threads-mcp-crawler: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

threads-mcp-crawler CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from dkyazzentwatwa/threads-mcp-crawler. It costs 4,049 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for developing a Threads scraper MCP, which collects information from the Threads social network for an AI agent. They describe its architecture, parsing, caching, throttling, and sentiment analysis.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when changing the Threads scraper, its browser automation, parsers, selectors, settings, or caching.
Why use it?
They explain the project's design choices and important implementation details, helping developers preserve reliable and considerate scraping behavior.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is dkyazzentwatwa/threads-mcp-crawler's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on threads-mcp-crawler itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything threads-mcp-crawler configures →

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Opus 5 $0.02024 $0.02024
Sonnet 5 $0.00810 $0.00810
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Grade A, and why

threads-mcp-crawler CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 10d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 568 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 568 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Threads Scraper MCP - Developer Guide

Internal documentation for developers working on threads_scraper_mcp.

Architecture Overview

Design Philosophy

  1. Robustness over cleverness: Dual parsing (JSON + HTML) ensures resilience
  2. Centralized selectors: All CSS selectors in one ThreadsSelectors class
  3. Graceful degradation: Return partial data rather than failing completely
  4. Ethical scraping: Built-in throttling and caching, no circumvention attempts
  5. Proven patterns: Architecture mirrors successful substack_mcp implementation

Tech Stack

  • Python 3.9+: Modern type hints (| union, Optional, generics)
  • Pydantic v2: Type-safe data validation
  • Playwright: Headless Chrome browser automation (bypasses login wall)
  • BeautifulSoup + lxml: HTML parsing (fallback)
  • VADER: Sentiment analysis for social media
  • MCP SDK: Model Context Protocol for AI integration
  • cachetools: Thread-safe TTL caching

Module Responsibilities

settings.py

  • Environment-based configuration via @dataclass
  • RuntimeSettings.from_env() factory pattern
  • Global SETTINGS instance
  • Env vars: THREADS_THROTTLE, THREADS_CACHE_TTL, THREADS_SESSION_COOKIE, etc.

cache.py

  • Copied verbatim from substack_mcp (proven implementation)
  • Thread-safe TTLCache with RLock
  • @cached decorator for function memoization
  • clear_cache(prefix) for selective invalidation
  • 256-item limit, 10-minute TTL default

models.py

  • Pydantic v2 models for type safety
  • Core models: Profile, Thread, Reply, EngagementMetrics
  • Analytics models: SentimentBreakdown, KeywordScore, ProfileAnalytics
  • All fields use Optional for graceful degradation
  • raw: Dict[str, Any] field preserves original data for debugging

parsers.py

  • CRITICAL FILE: Most likely to need updates when Threads changes HTML
  • ThreadsSelectors class: Centralized CSS selectors
  • Dual parsing system:
    1. Primary: JSON from __NEXT_DATA__ script tag
    2. Fallback: HTML selectors
  • Helper functions: _extract_next_data(), _parse_datetime(), _parse_engagement_from_json(), etc.
  • Main parsers: parse_profile(), parse_thread(), parse_profile_threads(), parse_replies(), parse_search_results()

Read the full file on GitHub · 568 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

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threads-mcp-crawler CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository dkyazzentwatwa/threads-mcp-crawler (9 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 4,049 tokens to every session, about $0.0202 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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