Reddit MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Reddit's API for retrieving posts, comments, user information, and search functionality.

Features

• Subreddit Operations: Get posts from any subreddit with various sorting options

• Post Operations: Retrieve specific posts and their comments

• User Operations: Get user information, posts, and comments

• Search: Search for posts and subreddits

• Authentication: Supports multiple Reddit API authentication methods

Related MCP server: MCP Server Reddit

Available Tools

get_subreddit_posts

Get posts from a specific subreddit.

Parameters:

• subreddit (required): Name of the subreddit (without r/ prefix)

• sort (optional): Sort order - hot, new, top, rising (default: hot)

• limit (optional): Number of posts to retrieve, 1-100 (default: 25)

get_post

Get details of a specific Reddit post.

Parameters:

• postId (required): Reddit post ID

get_post_comments

Get comments from a Reddit post.

Parameters:

• postId (required): Reddit post ID

• sort (optional): Sort order - best, top, new, controversial, old (default: best)

get_subreddit_info

Get information about a subreddit.

Parameters:

• subreddit (required): Name of the subreddit (without r/ prefix)

get_user_info

Get information about a Reddit user.

Parameters:

• username (required): Reddit username (without u/ prefix)

get_user_posts

Get posts submitted by a user.

Parameters:

• username (required): Reddit username (without u/ prefix)

• sort (optional): Sort order - hot, new, top (default: new)

• limit (optional): Number of posts to retrieve, 1-100 (default: 25)

get_user_comments

Get comments made by a user.

Parameters:

• username (required): Reddit username (without u/ prefix)

• sort (optional): Sort order - hot, new, top (default: new)

• limit (optional): Number of comments to retrieve, 1-100 (default: 25)

search_posts

Search for Reddit posts.

Parameters:

• query (required): Search query

• subreddit (optional): Restrict search to specific subreddit

• sort (optional): Sort order - relevance, hot, top, new, comments (default: relevance)

• limit (optional): Number of results to retrieve, 1-100 (default: 25)

search_subreddits

Search for subreddits.

Parameters:

• query (required): Search query for subreddit names/descriptions

• limit (optional): Number of results to retrieve, 1-100 (default: 25)

Setup

1. Reddit API Application

1. Go to https://www.reddit.com/prefs/apps

2. Click "Create App" or "Create Another App"

3. Choose application type:

   • script for personal use

   • web app for server applications

4. Note your client ID (under the app name) and client secret

2. Environment Configuration

Copy .env.example to .env and configure:

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env with your Reddit API credentials:

REDDIT_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id_here
REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret_here
REDDIT_USER_AGENT=reddit-mcp-server/1.0.0 by your_username

# Choose one authentication method:
REDDIT_USERNAME=your_username
REDDIT_PASSWORD=your_password

3. Installation

npm install

4. Build

npm run build

5. Usage with Claude Code

Add to your Claude Code MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/reddit-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret",
        "REDDIT_USER_AGENT": "reddit-mcp-server/1.0.0 by your_username",
        "REDDIT_USERNAME": "your_username",
        "REDDIT_PASSWORD": "your_password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Authentication Methods

1. Username/Password (Recommended for personal use)

REDDIT_USERNAME=your_username
REDDIT_PASSWORD=your_password

2. Refresh Token (Recommended for production)

REDDIT_REFRESH_TOKEN=your_refresh_token

3. Access Token (For testing only - expires in 1 hour)

REDDIT_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_access_token

4. Client Credentials (Read-only access)

Leave username/password empty to use client credentials flow.

Rate Limits

Reddit API has rate limits:

• Free tier: 100 requests per minute per OAuth client

• Requests are averaged over a 10-minute window

• Commercial use requires Reddit's permission

Important Notes

1. User-Agent: Must be unique and descriptive

2. Commercial Use: Requires Reddit's permission

3. Data Retention: Must delete user content that's been deleted from Reddit

4. Rate Limiting: Built-in authentication token management

Development

Run in development mode:

npm run dev

Build:

npm run build

Clean build artifacts:

npm run clean

Data Types

RedditPost

interface RedditPost {
  id: string;
  title: string;
  author: string;
  subreddit: string;
  url: string;
  selftext: string;
  created_utc: number;
  score: number;
  num_comments: number;
  permalink: string;
  is_self: boolean;
  domain: string;
  thumbnail?: string;
}

RedditComment

interface RedditComment {
  id: string;
  author: string;
  body: string;
  created_utc: number;
  score: number;
  permalink: string;
  parent_id: string;
  subreddit: string;
}

RedditSubreddit

interface RedditSubreddit {
  display_name: string;
  title: string;
  description: string;
  subscribers: number;
  created_utc: number;
  public_description: string;
  url: string;
  over18: boolean;
}

RedditUser

interface RedditUser {
  name: string;
  id: string;
  created_utc: number;
  comment_karma: number;
  link_karma: number;
  is_verified: boolean;
  has_verified_email: boolean;
}

License

MIT