diff --git a/agent_reach/channels/twitter.py b/agent_reach/channels/twitter.py
index 56f4d54..6963cae 100644
--- a/agent_reach/channels/twitter.py
+++ b/agent_reach/channels/twitter.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Twitter/X — check if xreach CLI is available."""
 
+import json
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 from .base import Channel
@@ -19,6 +20,53 @@ def _parse_version(ver_str: str) -> tuple[int, ...]:
         return (0, 0, 0)
 
 
+def _detect_xreach_version(xreach_path: str) -> str:
+    """Best-effort xreach version detection.
+
+    Some xreach-cli releases ship package.json@0.3.2 while `xreach --version`
+    still prints 0.3.0 because the embedded dist version file was not updated.
+    Prefer the newer of:
+    1) `xreach --version`
+    2) `npm list -g xreach-cli --json --depth=0`
+    """
+    versions: list[str] = []
+
+    try:
+        ver_result = subprocess.run(
+            [xreach_path, "--version"], capture_output=True,
+            encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", timeout=5
+        )
+        version_str = (ver_result.stdout or ver_result.stderr).strip()
+        if version_str:
+            versions.append(version_str)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    npm = shutil.which("npm")
+    if npm:
+        try:
+            npm_result = subprocess.run(
+                [npm, "list", "-g", "xreach-cli", "--json", "--depth=0"],
+                capture_output=True, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", timeout=10,
+            )
+            if npm_result.returncode == 0 and npm_result.stdout:
+                data = json.loads(npm_result.stdout)
+                npm_ver = (
+                    data.get("dependencies", {})
+                    .get("xreach-cli", {})
+                    .get("version", "")
+                    .strip()
+                )
+                if npm_ver:
+                    versions.append(npm_ver)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    if not versions:
+        return ""
+    return max(versions, key=_parse_version)
+
+
 class TwitterChannel(Channel):
     name = "twitter"
     description = "Twitter/X 推文"
@@ -39,13 +87,9 @@ class TwitterChannel(Channel):
             )
         # Check version — longform tweet support requires >= 0.3.2
         try:
-            ver_result = subprocess.run(
-                [xreach, "--version"], capture_output=True,
-                encoding="utf-8", errors="replace", timeout=5
-            )
-            version_str = (ver_result.stdout or ver_result.stderr).strip()
+            version_str = _detect_xreach_version(xreach)
             version_tuple = _parse_version(version_str)
-            if version_tuple < _MIN_XREACH_VERSION:
+            if version_str and version_tuple < _MIN_XREACH_VERSION:
                 min_str = ".".join(str(x) for x in _MIN_XREACH_VERSION)
                 return "warn", (
                     f"xreach CLI 版本过旧（当前 {version_str}，需 >= {min_str}）。"
diff --git a/agent_reach/cli.py b/agent_reach/cli.py
index d4370e2..9b1b1ab 100644
--- a/agent_reach/cli.py
+++ b/agent_reach/cli.py
@@ -460,7 +460,9 @@ def _install_system_deps():
 def _install_xiaoyuzhou_deps():
     """Install Xiaoyuzhou podcast transcription script."""
     import shutil
+    from agent_reach.config import Config
 
+    config = Config()
     print("Setting up Xiaoyuzhou podcast transcription...")
 
     tools_dir = os.path.expanduser("~/.agent-reach/tools/xiaoyuzhou")
diff --git a/tests/test_twitter_channel.py b/tests/test_twitter_channel.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ccc000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_twitter_channel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from unittest.mock import patch, Mock
+
+from agent_reach.channels.twitter import _detect_xreach_version, TwitterChannel
+
+
+def _cp(stdout="", stderr="", returncode=0):
+    m = Mock()
+    m.stdout = stdout
+    m.stderr = stderr
+    m.returncode = returncode
+    return m
+
+
+def test_detect_xreach_version_prefers_npm_when_cli_version_is_stale():
+    with patch("shutil.which", return_value="/opt/homebrew/bin/npm"), patch(
+        "subprocess.run",
+        side_effect=[
+            _cp(stdout="0.3.0\n"),
+            _cp(stdout='{"dependencies":{"xreach-cli":{"version":"0.3.2"}}}'),
+        ],
+    ):
+        assert _detect_xreach_version("/opt/homebrew/bin/xreach") == "0.3.2"
+
+
+def test_twitter_channel_does_not_false_warn_when_npm_has_newer_xreach():
+    channel = TwitterChannel()
+    with patch("shutil.which", side_effect=lambda name: "/opt/homebrew/bin/xreach" if name == "xreach" else "/opt/homebrew/bin/npm"), patch(
+        "subprocess.run",
+        side_effect=[
+            _cp(stdout="0.3.0\n"),
+            _cp(stdout='{"dependencies":{"xreach-cli":{"version":"0.3.2"}}}'),
+            _cp(stdout="authenticated\n", returncode=0),
+        ],
+    ):
+        status, message = channel.check()
+    assert status == "ok"
+    assert "完整可用" in message
diff --git a/tests/test_xiaoyuzhou_install.py b/tests/test_xiaoyuzhou_install.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f79c594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_xiaoyuzhou_install.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import agent_reach.cli as cli
+
+
+class _DummyConfig:
+    def get(self, _key):
+        return None
+
+
+def test_install_xiaoyuzhou_deps_does_not_raise_when_no_groq_key(capsys):
+    with patch("agent_reach.config.Config", return_value=_DummyConfig()), \
+         patch("os.path.isfile", side_effect=lambda p: True if str(p).endswith("transcribe.sh") else False), \
+         patch("shutil.which", return_value=None):
+        cli._install_xiaoyuzhou_deps()
+
+    out = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "Xiaoyuzhou" in out
+    assert "Groq API key not set" in out