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Reddit MCP Server

by Jing-yilin
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TypeScript
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Reddit MCP Server

MCP server for Reddit API - Access Reddit data through a unified API interface with TOON format for 90%+ token savings.

Features

  • Fetch hot/new/top posts from any subreddit

  • Get detailed post content including comment trees

  • Search Reddit posts by query

  • Get user profile information and activity

  • Get subreddit information

  • Returns data in TOON format for token efficiency

  • Proxy support for enterprise environments

Installation

npm install @yilin-jing/reddit-mcp

Or run directly:

npx @yilin-jing/reddit-mcp

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{ "mcpServers": { "reddit": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@yilin-jing/reddit-mcp"], "env": {} } } }

Environment Variables (Optional)

  • PROXY_URL - HTTP/HTTPS proxy URL

  • HTTP_PROXY - Alternative proxy setting

  • HTTPS_PROXY - Alternative proxy setting

Available Tools

Tool

Description

get_subreddit_hot

Get hot posts from a subreddit

get_subreddit_new

Get new posts from a subreddit

get_subreddit_top

Get top posts from a subreddit (with time filter)

get_post_content

Get post details with comments tree

search_posts

Search Reddit posts by query

get_user_info

Get Reddit user profile information

get_user_posts

Get posts submitted by a user

get_user_comments

Get comments made by a user

get_subreddit_info

Get subreddit information

Usage Examples

Get Hot Posts from a Subreddit

Tool: get_subreddit_hot Args: { "subreddit": "programming", "limit": 10 }

Get Top Posts of the Week

Tool: get_subreddit_top Args: { "subreddit": "askreddit", "time": "week", "limit": 20 }

Get Post Content with Comments

Tool: get_post_content Args: { "post_id": "abc123", "comment_limit": 30, "comment_depth": 5 }

Search Posts

Tool: search_posts Args: { "query": "typescript tutorial", "subreddit": "programming", "sort": "top", "time": "month" }

Get User Information

Tool: get_user_info Args: { "username": "spez" }

Output Format

All responses are returned in TOON format for maximum token efficiency. Example cleaned post data:

id:"abc123" title:"Example Post Title" subreddit:"programming" author:"username" score:1234 upvoteRatio:0.95 comments:56 created:"2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z" url:"https://example.com" permalink:"https://reddit.com/r/programming/comments/abc123/example_post/"

Development

# Install dependencies npm install # Build npm run build # Run in development npm run dev # Run tests npm test

License

MIT

This server cannot be installed

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