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Reddit

🔍 Search & Research

Fetch and search Reddit content — posts, comments, subreddit and user info — and optionally create posts. Great for community research, trend spotting, and sentiment gathering.

Tags

socialpostssearch

Tools (6)

get_postsget_commentssearch_redditget_subreddit_infoget_user_infocreate_post

Client configuration

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{ "mcpServers": { "reddit": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "reddit-mcp-server" ], "env": { "REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "your-reddit-client-id-here", "REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-reddit-client-secret-here", "REDDIT_USERNAME": "your-reddit-username-here", "REDDIT_PASSWORD": "your-reddit-password-here" } } } }

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{ "servers": { "reddit": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "reddit-mcp-server" ], "env": { "REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "your-reddit-client-id-here", "REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-reddit-client-secret-here", "REDDIT_USERNAME": "your-reddit-username-here", "REDDIT_PASSWORD": "your-reddit-password-here" }, "type": "stdio" } } }

Replace the placeholders before connecting. Authorize in your client when prompted.

The Cursor JSON also works in Claude Desktop's local MCP configuration. Install the required runtime and local software first.

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