How do I install the Reddit 2 skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add sundial-org/reddit-2 in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Reddit 2 free to use?

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Who published Reddit 2?

sundial-org (@sundial-org) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Reddit 2 by sundial-org — Agent Skill

Name: Reddit 2
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: sundial-org

Reddit 2

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.

sundial-org Updated Sep 9, 2026

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-2 description: "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 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 ```bash # 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 ```bash # 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 ```bash # 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](references/TECHNICAL.md) for implementation details.

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