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Read followers / following

x_read_connections — Read who follows a person, or who they follow, live on X (up to 5000).

x_read_connections · Live read on X (creates a job)

Read who follows a person, or who they follow, live on X (up to 5000). Long lists may not finish within wait_seconds: poll job_get. Counts against Read.

REST POST /api/public/v1/accounts/{account}/reads/connections
MCP tool x_read_connections
Permission needed accounts.run — Owner, Manager, Operator
Scope group x:read
Group Live reads on X
Shown up front in profiles Operate X accounts

Input

Field Type Required Description
account string (1–100 chars) Yes The X account to use: its X-Buddy account_id (from account_list) or its @handle. Ambiguous names return candidates instead of guessing.
person string (1–60 chars) Yes Person on X: @handle (or handle) or numeric user id prefixed with #, e.g. #44196397
direction followers · following Yes followers = people who follow them; following = people they follow.
max integer (1–5000) No Most people to read.

Result

Creates a job for the X account's VPS. REST waits up to wait seconds (default 15, max 20): when done it returns 200 with the result, otherwise 202 with Location: /api/public/v1/jobs/{job_id}. The final status is succeeded, failed, cancelled or unknown.

Example

Call over REST

curl -X POST "https://reach-link-craft.lovable.app/api/public/v1/accounts/%40your_x_account/reads/connections" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XBUDDY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"person":"@example_person","direction":"followers"}'

Call over MCP

{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "x_read_connections",
    "arguments": {
      "account": "@your_x_account",
      "person": "@example_person",
      "direction": "followers"
    }
  }
}

Errors you may get

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