# Reddit Buddy

> Use this tool when you need to integrate Reddit data into your AI application, providing access to subreddit browsing, content searching, and user profile analysis. It solves problems of complex API management, rate limiting, and data processing, offering a simplified interface for retrieving Reddit data with features like content filtering and intelligent caching. With support for Docker deployment and multiple transport modes, it's ideal for use cases like content research, social media analysis, and community insights.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/reddit-buddy  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/reddit-buddy

## Description

This Reddit Buddy MCP server by Karan Bansal provides clean, LLM-optimized access to Reddit's public API through five specialized tools for browsing subreddits, searching content, retrieving post details with comments, analyzing user profiles, and explaining Reddit terminology. Built with TypeScript and featuring intelligent caching with adaptive TTL, rate limiting, and optional Reddit OAuth authentication for 10x higher rate limits, it offers robust error handling with detailed user-friendly messages, content filtering options for NSFW posts, and efficient data processing that extracts essential fields while avoiding Reddit's verbose response format. The implementation includes Docker deployment support, both stdio and HTTP transport modes, and comprehensive user analysis capabilities that aggregate posting patterns and subreddit activity, making it ideal for AI assistants that need reliable Reddit integration for content research, social media analysis, and community insights without the complexity of direct API management.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.96
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** cloud-infra
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/reddit-buddy)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "reddit-buddy"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/reddit-buddy` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/reddit-buddy/pull`

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