reddit-mcp-server
An open-source Model Context Protocol server that enables AI agents to interact with Reddit. It supports fetching posts, comments, and user information, as well as creating content. The server utilizes Reddit's OAuth API for full functionality and falls back to RSS feeds or the Arctic Shift archive for keyless read access when credentials are unavailable.
Package and access
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- Popularity 318 GitHub stars
What you can do with it
- Fetch posts and comments from subreddits
- Retrieve user information
- Create new Reddit content
Source and maintenance
- Last repository push
- Latest release
- v2.0.1
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
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reddit-mcp-server 2.0.1
{
"version": "2.0.1",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "reddit-mcp-server",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "REDDIT_CLIENT_ID",
"format": "string",
"description": "Reddit app client ID (optional - live Reddit data; without it, reads come from RSS feeds and the Arctic Shift archive)"
},
{
"name": "REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET",
"format": "string",
"description": "Reddit app client secret"
},
{
"name": "REDDIT_USERNAME",
"format": "string",
"description": "Reddit username (required for write operations)"
},
{
"name": "REDDIT_PASSWORD",
"format": "string",
"description": "Reddit password (required for write operations)"
},
{
"name": "REDDIT_AUTH_MODE",
"format": "string",
"description": "Authentication mode: auto or authenticated (anonymous is a deprecated alias for keyless)"
},
{
"name": "REDDIT_SAFE_MODE",
"format": "string",
"description": "Write safeguards: off, standard (default), or strict"
},
{
"name": "REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE",
"format": "string",
"description": "Bot disclosure footer: auto or off (default)"
},
{
"name": "REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER",
"format": "string",
"description": "Custom bot footer text (used with REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE=auto)"
}
]
}Tools
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Maintenance history
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Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"reddit-mcp-server-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"reddit-mcp-server@2.0.1"
],
"env": {
"REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_ID>",
"REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"REDDIT_USERNAME": "<YOUR_REDDIT_USERNAME>",
"REDDIT_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_REDDIT_PASSWORD>",
"REDDIT_AUTH_MODE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_AUTH_MODE>",
"REDDIT_SAFE_MODE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_SAFE_MODE>",
"REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE>",
"REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER": "<YOUR_REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"reddit-mcp-server-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"reddit-mcp-server@2.0.1"
],
"env": {
"REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_ID>",
"REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"REDDIT_USERNAME": "<YOUR_REDDIT_USERNAME>",
"REDDIT_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_REDDIT_PASSWORD>",
"REDDIT_AUTH_MODE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_AUTH_MODE>",
"REDDIT_SAFE_MODE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_SAFE_MODE>",
"REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE>",
"REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER": "<YOUR_REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"reddit-mcp-server-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"reddit-mcp-server@2.0.1"
],
"env": {
"REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_ID>",
"REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"REDDIT_USERNAME": "<YOUR_REDDIT_USERNAME>",
"REDDIT_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_REDDIT_PASSWORD>",
"REDDIT_AUTH_MODE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_AUTH_MODE>",
"REDDIT_SAFE_MODE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_SAFE_MODE>",
"REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE>",
"REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER": "<YOUR_REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"reddit-mcp-server-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"reddit-mcp-server@2.0.1"
],
"env": {
"REDDIT_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_ID>",
"REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"REDDIT_USERNAME": "<YOUR_REDDIT_USERNAME>",
"REDDIT_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_REDDIT_PASSWORD>",
"REDDIT_AUTH_MODE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_AUTH_MODE>",
"REDDIT_SAFE_MODE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_SAFE_MODE>",
"REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE": "<YOUR_REDDIT_BOT_DISCLOSURE>",
"REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER": "<YOUR_REDDIT_BOT_FOOTER>"
}
}
}
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