Tweet / X Thread → Article (Claude)

Convert a Twitter / X thread (URL or pasted text) into a clean Markdown article. Removes '1/N' noise, smooths transitions, adds optional H2 headings, preserves facts and quotes. BYO Anthropic API key. $0.01 per thread.

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Why this exists

Twitter/X threads are great for hot takes but terrible for re-reading or sharing. You want them as articles — flowing paragraphs without the "1/N" noise, with proper section headings.

Threadreader.app does this but their API is gated. This actor replaces it for $0.01 per thread + Anthropic tokens (~$0.005).

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What you get

{
  "thread_url": "https://x.com/balajis/status/...",
  "thread_chars": 3520,
  "article_md": "# Why AI agents will replace SaaS\n\nThe key insight is...\n\n## The new business model\n...\n\n## Implications\n...",
  "article_words": 480,
  "style": "blog",
  "model": "claude-opus-4-7",
  "usage": {"input_tokens": 1240, "output_tokens": 720}
}

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Two input modes

Mode A: paste thread text (recommended — reliable)

{
  "threadText": "1/ The key insight about AI agents is...\n2/ They will replace SaaS because...\n3/ ...",
  "articleStyle": "blog",
  "anthropicApiKey": "sk-ant-..."
}

Mode B: pass X URL (best-effort via Nitter)

{
  "threadUrl": "https://x.com/balajis/status/1234567890",
  "anthropicApiKey": "sk-ant-..."
}

URL note: X.com is hostile to scraping. We try public Nitter mirrors (nitter.net, nitter.privacydev.net, nitter.poast.org). When all mirrors fail (intermittent), paste the text directly via threadText. Paste mode is always reliable.

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Article styles

articleStyle	Output shape
essay	3-6 flowing paragraphs (default)
blog	H2 section headings
newsletter	TL;DR + 3-5 sections
twitter	Compress back to a single 280-char tweet

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Quick start

Convert a long Balaji thread into a blog post

{
  "threadText": "...",
  "articleStyle": "blog",
  "addHeadings": true,
  "maxWords": 1500,
  "anthropicApiKey": "sk-ant-..."
}

One-sentence summary back into a tweet

{
  "threadText": "...",
  "articleStyle": "twitter",
  "anthropicApiKey": "sk-ant-..."
}

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Pricing

Pay-Per-Event: $0.01 per thread (Apify-side).

Anthropic tokens charged separately:

Model	Approx Anthropic cost
Claude Opus 4.7	$0.005-0.015
Claude Sonnet 4.6	$0.001-0.003
Claude Haiku 4.5	$0.0003-0.001

Total typical: $0.011-0.025 per thread.

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Use cases

1. Personal knowledge base — Save threads you want to re-read later as clean articles in Obsidian / Logseq / Notion
2. Newsletter aggregation — Turn a creator's daily threads into a digest
3. Cross-platform publishing — Original thread on X, blog post on Substack, all from one input
4. Research — Convert deep technical threads into reference material

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Setting your Anthropic API key

See Article Summarizer README for the BYO key guide.

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Limitations

• X URL scraping is unreliable. Use threadText for production.
• Quote-RT context lost. When a thread quotes other tweets, the quoted content isn't auto-included.
• No image / media handling. Images in threads are skipped (text-only).

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Related actors (same author)

• Article Summarizer — Short summary instead of full article
• Web Page → Markdown Converter
• Web Structured Data Extractor
• HTML Metadata Extractor

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