sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

reddit-2

Read and search Reddit posts via web scraping of old.reddit.com. Use when Clawdbot needs to browse Reddit content - read posts from subreddits, search for topics, monitor specific communities. Read-only access with no posting or comments.

First seen May 2, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill reddit-2

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Repository health

Stars 659
License LICENSE
Default branch main
Open issues 12
Status Active

Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 2,935 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 254 B

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  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 3 installs

SKILL.md

Reddit Skill 📰

Read and search Reddit posts using the public JSON API. No API key required.

Quick Start

# Read top posts from a subreddit
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit LocalLLaMA --limit 5

# Search for posts
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "clawdbot" --limit 5

# Read newest posts
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit ClaudeAI --sort nuevos --limit 5

Options

Option Short Description Default
--subreddit -s Subreddit name (without r/) -
--search -q Search query -
--sort - Sort: hot, new, top, populares, nuevos, rising top
--time -t Time filter: hour, day, week, month, year, all day
--limit -n Number of posts (max 100) 25
--json -j Output as JSON false
--verbose -v Show post preview text false

Examples

Read subreddit posts

# Top posts of the day (default)
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming

# Hot posts
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort hot

# New posts
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort nuevos

# Top posts of the week
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit programming --sort top --time week

Search posts

# Search all of Reddit
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "machine learning"

# Search within a subreddit
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit selfhosted --search "docker"

# Search with time filter
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --search "AI news" --time week

JSON output

# Get raw JSON data for processing
python3 /root/clawd/skills/reddit/scripts/reddit_scraper.py --subreddit technology --limit 3 --json

Output Fields (JSON)

  • title: Post title
  • author: Username
  • score: Upvotes (net)
  • num_comments: Comment count
  • url: Link URL
  • permalink: Reddit discussion URL
  • subreddit: Subreddit name
  • created_utc: Unix timestamp
  • selftext: Post text (first 200 chars)
  • upvote_ratio: Upvote percentage (0-1)

Limitations

  • Read-only: Cannot post, comment, or vote
  • Rate limits: Reddit may rate-limit if too many requests
  • No auth: Some content may be restricted

Technical Details

See [TECHNICAL.md](references/TECHNICAL.md) for implementation details.