Automate Twitch with Codex

Send chat messages, broadcast colored announcements, schedule stream notifications, and engage your community — all from the command line or through your AI agent.

Setup Guide GitHub

Please make sure there is always a human in the loop.

Post to Twitch in Seconds

Terminal

# Install the skill
npx skills add gitroomhq/postiz-agent

# Set your API key
export POSTIZ_API_KEY=your_api_key

# Find your Twitch integration
postiz integrations:list

# Send a chat message
postiz posts:create \
  -c "Stream starting now!" \
  --settings '{"messageType":"announcement","announcementColor":"purple"}' \
  -i "your-twitch-integration-id"

Twitch-Specific Features

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Chat Messages

Send messages directly to your Twitch chat. Keep your community engaged with automated updates, links, and announcements.

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Announcements

Broadcast highlighted announcements that stand out in chat. Perfect for stream starts, events, and important updates.

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Colored Announcements

Choose from primary, blue, green, orange, or purple colors for your announcements. Match your brand or highlight different content types.

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Stream Notifications

Schedule pre-stream hype messages and go-live notifications. Let your audience know when you're about to start streaming.

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Scheduled Posting

Queue up chat messages and announcements for specific times. Perfect for timed promotions during streams or pre-stream countdowns.

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AI-Powered Chat

Let AI agents compose and send context-aware chat messages. Automate community engagement while maintaining your voice.

How It Works

Find Your Twitch Integration

List your connected accounts and grab your Twitch integration ID. You can also fetch available settings to see what options are supported.

Discovery

# List all integrations
postiz integrations:list

# Filter for Twitch
postiz integrations:list | jq \
  '.[] | select(.identifier=="twitch")'

# Get Twitch settings schema
postiz integrations:settings <twitch-id>

Choose Your Message Type

Decide whether to send a regular chat message or a highlighted announcement. Announcements support color customization for extra visibility.

Message Types

# Regular chat message (default)
postiz posts:create \
  -c "Thanks for watching!" \
  -i "twitch-id"

# Colored announcement
postiz posts:create \
  -c "GIVEAWAY starting now!" \
  --settings '{
    "messageType": "announcement",
    "announcementColor": "green"
  }' \
  -i "twitch-id"

Create Your Post

Send a chat message or announcement to your Twitch channel. Schedule it for a specific time or post immediately.

Post Creation

postiz posts:create \
  -c "Stream starting now! Let's go!" \
  -s "2025-01-15T18:00:00Z" \
  --settings '{
    "messageType": "announcement",
    "announcementColor": "purple"
  }' \
  -i "twitch-id"

Twitch Settings Reference

Every Twitch post accepts these platform-specific settings via the --settings flag.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`__type`	string	Yes	Must be "twitch"
`messageType`	string	No	"message" or "announcement" (default: message)
`announcementColor`	string	No	"primary", "blue", "green", "orange", or "purple" (only for announcements)

Common Configurations

Copy-paste these settings for common Twitch posting scenarios.

Simple Chat Message

settings.json

{
  "messageType": "message"
}

Purple Announcement

settings.json

{
  "messageType": "announcement",
  "announcementColor": "purple"
}

Green Giveaway Announcement

settings.json

{
  "messageType": "announcement",
  "announcementColor": "green"
}

Blue Event Announcement

settings.json

{
  "messageType": "announcement",
  "announcementColor": "blue"
}

What is Codex?

Codex is OpenAI's autonomous coding agent that handles software engineering tasks — writing features, fixing bugs, and answering questions about your codebase. It works via CLI and IDE integrations, and can execute shell commands like Postiz.

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CLI & IDE Native

Codex runs from your terminal or IDE. It executes shell commands directly, making Postiz integration seamless — no extra configuration needed.

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Autonomous Execution

Codex works in sandboxed cloud environments, autonomously running commands, reading output, and chaining multi-step workflows like social media posting.

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Parallel Tasks

Run multiple Codex tasks simultaneously. Schedule posts to different platforms in parallel while Codex handles other coding work.

