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community-research-mcp

Community Research MCP

MCP server for researching community discussions (Reddit focus).

Features

  • Search Reddit posts

  • Read Reddit threads and comments

  • Structured JSON output optimized for LLM consumption

Related MCP server: reddit-mcp

Installation

pip install -e .

Configuration

Create a .env file with your Reddit API credentials:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your credentials

To get Reddit credentials:

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

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

  3. Select "script" for personal use

  4. Fill in name and redirect URI (http://localhost:8080)

  5. Copy the client ID (under app name) and secret

Usage

Run MCP Server

# Development
mcp dev src/community_research_mcp/server.py

# Production
community-research-mcp

Tools

reddit_search_posts

Search Reddit for public posts.

{
  "query": "D54 burst delay",
  "subreddit": "MarathonTheGame",
  "sort": "relevance",
  "time_filter": "month",
  "limit": 10
}

reddit_read_thread

Read a Reddit post and its comment tree.

{
  "url_or_id": "https://www.reddit.com/r/.../comments/...",
  "comment_sort": "best",
  "max_comments": 80,
  "max_depth": 4
}

Testing

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

QwenPaw Integration

Add to your mcp_config.json:

{
  "community-research-mcp": {
    "command": "community-research-mcp",
    "env": {
      "REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
      "REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret",
      "REDDIT_USER_AGENT": "community-research-mcp:v0.1.0 (by /u/yourusername)"
    }
  }
}

License

MIT

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