Logs

Integration with Content Pipeline

In the blog-to-social and blog-publish playbooks:

• Sara produces projects/social-growth/thread-\x3Cslug>.md
• Run preview to verify parsing
• Replace [BLOG_URL] placeholder before scheduling
• Use schedule --at \x3CpublishAt + 15min> to align with blog embargo timing
• LinkedIn single posts → still use scripts/buffer-post.mjs

Rule: Buffer for LinkedIn. This script for X threads.

Lessons Learned

2026-04-03 — First use (portkey-patterns + ollama-embeddings):

• Buffer createPost with thread field returns GRAPHQL_VALIDATION_FAILED — field doesn't exist
• Workaround: built this script using Twitter API v2 reply field
• at scheduling works cleanly — jobs survive across sessions
• 3s inter-tweet delay is sufficient for free tier rate limits
• Both threads (9 tweets + 8 tweets) parse cleanly from [1/N] format

Buffer delete API (corrected 2026-04-03):

• Input field: id (NOT postId)
• Response union: DeletePostSuccess { id } | VoidMutationError { message } (NOT PostActionSuccess)
• This is different from createPost which uses PostActionSuccess