How Postiz Works with Codex

Codex discovers Postiz when you install it globally. It reads the SKILL.md to understand available commands and can autonomously chain them for social media workflows.

✓Install Postiz Agent globally with npx skills add
✓Codex reads the SKILL.md and learns all Postiz commands
✓POSTIZ_API_KEY must be set in environment
✓Codex executes commands in sandboxed environments
✓Works alongside your coding tasks in parallel

Install Postiz

# Install the Postiz skill
npx skills add gitroomhq/postiz-agent

# Set your API key
export POSTIZ_API_KEY=your_api_key

# Codex discovers Postiz commands
# from the SKILL.md automatically
codex "list my social media integrations"

Twitch Posting with Codex

Tell Codex what to post from your terminal or IDE — it discovers your integrations via Postiz and handles the entire publishing workflow.

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CLI Workflow

Terminal and IDE integration

Tell Codex what to post from your terminal or IDE — it discovers your integrations via Postiz and handles the entire publishing workflow.

Codex CLI

$ codex "Post to Twitch about our
  new feature launch, schedule for
  tomorrow at 9am"

Codex: I'll handle that.
  Running: postiz integrations:list
  Found your Twitch integration.
  Running: postiz posts:create ...

  Done! Your post is scheduled.
  Post ID: abc-123

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Parallel Tasks

Multiple tasks at once

Codex can handle multiple tasks in parallel. Schedule posts to different platforms while it works on other coding tasks simultaneously.

Codex Parallel Tasks

# Run multiple posting tasks in parallel
$ codex "Schedule a post about our
  launch to X for tomorrow 9am" &

$ codex "Write a LinkedIn article
  about our new feature and schedule
  for tomorrow noon" &

$ codex "Fix the bug in auth.ts"

# All three tasks run simultaneously

Why Codex + Postiz for Twitch

Codex's autonomous execution makes Postiz a natural fit. The agent reads the SKILL.md to understand every available command, then autonomously chains them together for Twitch workflows.

✓CLI-native — runs from your terminal or IDE
✓Autonomous execution in sandboxed environments
✓Parallel task support — post while coding
✓Announcement colors applied automatically based on your instructions
✓Cross-post to Twitch + other platforms in a single session
✓Powered by OpenAI's most capable models

SKILL.md (auto-discovered)

---
name: postiz
description: Social media automation
  CLI for scheduling posts across
  30+ platforms including Twitch
metadata:
  codex:
    requirements:
      env:
        - POSTIZ_API_KEY
      binaries:
        - postiz
---

# Available Commands
- postiz integrations:list
- postiz integrations:settings <id>
- postiz posts:create
- postiz upload <file>
- postiz analytics:platform <id>

# Twitch Settings
messageType, announcementColor

Also Works with Claude Code

Postiz Agent works as a CLI tool with any AI agent that can execute shell commands — including Anthropic's Claude Code.

Claude Code

by Anthropic

Claude reads the SKILL.md file to learn all available Postiz commands, then autonomously discovers your Twitch integration, picks the right message type and color, and sends the message.

Claude Code

> Send a purple announcement to Twitch:
  "Stream starting now! Let's build!"

Claude will automatically run:
  postiz integrations:list
  postiz posts:create \
    -c "Stream starting now!" \
    --settings '{"messageType":
      "announcement",
      "announcementColor":
      "purple"}' \
    -i "twitch-id"

Twitch + Other Platforms

Announce your stream on Twitch and other platforms in a single command. Each platform gets its own settings.

Terminal

# Announce stream on Twitch and Twitter simultaneously
postiz posts:create \
  -c "Going live now! Building a real-time dashboard" \
  -s "2025-01-15T18:00:00Z" \
  --settings '{"messageType":"announcement","announcementColor":"purple"}' \
  -i "twitch-id,twitter-id"

# Schedule a week of stream announcements
for day in 1 2 3 4 5; do
  postiz posts:create \
    -c "Stream day $day! Join us at 6pm" \
    -s "2025-03-0${day}T17:30:00Z" \
    --settings '{"messageType":"announcement","announcementColor":"green"}' \
    -i "twitch-id"
done