mcp-reddit

MCP server for scraping Reddit - no API keys required.

Scrapes posts and comments from subreddits and user profiles using Reddit's public RSS/Atom feeds.

[!IMPORTANT] What changed in v0.4.0: Reddit shut down unauthenticated .json access in May 2026, which broke this project (and every other keyless Reddit scraper). v0.4.0 pivots to Reddit's still-public .rss feeds. