# Reddit Account Warmup > reddit-account-warmup - Skill: `celina-create/reddit-account-warmup` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 6 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add celina-create/reddit-account-warmup` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/celina-create/reddit-account-warmup/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: Celina-create (https://skillmd.com/u/celina-create) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/celina-create/reddit-account-warmup --- # reddit-account-warmup **Purpose** — Warm up a fresh Reddit account into a stable, low-risk identity that can post and comment without being silently shadowbanned, removed, or rate-limited — so it can later be used for genuine community participation, growth research, or low-frequency product launches. **Triggers** — "warm up a reddit account", "新号养 reddit", "my reddit posts keep getting removed", "is my account shadowbanned", "before launching on r/" **Why this skill is a `skill` and not an `agent`** Reddit's anti-spam system is built specifically to detect automated and scripted account-warming. The whole craft is *making your account look like a real human*. Therefore: - ✅ This skill **augments** your judgment with structured checks, calendars, and copy patterns - ✅ Read-only helpers (subreddit rule lookup, karma tracking) are safe to automate - ❌ Posting, commenting, voting, and DMing **must be done by hand** — automating those is what gets accounts permabanned If you came here looking for a "Reddit auto-poster," close this tab. There are better ways to lose your IP. --- ## Inputs - **A goal**: are you warming this account for personal use, growth research, or to eventually launch a product? The week-6 strategy diverges based on this. - **A clean device + IP environment** — see `6-week-workflow.md` § "Device & environment SOP" - **A fresh email** (Gmail recommended) and phone number bound to **one Reddit account only** - **3–5 target subreddits** related to your interest or product domain (you'll pick after Week 1) ## Outputs - A 6-week calendar of what to do each day (`6-week-workflow.md`) - A one-pass pre-publish checklist (`pre-post-checklist.md`) - A comment-quality framework that actually gets upvotes (`comment-karma-formulas.md`) - A recovery SOP for when something goes wrong (`recovery-playbook.md`) - A list of behaviors that get accounts banned (`high-risk-actions.md`) After 6 weeks, you should have: - **Comment karma ≥ 50** (the unofficial baseline most subreddits actually require) - **No removed posts in the last 7 days** - **3–5 active "home base" subreddits** where mods recognize your handle as benign - **Zero mod warnings, zero Automod negative flags** --- ## One-page speed-pass You only need to remember three sentences: 1. **Comment first, post later** — build credibility before broadcasting. 2. **Slow is fast** — the harder you push, the faster Automod fires. 3. **Read every subreddit's rules before doing anything** — every community has different (often unstated) thresholds. ### New-account safety floor - ✅ Comment karma ≥ 50 before your first post - ✅ Avoid going *negative* on comment karma (it tanks reach across all subreddits) - ✅ Continuously interact normally for several days before doing anything that looks like promotion or self-link - ✅ Keep device + network environment stable, especially in the first 4–6 weeks --- ## Decision tree — what do I read first? ``` Just registered, never posted? ───────► 6-week-workflow.md (Day 1 → Week 6) About to publish a post? ─────────────► pre-post-checklist.md Trying to grow comment karma? ────────► comment-karma-formulas.md Got removed / mod-warned / shadowed? ─► recovery-playbook.md Wondering "is X allowed?" ────────────► high-risk-actions.md ``` --- ## Quality bar (after 6 weeks) - [ ] Comment karma ≥ 50, post karma ≥ 0 - [ ] No removed comments or posts in the past 7 days - [ ] 3–5 home-base subreddits where you've made ≥ 5 comments each - [ ] Profile reads as a real person — bio is short, no link spam, no obvious marketing - [ ] You can articulate the unwritten rule of each home subreddit ("no question titles", "must include flair", etc.) --- ## What this skill does NOT cover - **Multi-account farming** — illegal under Reddit ToS, and the second account always burns the first one - **Vote manipulation / brigading** — instant permaban - **Buying aged accounts** — shadowbanned the moment you change posting patterns - **Reddit Ads** — separate skill, see `templates/` once added - **Automated posting bots** — see "Why a skill, not an agent" above --- ## Compliance — read this before using Reddit's User Agreement and Content Policy explicitly govern account behavior. Reading rules + warming an account through genuine participation is normal user behavior. Where this skill stays compliant: - ✅ One person, one account, one stable device/IP - ✅ All actions (posting, commenting, voting) performed by you, not a script - ✅ Content is genuine — your real opinion, your real questions - ✅ No coordinated multi-account behavior Where this skill becomes **non-compliant** (do not do): - ❌ Multiple accounts run from same device/IP - ❌ Coordinated voting or "ask friends to upvote my post" - ❌ Bot-driven posting, commenting, or DMing - ❌ Buying upvotes / using vote-exchange groups **You assume all platform-policy and legal liability. The skill is provided as-is.** --- ## Optional helpers (v0.2 — not yet built) These are read-only tools — they observe Reddit, never post. Not needed for v0.1, listed here so future-you knows what's coming: - `tools/check-subreddit-rules.py` — fetch a sub's rules + AutoModerator config + flair requirements, render as a yes/no checklist - `tools/post-validator.py` — paste a draft title + body, get a red/yellow/green score against the 60-sec checklist - `tools/karma-tracker.sh` — log daily karma snapshots, alert on sudden negative drops --- ## Origin & credit The 6-week structure, comment-karma formula, and 60-second pre-post checklist are adapted from a [community-curated guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/China_irl/comments/axig58/reddit_markdown_%E8%A7%84%E5%88%99/) widely used in the Chinese-language growth community, plus my own reps running it across multiple campaigns. Where the source guide is opinionated, the opinions are kept; where I disagreed in practice, the version here reflects what actually worked for me. --- ## Related - Sub-doc: [`6-week-workflow.md`](./6-week-workflow.md) — Day 1 → Week 6 calendar - Sub-doc: [`pre-post-checklist.md`](./pre-post-checklist.md) — pre-flight before every post - Sub-doc: [`comment-karma-formulas.md`](./comment-karma-formulas.md) — how to actually get upvotes - Sub-doc: [`recovery-playbook.md`](./recovery-playbook.md) — when posts get removed / mod-warned - Sub-doc: [`high-risk-actions.md`](./high-risk-actions.md) — behaviors that ban accounts - Sibling skill: [`competitive-intel-mining`](../competitive-intel-mining) — once your account is warm, mine competitor subs for seed users - Sibling skill: [`content-repurpose-engine`](../content-repurpose-engine) — convert one insight into Reddit-shaped, X-shaped, blog-shaped versions