How to Read Twitter / X Links in ChatGPT

ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can't read tweets directly. X.com blocks bots, requires JavaScript rendering, and sits behind authentication walls. MachineContext solves this with a single URL prepend.

The Problem

When you paste an X.com or Twitter link into ChatGPT, you'll get something like:

ChatGPT Response

"I'm unable to directly access or view content from X (formerly Twitter). Could you paste the text of the tweet here so I can help?"

This happens because X.com is a JavaScript-heavy single-page application. AI crawlers can't execute JavaScript, can't authenticate, and get blocked by bot detection. The result: AI models are blind to Twitter content.

The Fix

Prepend machinecontext.ai/ to any X.com link. MachineContext will render the page in a real browser, extract the tweet content, and return clean, structured markdown.

Step 1 — Take any tweet URL
x.com/elonmusk/status/1234567890
Step 2 — Prepend machinecontext.ai/
machinecontext.ai/x.com/elonmusk/status/1234567890
Step 3 — Paste into ChatGPT

"Summarize this tweet: machinecontext.ai/x.com/elonmusk/status/1234567890"

ChatGPT will follow the MachineContext link, receive clean markdown with the full tweet text, author handle, timestamp, engagement metrics, and any quoted content — then answer your question accurately.

What Gets Extracted

MachineContext renders the tweet in a headless browser and extracts:

Tweet text
The full post content
Author info
Handle, display name
Timestamp
When it was posted
Engagement
Likes, retweets, replies
Quoted tweets
Nested referenced posts
Thread context
Previous tweets in thread
Media descriptions
Image alt text, links
Link previews
Expanded URL cards

Works With

ChatGPT
Paste the machinecontext.ai URL directly in your prompt
Claude
Works with URL fetching in Claude conversations
Perplexity
Perplexity can follow and parse MachineContext links
Custom GPTs & Agents
Any AI agent with web browsing can use MachineContext URLs

Not Just Twitter

The same technique works for any JavaScript-heavy site that AI can't read:

machinecontext.ai/linkedin.com/posts/...
machinecontext.ai/instagram.com/p/...
machinecontext.ai/reddit.com/r/...
machinecontext.ai/news.ycombinator.com/item?id=...
machinecontext.ai/Any SPA or JS-rendered page

Try it now

No signup. No API key. Just prepend the URL.

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