How to Monitor X for Relevant Posts with n8n

Finding high-signal content on X (formerly Twitter) is a manual, time-consuming process. Professionals looking to stay ahead in community engagement, identify potential leads, track thought leaders, or perform competitor analysis often struggle with constant platform changes, limited API access, rate limits, and noise from irrelevant posts. The pace and scale of information on X make it difficult to monitor conversations in real time and categorize the content without significant manual effort, especially when multiple categories or nuanced topics are involved.

This Airtop automation for n8n solves those challenges by letting you automate the detection and retrieval of relevant posts on X directly from live search results. By leveraging Airtop’s authenticated browser sessions, the workflow seamlessly logs into X, opens your targeted search URL, scrolls through results, and extracts posts—overcoming common issues like inconsistent API data or access hurdles. Integrated AI-powered classification categorizes each post based on the topics you care about, ensuring you only see high-value content. Results are output as structured JSON, ready for downstream processes or analytics. Real-time monitoring, robust category filtering, and reliable session handling mean you get more accurate results, faster, with less effort.

This integration is designed specifically for n8n, enabling you to connect Airtop’s advanced web automation to your no-code workflows, schedule checks, trigger alerts, and automate next steps like sending Slack notifications or updating your CRM. With support for authenticated workflows, modern login methods, and robust extraction logic, this automation brings scalable, precise monitoring of X to any technical or operations team.

Who is this Automation for?

• Community managers and social media teams tracking industry insights and engaging with relevant conversations

• Business development professionals and SDRs looking to identify and qualify new leads based on real-time social activity

• Competitive intelligence and product marketing teams monitoring thought leaders and competitors on X

• Automation engineers and technical teams needing categorized, structured social data for workflows and analytics

Key Benefits

• Authenticated browser sessions for robust, reliable data extraction from X

• Automated AI-based post classification and topic filtering in real time

• JSON output for seamless integration with other automation tools and data pipelines

• No-code implementation in n8n, simplifying deployment and maintenance

Use Cases

• Identify and track trending conversations for rapid community response

• Monitor competitor announcements or product launches in your category

• Feed qualified posts into Slack, CRM, or engagement workflows for review

• Classify thought leadership content to support influencer mapping

• Automate the scouting of new business leads based on topic-relevant posts

• Surface breaking news or policy updates for government or legal teams

• Aggregate user feedback and sentiment on brand or campaign hashtags

Getting Started with the Monitor X for Relevant Posts Automation

This automation helps you monitor X for high-value posts and categorize them for downstream workflows in n8n.

How the Monitor X for Relevant Posts Automation Works

The automation is triggered by an external workflow in n8n. It uses your authenticated Airtop profile to launch a secure browser session, navigates to the specified X search URL, and extracts up to 10 English-language posts matching your criteria. Each post is classified by category, and unrelated posts are filtered out. Processed results are returned in JSON format for easy analysis or further automation.

What You’ll Need

• Free Airtop account

• Airtop browser profile authenticated to X (Create Profile)

• n8n account

• Airtop API key (create at Airtop API Keys)

• List of categories for post classification

Setting Up the Automation

1. Click on Try Automation on the automation page

2. Select "Use for free" and follow the prompts to set up your Airtop and X credentials in n8n

3. Configure the workflow with your authenticated Airtop profile, desired X search URL, and relevant categories

4. Run the automation in n8n

5. Optional: schedule recurring monitoring by enabling the scheduler in n8n

Customize the Automation

You can tailor this automation to suit your monitoring needs with Airtop and n8n:

• Adjust category definitions to focus on specific industry trends, product mentions, or competitive signals

• Modify the workflow to surface only posts from verified accounts or those meeting minimum engagement criteria

• Integrate sentiment analysis or keyword-based filtering to refine the relevance of the results

• Chain automated replies or CRM enrichment based on post classification or urgency

Automation Best Practices

• Regularly update your Airtop browser profile authentication to maintain session reliability on X

• Refine category lists periodically to track changing topics, keywords, or business priorities

• Use downstream automation to keep results actionable, such as triggering Slack alerts for new, high-priority posts

• Monitor workflow performance and adapt scraping intervals to avoid rate limits or platform changes

Try this Automation

Automate your real-time social listening on X, get structured data on posts by category, and simplify high-signal monitoring with Monitor X for Relevant Posts using n8n. Need help customizing this automation? Book a Demo today!