# How Argus works: read your analytics, reply where it counts, in your voice

Argus is a Chrome extension for growing on X. X already streams a pile of analytics into your browser every day. Argus reads it and turns it into one thing: the next reply actually worth making. It reads your own X analytics, ranks live posts by reply opportunity, and drafts the reply in your voice. Nothing gets scraped, nothing gets automated, and you still decide what to send.

*[Diagram: the three-step flow, from reading your analytics to ranking live posts to drafting a reply you press send on.]*

## 1. It reads your real funnel, not vanity metrics

Most tools stop at impressions. Argus reads the numbers X actually shows you (reach, profile visits, follows, saves) and rebuilds your real funnel from them: who saw you, who clicked through, who followed, what they saved. That is the part that tells you whether you are growing or just being seen. A reply that pulls 50,000 impressions and zero follows is not a win, it is a leak. Argus points at the leak instead of the vanity number.

*[Diagram: the profile-visit-to-follow funnel, showing where reach leaks.]*

## 2. It ranks live posts by reply opportunity

When your account is small-to-mid, replies do the work posts can't. The whole thing is timing, though. A reply only pays off if you get there while the post is still climbing, before fifty other people have said the same thing. Argus watches your timeline and scores posts by reply opportunity as they land, using the author's reach, how early you'd be, and how close the post sits to your niche. So you spend your replies where they convert, not on whatever is loudest.

*[Diagram: reply timing, showing how an early reply on a rising post beats a late one on a peaked thread.]*

## 3. It drafts in your voice, and you press send

Argus learns your voice from your own best posts, then writes a draft you drop into X's reply box in one click. The AI drafting is optional and runs on a key you bring; the ranking, tags, and capture all work without it. And nothing fires on its own. **Argus never auto-posts, auto-replies, auto-follows, or auto-likes.** Every reply is draft-and-insert: you read it, you fix it, you hit send.

## Where to start

New to reply-led growth? Read the [reply-first playbook](https://argushq.cc/guides/grow-on-x-with-replies) for the strategy Argus is built around, or browse all [guides](https://argushq.cc/guides). Weighing options? See [how Argus compares](https://argushq.cc/compare) to other X growth tools, or head back to the [Argus home page](https://argushq.cc/).

## Who it's for (and who it isn't)

Argus is built for the account that grows one reply at a time. If you're somewhere between a few hundred and a few thousand followers, your posts don't carry far on their own yet, so the reach you get comes from showing up under other people's posts while they're still climbing. The hard part at that size isn't writing the reply, it's knowing which of the fifty posts in front of you is worth one. That's the exact question Argus answers.

It's a worse fit if you're already big. Once your own posts pull reach on their own, a reply-ranking tool is solving a problem you don't have. And if you came here hoping to set a bot loose and walk away, this isn't that. Argus drafts and points; you do the sending. There is no autopilot mode and there never will be, because the thing you'd be automating is the one thing that gets accounts restricted.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Argus free?

The extension is free. AI drafting is optional and runs on an API key you bring, so if you turn it on you pay your provider directly, not us. The ranking, tags, and analytics capture all work without a key.

### Will it get my account banned?

No. Argus is draft-and-insert only and never auto-posts, auto-replies, auto-follows, or auto-likes. Automating the send button is the real ban risk, and Argus deliberately doesn't touch it.

### Does it work for small accounts?

Yes, that is exactly who it is built for. At a small size replies, not posts, drive your out-of-network reach, and Argus tells you which replies are worth making.

### Does Argus post for me?

No. You press send on everything.

Your reach is already there. Convert it.