mcp-reddit

MCP server for scraping Reddit - no API keys required.

Scrapes posts and comments from subreddits and user profiles using Reddit's public RSS/Atom feeds.

Features

• No API keys - Uses public RSS feeds, no Reddit API credentials needed

• Posts & comments - Titles, authors, timestamps, selftext, flat comment bodies

• Image previews - Downloads preview images (videos unavailable via RSS)

• Local persistence - Query scraped data offline

• Filtering - By post type and keywords

Related MCP server: Reddit Buddy MCP

Installation

pip install mcp-reddit

Or with uvx:

uvx mcp-reddit

Usage Modes

Local (stdio) - Default

For local MCP clients like Claude Desktop and Claude Code:

uvx mcp-reddit

Remote (HTTP/SSE)

For remote MCP clients that connect via URL:

uvx mcp-reddit --http --port 8000

Options:

• --http - Run in HTTP/SSE mode instead of stdio

• --host - Host to bind to (default: 0.0.0.0)

• --port - Port to listen on (default: 8000, or PORT env var)

The server exposes:

• GET /sse - SSE endpoint for MCP connection

• POST /messages/ - Message endpoint

• GET /health - Health check

Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop or Claude Code settings:

Claude Desktop (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json)

Claude Desktop doesn't inherit your shell PATH, so you need the full path to uvx:

# Find your uvx path
which uvx

Then use the full path in your config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/bin/uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-reddit"]
    }
  }
}

Replace /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/bin/uvx with the output from which uvx.

Claude Code

claude mcp add reddit -- uvx mcp-reddit

Or manually in ~/.claude.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-reddit"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

get_top_posts was removed in v0.4.0 - RSS feeds expose no scores to rank by. Calling it returns a JSON error pointing to get_posts (newest first) or search_reddit.

Example Usage

"Scrape the latest 50 posts from r/LocalLLaMA"

"Fetch this post and download the image: https://reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/abc123/title"

"Search my scraped data for posts about 'fine-tuning'"

Data Storage

Data is stored in ~/.mcp-reddit/data/ by default.

Data scraped with pre-v0.4.0 versions is migrated to the new (narrower) schema automatically on the next scrape of that subreddit/user - existing posts and comments stay queryable, and the original file is preserved as *.pre-rss.bak.

Set MCP_REDDIT_DATA_DIR environment variable to customize:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/bin/uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-reddit"],
      "env": {
        "MCP_REDDIT_DATA_DIR": "/path/to/your/data"
      }
    }
  }
}

Credits

Built on top of reddit-universal-scraper by @ksanjeev284 - a full-featured Reddit scraper with analytics dashboard, REST API, and plugin system.

License

MIT