Agent skill

X Virality

by elophanto in elophanto/EloPhanto

Concrete, algorithm-grounded guidance for writing X posts that the For You feed ranks high.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install X Virality

skills CLI
$ npx skills add elophanto/EloPhanto --skill x-virality -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install elophanto/EloPhanto x-virality --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/elophanto/EloPhanto.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/x-virality .claude/skills/x-virality && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
x-virality
GitHub stars
106
Token cost
~3.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,089 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Concrete, algorithm-grounded guidance for writing X posts that the For You feed ranks high.

  • Works in 10 steps: Open with a hook in the first 3-8 words → Make people stop and read (dwell, not… → Provoke replies, don't beg for them → …
  • SKILL.md covers Triggers, Why this exists, How the algorithm scores and Positive signals — what to…, plus 9 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

X Virality is an agent skill from elophanto/EloPhanto. Concrete, algorithm-grounded guidance for writing X posts that the For You feed ranks high. Distilled from the public source of X's ranking system (github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm, May 2026 release). Use this BEFORE drafting any X post or reply. Pairs with the xstylepreflight tool (mechanical banned-phrase check) and the twitter-marketing skill (general practice).

Its SKILL.md is about 3.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with X (Twitter) and GitHub. The repository describes itself as: Source-available autonomous AI agent with a self-model that actually changes as it runs - ego, affect and identity grounded in real psychology (Higgins, PAD/OCC). Writes its own…

Example prompts

  • “/x-virality”

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Open with a hook in the first 3-8 words
  2. Make people stop and read (dwell, not just glance)
  3. Provoke replies, don't beg for them
  4. Earn the profile click + follow
  5. Never write for not_dwelled
  6. Stay fresh — react fast or don't react
  7. Avoid the slop detector
  8. Be careful with images and video
  9. Don't stack posts on yourself
  10. Watch for spam-low-follower triggers

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7bfc65d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

X Virality loads about 3.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,089 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~96
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,089 words (~3,842 tokens).

“The X For You feed is ranked by a Grok-based transformer (Phoenix) that predicts probabilities for 22 distinct user actions on every post and then computes a weighted sum. The weights are tuned at runtime via A/B testing — they…”

— opening of SKILL.md by elophanto, Custom licence
name
x-virality

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/x-virality of elophanto/EloPhanto.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7bfc65d

Compare with similar skills

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Banner CreatorReScienceLab/opc-skills1.8k—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Agent ReachEdisonChenAI/agent-reach1101 repos~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Backfill Event Datarubyevents/rubyevents569—~2.8kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about X Virality

What does X Virality do?

Concrete, algorithm-grounded guidance for writing X posts that the For You feed ranks high. X Virality is an agent skill from elophanto/EloPhanto. Concrete, algorithm-grounded guidance for writing X posts that the For You feed ranks high.

How do I install X Virality in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add elophanto/EloPhanto --skill x-virality -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/x-virality in elophanto/EloPhanto) into .claude/skills/x-virality in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install X Virality in Codex?

Run `npx skills add elophanto/EloPhanto --skill x-virality -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/x-virality in elophanto/EloPhanto) into .agents/skills/x-virality in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use X Virality in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add elophanto/EloPhanto --skill x-virality -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/x-virality, .gemini/skills/x-virality, .github/skills/x-virality and .opencode/skills/x-virality in your project.

What does X Virality need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: X Virality is instructions for the agent only.

Does X Virality access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is X Virality safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does X Virality use?

X Virality has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does X Virality use?

About 3.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to X Virality?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with X Virality: Read URLs and PDFs (tw93/Waza, 7.2k stars), bb-browser Site Commands for OpenClaw (epiral/bb-browser, 6.2k stars), Banner Creator (ReScienceLab/opc-skills, 1.8k stars) and Agent Reach (EdisonChenAI/agent-reach, 110 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains X Virality?

elophanto (a GitHub user) maintains it in elophanto/EloPhanto, which has 106 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: elophanto/EloPhanto on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.