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Publish to X (Twitter)

X's write API costs $200/month, so we don't use it. Instead, we ship a small Chrome extension — CTE Pulse— that works with your existing X session, the same way you'd post manually. Faster, free.

You'll need:
  1. 1

    Install the CTE Pulse extension

    Visit creatortrendengine.com/extension and click Install from Chrome Web Store.

    The extension reads tweet metrics from pages you already visit (it doesn't make new requests on its own) and adds a small panel that walks you through publishing your CTE drafts on X. Source code is open: see the link in the listing.

  2. 2

    Draft a thread on Creator Trend Engine

    Open /compose and draft a thread, or pick a starting point from templates. Polish each post until you're happy.

  3. 3

    Click "Publish to X via extension →"

    In the publish bar, you'll see this button (next to Publish to Bluesky and Publish to Mastodon).

    A new tab opens at x.com/compose/post.

    How this works: your thread is encoded into the URL fragment (the part after #) and never sent to any server. The extension reads it locally on your machine, hands it to the panel, and removes the fragment from the URL.

  4. 4

    Use the CTE panel that appears

    In the bottom-right of x.com you'll see a small panel:

    CTE: thread queue

    Post 1 of 5

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    Paste into X »SkipEdit

    For each post in your thread:

    1. Click Paste into X ». The extension drops the text into X's tweet box.
    2. Hit Post on X like you normally would.
    3. X navigates to your new post. The panel detects it and queues up the next post automatically.

    Why a click per post and not fully automatic? Two reasons. (1) X actively blocks programmatic posting from extensions — auto-clicking Postwould get the extension banned. (2) Keeping you in the loop means you can edit a post mid-thread if it doesn't feel right when you see it in context — click Edit on the panel and rewrite before pasting.

  5. 5

    Done — close the panel

    After the last post, the panel says thread complete ✓ and disappears. Your thread is live on X.

If something goes wrong

▸The panel never appeared.

Three things to check:

  • Is the extension installed and enabled? Click the puzzle-piece icon in Chrome and look for “CTE Pulse.”
  • Are you on x.com (not twitter.com or pro.x.com)? The panel only injects on x.com.
  • Refresh the page once after installing the extension.
▸"Couldn’t find the X compose box."

X occasionally restructures its DOM. If the panel can't find the tweet textarea, click X's normal compose icon (the quill pen on the left sidebar) once to open it manually, then click Paste into X » on the panel again.

If this keeps happening, please email hi@creatortrendengine.com with which X page you're on and we'll patch the selector in the next extension update.

▸I want to abandon a thread mid-way.

Click the ×in the top-right of the CTE panel and confirm. Posts you already hit Post on are still on X (the extension can't un-post for you), but the rest of the queue is dropped.

▸What does the extension know about me?

The extension only reads:

  • Tweet metrics from X pages you visit, to draw the trend-score badges.
  • The thread payload you sent it from Creator Trend Engine.
  • Your CTE plan + handle, so the popup can show them. We read these from your existing creatortrendengine.com cookie — no tokens stored locally.

It does notread your DMs, your followers, or anything outside the public tweet stream you're already viewing. Source code is open in the extension's store listing.

▸Why not just use the X API?

X removed the free write tier in 2023. Today, posting via API costs $200/month minimum, and most independent creators don't want to pay that just to publish their own threads. The extension approach uses your existing browser session — the same one that works when you tweet manually — so there's no API cost at all.

Don't have the extension yet? Install CTE Pulse →