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Read who engaged with a post

x_read_post_engagers — Who reposted, quoted or replied to a post (likes only for the account's own posts, an X rule), live.

x_read_post_engagers · Live read on X (creates a job)

Who reposted, quoted or replied to a post (likes only for the account's own posts, an X rule), live. Counts against Read.

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

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.
post string (1–300 chars) Yes Post id (digits) or its URL, e.g. https://x.com/someone/status/1790000000000000000
kind retweets · quotes · replies · likes Yes
max integer (10–2000) No

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/post-engagers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $XBUDDY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"post":"1790000000000000000","kind":"retweets"}'

Call over MCP

{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "x_read_post_engagers",
    "arguments": {
      "account": "@your_x_account",
      "post": "1790000000000000000",
      "kind": "retweets"
    }
  }
}

Errors you may get

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