investor-flow/docs/adr/0003-cookie-based-x-source.md

ADR-0003: Cookie-based X (Twitter) data source

Date: 2026-06-27 Status: Accepted

Decision

X research feed uses cookie-based auth (operator-supplied auth_token + ct0 in a gitignored local secrets file). One shared read-only X source, not per-user.

Consequences

• TOS-sensitive: read-only, rate-limited, attribution preserved, no bulk scraping. Operator owns cookie freshness.
• Output → Tier B shared content (thread mirrors). Trusted-account allowlists are per-user (Tier C).
• Adapter uses bird CLI / Twitter API v2 with cookies for cashtag search ($SYMBOL) + curated timelines.