x-article-publisher

X Article Publisher

Publish Markdown content to X (Twitter) Articles editor, preserving formatting with rich text conversion.

Prerequisites

• Playwright MCP for browser automation
• User logged into X with Premium Plus subscription
• Python 3.9+ with dependencies: pip install Pillow pyobjc-framework-Cocoa

Scripts

Located in ~/.claude/skills/x-article-publisher/scripts/:

parse_markdown.py

Parse Markdown and extract structured data:

python parse_markdown.py <markdown_file> [--output json|html] [--html-only]

Returns JSON with: title, cover_image, content_images (with block_index for positioning), html, total_blocks

copy_to_clipboard.py

Copy image or HTML to system clipboard:

# Copy image (with optional compression)
python copy_to_clipboard.py image /path/to/image.jpg [--quality 80]

# Copy HTML for rich text paste
python copy_to_clipboard.py html --file /path/to/content.html

Workflow

Strategy: "先文后图" (Text First, Images Later)

For articles with multiple images, paste ALL text content first, then insert images at correct positions using block index.

1. Parse Markdown with Python script → get title, images with block_index, HTML
2. Navigate to X Articles editor
3. Upload cover image (first image)
4. Fill title
5. Copy HTML to clipboard (Python) → Paste with Cmd+V
6. Insert content images at positions specified by block_index
7. Save as draft (NEVER auto-publish)

高效执行原则 (Efficiency Guidelines)

目标: 最小化操作之间的等待时间，实现流畅的自动化体验。

1. 避免不必要的 browser_snapshot

大多数浏览器操作（click, type, press_key 等）都会在返回结果中包含页面状态。不要在每次操作后单独调用 browser_snapshot，直接使用操作返回的页面状态即可。

❌ 错误做法：
browser_click → browser_snapshot → 分析 → browser_click → browser_snapshot → ...

✅ 正确做法：
browser_click → 从返回结果中获取页面状态 → browser_click → ...

2. 避免不必要的 browser_wait_for

只在以下情况使用 browser_wait_for：

• 等待图片上传完成（textGone="正在上传媒体"）
• 等待页面初始加载（极少数情况）

不要使用 browser_wait_for 来等待按钮或输入框出现 - 它们在页面加载完成后立即可用。

3. 并行执行独立操作

当两个操作没有依赖关系时，可以在同一个消息中并行调用多个工具：