Reddit

What the source does

• FilesystemNone observedNo reads or writes in the source
• NetworkDeclared3 observations
• ShellNone observedNo commands run in the source
• DependenciesPinnedNothing floats
• SecretsNone foundNo keys in source

Five audit layers

Gates applied: no behavioural pass.

Audit 0.4.1 · source sha f6ee83b4c6ec · 23 Oct 2026Report an issue or request a re-scan

• PublisherReScienceLab GitHub organizationOwner of the repository this skill is read from
• Source folderReScienceLab/opc-skills/skills/redditThe exact folder we audited
• LicenceApache-2.0As the repository states it
• Commit pinned for this verdictf6ee83b4c6ecA new audit runs when the source changes
• Repository statusNot archivedPushed today
• Sandboxed runNot runSkills are read, not executed; layer L4 is skipped

Its description: Search and retrieve content from Reddit. Get posts, comments, subreddit info, and user profiles via the public JSON API. Use when user mentions Reddit, a subreddit, or r/ links.

---
name: reddit
description: Search and retrieve content from Reddit. Get posts, comments, subreddit info, and user profiles via the public JSON API. Use when user mentions Reddit, a subreddit, or r/ links.
---

# Reddit Skill

Get posts, comments, subreddit info, and user profiles from Reddit via the public JSON API.

## Prerequisites

**No API key required!** Reddit's public JSON API works without authentication.

**Quick Check**:
```bash
cd <skill_directory>
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --limit 3
```

## Commands

All commands run from the skill directory.

### Subreddit Posts
```bash
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --limit 20           # Hot posts (default)
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --sort new --limit 20
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --sort top --time week
python3 scripts/get_posts.py python --sort top --time all --limit 10
```

### Search Posts
```bash
python3 scripts/search_posts.py "AI agent" --limit 20
python3 scripts/search_posts.py "MCP server" --subreddit ClaudeAI --limit 10
python3 scripts/search_posts.py "async python" --sort top --time year
```

### Subreddit Info
```bash
python3 scripts/get_subreddit.py python
python3 scripts/get_subreddit.py ClaudeAI
```

### Post & Comments
```bash
python3 scripts/get_post.py abc123                       # Get post by ID
python3 scripts/get_post.py abc123 --comments 50         # With more comments
```

### User Profile
```bash
python3 scripts/get_user.py spez
python3 scripts/get_user.py spez --posts 10              # Include recent posts
```

## Sort Options

| Sort | Description | Time Options |
|------|-------------|--------------|
| `hot` | Trending posts (default) | - |
| `new` | Latest posts | - |
| `top` | Highest voted | hour, day, week, month, year, all |
| `rising` | Gaining traction | - |
| `controversial` | Mixed votes | hour, day, week, month, year, all |

## API Info
- **Method**: Public JSON API (no auth needed)
- **Trick**: Append `.json` to any Reddit URL
- **Rate Limit**: 100 requests/minute
- **Docs**: https://www.reddit.com/dev/api

Excerpt, first 2,063 characters of SKILL.md, verbatim from the audited commit. It is text from someone else’s repository, quoted so you can judge it before your agent reads it.

git clone https://github.com/ReScienceLab/opc-skills
git -C opc-skills checkout f6ee83b4c6ec

Works in

1. 2026-10-23
   ✓SAFE B 89 / 100

   first audit · source f6ee83b4c6ec

Questions about Reddit

• github.com/ReScienceLab/opc-skills/tree/main/skills/reddit — the audited source at commit f6ee83b4c6ec and every finding aboveObserved · 23 Oct 2026

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