reddit-readonly

What This Skill Does

The reddit-readonly skill provides OpenClaw with a secure, read-only interface for interacting with Reddit. By leveraging public JSON endpoints, the agent can monitor subreddits, retrieve specific comment threads, and perform complex searches across multiple communities. This skill is strictly designed for information gathering; it lacks the capability to post content, cast votes, or interact with administrative controls. It acts as an intelligence layer that helps users curate content for manual follow-up.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/tristanmanchester/reddit-read-only Ensure that your environment is configured for Node.js, as the underlying scripts are managed via .mjs files.

Use Cases

• Market Research: Monitor specific subreddits for product mentions or competitive feedback.
• Trend Analysis: Aggregate new posts across several communities to identify rising discussions within a specific domain.
• Content Curation: Generate a concise shortlist of relevant discussions for professional engagement or academic review.
• Technical Support Monitoring: Track specific keywords (e.g., "FastAPI deployment") to assist users by providing contextually relevant links for manual response.

Example Prompts

1. "Find recent discussions about 'rust language' in r/programming and r/rust, excluding any posts about beginner tutorials. Give me a list with permalinks."
2. "Get the comment thread for this URL [reddit-url] and summarize the top three arguments being made."
3. "Show me the 10 most popular posts in r/machinelearning from the last week and highlight those that mention 'transformer models'."

Tips & Limitations

• Safety & Compliance: As a read-only tool, this skill is inherently safe. However, always verify content accuracy, as Reddit sentiment can be volatile.
• Rate Limiting: Start with small limits (5-10 results). If you encounter errors, reduce the depth of thread extraction or the frequency of your requests.
• Data Structure: Always check the JSON stdout for ok: true before parsing. If the agent returns an HTML error, it implies a rate-limit trigger; wait a few moments before retrying. Always remind the user that they must visit the provided permalinks to participate in discussions, as this skill cannot perform any write operations.