the bot has to be summoned

notes from wiring the hot take bot into twitter.

the bot needs to be “summoned” before it can reply to a user. if not, you get rate limited on the reply. after that the bot is limited for 30 minutes to 2 hours.

the activity api (oauth1) works as a webhook to get mentions of the bot, rather than polling. the x app login handles posting and liking on other people’s tweets. dual path.

none of this is in the docs as one story. you find it by getting rate limited.

the platform teaches you its rules by punishing you first.