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Reddit by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Reddit
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

Read and search Reddit posts via web scraping of old.reddit.com. Use when Clawdbot needs to browse Reddit content - read posts from subreddits, search for topics, monitor specific communities. Read-only access with no posting or comments.

modbender Updated Sep 22, 2026 12 repo stars

File contents

Reddit Skill 📰

Read and search Reddit posts using the public JSON API. No API key required.

Quick Start

# Read top posts from a subreddit
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit LocalLLaMA --limit 5

# Search for posts
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "clawdbot" --limit 5

# Read newest posts
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit ClaudeAI --sort nuevos --limit 5

Options

Option	Short	Description	Default
`--subreddit`	`-s`	Subreddit name (without r/)	-
`--search`	`-q`	Search query	-
`--sort`	-	Sort: hot, new, top, populares, nuevos, rising	top
`--time`	`-t`	Time filter: hour, day, week, month, year, all	day
`--limit`	`-n`	Number of posts (max 100)	25
`--json`	`-j`	Output as JSON	false
`--verbose`	`-v`	Show post preview text	false

Examples

Read subreddit posts

# Top posts of the day (default)
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming

# Hot posts
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort hot

# New posts
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort nuevos

# Top posts of the week
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort top --time week

Search posts

# Search all of Reddit
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "machine learning"

# Search within a subreddit
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit selfhosted --search "docker"

# Search with time filter
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "AI news" --time week

JSON output

# Get raw JSON data for processing
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit technology --limit 3 --json

Output Fields (JSON)

title: Post title
author: Username
score: Upvotes (net)
num_comments: Comment count
url: Link URL
permalink: Reddit discussion URL
subreddit: Subreddit name
created_utc: Unix timestamp
selftext: Post text (first 200 chars)
upvote_ratio: Upvote percentage (0-1)

Limitations

Read-only: Cannot post, comment, or vote
Rate limits: Reddit may rate-limit if too many requests
No auth: Some content may be restricted

Technical Details

See TECHNICAL.md for implementation details.

---name: reddit-2description: Read and search Reddit posts via web scraping of old.reddit.com. Use when Clawdbot needs to browse Reddit content - read posts from subreddits, search for topics, monitor specific communities. Read-only access with no posting or comments.---# Reddit Skill 📰Read and search Reddit posts using the public JSON API. No API key required.## Quick Start```bash# Read top posts from a subredditpython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit LocalLLaMA --limit 5# Search for postspython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "clawdbot" --limit 5# Read newest postspython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit ClaudeAI --sort nuevos --limit 5```## Options| Option | Short | Description | Default ||--------|-------|-------------|---------|| `--subreddit` | `-s` | Subreddit name (without r/) | - || `--search` | `-q` | Search query | - || `--sort` | - | Sort: hot, new, top, populares, nuevos, rising | top || `--time` | `-t` | Time filter: hour, day, week, month, year, all | day || `--limit` | `-n` | Number of posts (max 100) | 25 || `--json` | `-j` | Output as JSON | false || `--verbose` | `-v` | Show post preview text | false |## Examples### Read subreddit posts```bash# Top posts of the day (default)python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming# Hot postspython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort hot# New postspython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort nuevos# Top posts of the weekpython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort top --time week```### Search posts```bash# Search all of Redditpython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "machine learning"# Search within a subredditpython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit selfhosted --search "docker"# Search with time filterpython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "AI news" --time week```### JSON output```bash# Get raw JSON data for processingpython3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit technology --limit 3 --json```## Output Fields (JSON)- `title`: Post title- `author`: Username- `score`: Upvotes (net)- `num_comments`: Comment count- `url`: Link URL- `permalink`: Reddit discussion URL- `subreddit`: Subreddit name- `created_utc`: Unix timestamp- `selftext`: Post text (first 200 chars)- `upvote_ratio`: Upvote percentage (0-1)## Limitations- **Read-only**: Cannot post, comment, or vote- **Rate limits**: Reddit may rate-limit if too many requests- **No auth**: Some content may be restricted## Technical DetailsSee [TECHNICAL.md](references/TECHNICAL.md) for implementation details.

Frequently asked questions

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