Reddit Search & Retrieval for Posts, Comments, Subreddits

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AutomationPython

by ReScienceLab

Reddit is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by ReScienceLab in opc-skills.

1.6K stars148 forkson ReScienceLab/opc-skillsAdded 2026/08/19+21% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/18

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Install Reddit

Copy Reddit into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/ReScienceLab/opc-skills/tree/main/skills/reddit ~/.claude/skills/reddit

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/ReScienceLab/opc-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/reddit/SKILL.md in ReScienceLab/opc-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/reddit
Collection: One of 13 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Reddit does

Reddit searches and retrieves posts, comments, subreddit info, and user profiles from Reddit's public JSON API. Use it when a user mentions Reddit, a subreddit, or r/ links.

Reddit is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Reddit comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, ai-tools, claude-code, geo and llm-tools.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

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

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Reddit

What else does ReScienceLab publish alongside Reddit?
Reddit is one of 13 skills that DirSkills catalogs from ReScienceLab/opc-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Add New OPC Skill, Archive and Banner Creator. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Reddit does, and is maintained by ReScienceLab in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the ReScienceLab/opc-skills page.
How does Reddit compare to other Automation skills?
Reddit ranks #566 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Reddit against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.