Reddit Skill - Post, Comment, Browse

Submit posts, comment, vote, and browse Reddit.

CRITICAL: Posting Confirmation Required

Before posting or commenting on Reddit, you MUST get explicit user confirmation.

Show: subreddit, title, content. Ask for confirmation before submitting.

Setup

1. Go to https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps
2. Click "create another app..."
3. Fill in:
   • Name: Claude Reddit Skill
   • Type: script
   • Redirect URI: http://localhost:9996
4. Create ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/credentials.json:

   {"client_id": "YOUR_ID", "client_secret": "YOUR_SECRET"}
   

5. Run: python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py login

Commands

Browsing

# Frontpage
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py frontpage [--limit N] [--sort hot|new|top]

# Subreddit
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py subreddit NAME [--limit N] [--sort hot|new|top|rising]

# Search
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py search "query" [--subreddit NAME] [--limit N]

Posting (Requires Confirmation)

# Text post
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py post SUBREDDIT --title "Title" --text "Content"

# Link post
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py post SUBREDDIT --title "Title" --url "https://..."

# Comment on post
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py comment t3_POSTID --text "Comment"

# Reply to comment
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py reply COMMENTID --text "Reply"

Voting & Saving

python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py vote THING_ID --dir up|down|none
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py save THING_ID
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py unsave THING_ID

User Content

python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py me
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py submissions [USERNAME] [--limit N]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py comments [USERNAME] [--limit N]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py inbox [--limit N]
python3 ~/.claude/skills/reddit-skill/reddit_skill.py subscriptions

Thing IDs

Reddit uses "thing IDs" with prefixes:

• t1_ = comment
• t3_ = post/link
• t4_ = message

Get IDs from command outputs or URLs.

Output

All commands output JSON.