# Tweet / X Thread → Article (Claude, Markdown) (`gochujang/tweet-thread-to-article`) Actor

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.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gochujang/tweet-thread-to-article.md
- **Developed by:** [Hojun Lee](https://apify.com/gochujang) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Other
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## 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.**

---

### 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).

---

### What you get

```json
{
  "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}
}
````

***

### Two input modes

#### Mode A: paste thread text (recommended — reliable)

```json
{
  "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)

```json
{
  "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**.

***

### 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 |

***

### Quick start

#### Convert a long Balaji thread into a blog post

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

#### One-sentence summary back into a tweet

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

***

### 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.

***

### 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

***

### Setting your Anthropic API key

See [Article Summarizer README](https://apify.com/gochujang/article-summarizer) for the BYO key guide.

***

### 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).

***

### Related actors (same author)

- [Article Summarizer](https://apify.com/gochujang/article-summarizer) — Short summary instead of full article
- [Web Page → Markdown Converter](https://apify.com/gochujang/web-to-markdown)
- [Web Structured Data Extractor](https://apify.com/gochujang/web-structured-extractor)
- [HTML Metadata Extractor](https://apify.com/gochujang/html-metadata-extractor)

***

### Feedback

A short review helps writers / curators find it: [Leave a review on Apify Store](https://apify.com/gochujang/tweet-thread-to-article#reviews)

# Actor input Schema

## `threadUrl` (type: `string`):

Twitter / X URL. We try public nitter mirrors; if they fail, paste 'threadText' instead.

## `threadText` (type: `string`):

Paste the thread text directly (more reliable than URL).

## `articleStyle` (type: `string`):

Output format.

## `addHeadings` (type: `boolean`):

Inject ## section headings for blog/newsletter style.

## `maxWords` (type: `integer`):

Soft cap on article length in words.

## `model` (type: `string`):

Claude model to use for thread→article conversion.

## `anthropicApiKey` (type: `string`):

Get one at console.anthropic.com.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Custom UA for thread URL fetch.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "threadUrl": "",
  "threadText": "",
  "articleStyle": "essay",
  "addHeadings": true,
  "maxWords": 1500,
  "model": "claude-opus-4-7",
  "userAgent": ""
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gochujang/tweet-thread-to-article").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gochujang/tweet-thread-to-article").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call gochujang/tweet-thread-to-article --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=gochujang/tweet-thread-to-article",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Tweet / X Thread → Article (Claude, Markdown)",
        "description": "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. $0.01 per thread.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "vpsNac6WFgR6P3juw"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/gochujang~tweet-thread-to-article/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-gochujang-tweet-thread-to-article",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/gochujang~tweet-thread-to-article/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-gochujang-tweet-thread-to-article",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/gochujang~tweet-thread-to-article/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-gochujang-tweet-thread-to-article",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "anthropicApiKey"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "threadUrl": {
                        "title": "Thread URL (twitter.com or x.com)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Twitter / X URL. We try public nitter mirrors; if they fail, paste 'threadText' instead.",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "threadText": {
                        "title": "Thread text (recommended)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Paste the thread text directly (more reliable than URL).",
                        "default": ""
                    },
                    "articleStyle": {
                        "title": "Article style",
                        "enum": [
                            "essay",
                            "blog",
                            "newsletter",
                            "twitter"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Output format.",
                        "default": "essay"
                    },
                    "addHeadings": {
                        "title": "Add Markdown ## headings",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Inject ## section headings for blog/newsletter style.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "maxWords": {
                        "title": "Max words",
                        "minimum": 50,
                        "maximum": 5000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Soft cap on article length in words.",
                        "default": 1500
                    },
                    "model": {
                        "title": "Claude model",
                        "enum": [
                            "claude-opus-4-7",
                            "claude-sonnet-4-6",
                            "claude-haiku-4-5"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Claude model to use for thread→article conversion.",
                        "default": "claude-opus-4-7"
                    },
                    "anthropicApiKey": {
                        "title": "Anthropic API Key",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Get one at console.anthropic.com."
                    },
                    "userAgent": {
                        "title": "User-Agent",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Custom UA for thread URL fetch.",
                        "default": ""
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```