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reddit

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About reddit

Reddit is a skill for retrieving posts, comments, subreddit details, and user profiles through Reddit’s public JSON API. It suits research and monitoring workflows that need Reddit data without API-key authentication.

Key features

  1. 01Fetch subreddit posts by sort and time
  2. 02Search posts and filter by subreddit
  3. 03Retrieve post details and comments
  4. 04View subreddit information
  5. 05Fetch user profiles and recent posts

Use cases

  1. 01Research discussions on a topic
  2. 02Track posts in a specific subreddit
  3. 03Review a post and its comments
  4. 04Inspect a Reddit user’s recent activity

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/resciencelab/opc-skills --skill reddit

After installing, type/redditin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled files

References and scripts installed along with SKILL.md.

.claude-plugin/
plugin.json
scripts/
credential.py
get_post.py
get_posts.py
get_subreddit.py
get_user.py
reddit_api.py
search_posts.py

Details

From the project README

Reddit Skill

Get posts, comments, subreddit info, and user profiles from Reddit via the public JSON API.

Prerequisites

No API key required! Reddit's public JSON API works without authentication.

Quick Check:

cd <skill_directory>
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --limit 3

Commands

All commands run from the skill directory.

Subreddit Posts
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --limit 20           # Hot posts (default)
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --sort new --limit 20
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --sort top --time week
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --sort top --time all --limit 10
Search Posts
python3 scripts/search_posts.py "AI agent" --limit 20
python3 scripts/search_posts.py "MCP server" --subreddit ClaudeAI --limit 10
python3 scripts/search_posts.py "async python" --sort top --time year
Subreddit Info
python3 scripts/get_subreddit.py python
python3 scripts/get_subreddit.py ClaudeAI
Post & Comments
python3 scripts/get_post.py abc123                       # Get post by ID
python3 scripts/get_post.py abc123 --comments 50         # With more comments
User Profile
python3 scripts/get_user.py spez
python3 scripts/get_user.py spez --posts 10              # Include recent posts

Sort Options

SortDescriptionTime Options
hotTrending posts (default)-
newLatest posts-
topHighest votedhour, day, week, month, year, all
risingGaining traction-
controversialMixed voteshour, day, week, month, year, all

API Info

Comments

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