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readXUser

Read X Profile

Read an X (Twitter) profile by handle: name, bio, location, follower and post counts.

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "who is @name on X", and it calls readXUser.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "username": "<username>"
  },
  "name": "readXUser"
}

Arguments

• usernamestringrequiredThe handle, with or without "@"

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Declared limits

• username: minimum length 1
• username: maximum length 16

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• who is @name on X
• look up this Twitter account
• how many followers does @name have

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• readXPost
• searchXPosts

Questions

• What does readXUser do?

  Read an X (Twitter) profile by handle: name, bio, location, follower and post counts. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use readXUser from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "who is @name on X", and it calls readXUser.

• Is readXUser safe to let an AI call?

  readXUser is read-only: it changes nothing. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.