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Read Reddit Thread by warpdotdev — Agent Skill

Name: Read Reddit Thread
Author: warpdotdev

Read Reddit Thread

Fetch a Reddit post or comment thread from a URL using Reddit's public JSON API (no authentication needed). Returns the post and full comment chain for context. Use when you have a reddit.com URL and need the thread context.

warpdotdev de33aca 2.4 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

read-reddit-thread

Purpose

Fetch a Reddit post or comment and its surrounding thread context using Reddit's public JSON API. No API key required.

Inputs

A reddit.com or old.reddit.com URL (post or comment)

Workflow

Clean the URL: strip query params, remove trailing slashes, normalize old.reddit.com → reddit.com.
Append .json to the URL and fetch with a User-Agent header (Reddit blocks requests without one — use Buzz/1.0).
Parse the response:
- Post URL (/r/sub/comments/id/slug): Returns [listing, comments]. The first listing contains the post, the second contains the comment tree.
- Comment URL (/r/sub/comments/id/slug/comment_id): Same structure, but the comment tree is focused on the linked comment and its ancestors.
Extract the post: data.children[0].data from the first listing. Pull title, selftext, author, score, num_comments, created_utc, subreddit_name_prefixed.
Walk the comment tree from the second listing. For each comment, extract author, body, score, created_utc. Recurse into replies to get the full nested thread. Flatten into a list preserving depth (indent or number by depth level).
Return the full thread — post first, then all comments in tree order.

Example request

curl -sS "https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/abc123/my_post_title.json" \
  -H "User-Agent: Buzz/1.0"

Return

Post: "Post title here" by u/author (r/subreddit, 142 points, 37 comments)
---
Post body text here...
---

Comments:
[1] u/commenter1 (52 pts):
Top-level comment text...

  [1.1] u/replier (23 pts):
  Reply to commenter1...

    [1.1.1] u/deeper (8 pts):
    Deeper reply...

[2] u/commenter2 (31 pts):
Another top-level comment...

Use depth numbering (1, 1.1, 1.1.1) to show the thread structure.

Failure handling

Reddit returns 403/429 → report rate limit, suggest retrying later.
URL doesn't match Reddit format → report invalid URL.
Post is deleted/removed → report that the post is unavailable.
If the response is very large (>100 comments), still return all of them — the caller needs the full context.

---name: read-reddit-threaddescription: Fetch a Reddit post or comment thread from a URL using Reddit's public JSON API (no authentication needed). Returns the post and full comment chain for context. Use when you have a reddit.com URL and need the thread context.---# read-reddit-thread## PurposeFetch a Reddit post or comment and its surrounding thread context using Reddit's public JSON API. No API key required.## Inputs- A `reddit.com` or `old.reddit.com` URL (post or comment)## Workflow1. Clean the URL: strip query params, remove trailing slashes, normalize `old.reddit.com` → `reddit.com`.2. Append `.json` to the URL and fetch with a `User-Agent` header (Reddit blocks requests without one — use `Buzz/1.0`).3. Parse the response: - **Post URL** (`/r/sub/comments/id/slug`): Returns `[listing, comments]`. The first listing contains the post, the second contains the comment tree. - **Comment URL** (`/r/sub/comments/id/slug/comment_id`): Same structure, but the comment tree is focused on the linked comment and its ancestors.4. Extract the post: `data.children[0].data` from the first listing. Pull `title`, `selftext`, `author`, `score`, `num_comments`, `created_utc`, `subreddit_name_prefixed`.5. Walk the comment tree from the second listing. For each comment, extract `author`, `body`, `score`, `created_utc`. Recurse into `replies` to get the full nested thread. Flatten into a list preserving depth (indent or number by depth level).6. Return the full thread — post first, then all comments in tree order.## Example request```bashcurl -sS "https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/abc123/my_post_title.json" \ -H "User-Agent: Buzz/1.0"```## Return```Post: "Post title here" by u/author (r/subreddit, 142 points, 37 comments)---Post body text here...---Comments:[1] u/commenter1 (52 pts):Top-level comment text... [1.1] u/replier (23 pts): Reply to commenter1... [1.1.1] u/deeper (8 pts): Deeper reply...[2] u/commenter2 (31 pts):Another top-level comment...```Use depth numbering (1, 1.1, 1.1.1) to show the thread structure.## Failure handling- Reddit returns 403/429 → report rate limit, suggest retrying later.- URL doesn't match Reddit format → report invalid URL.- Post is deleted/removed → report that the post is unavailable.- If the response is very large (>100 comments), still return all of them — the caller needs the full context.

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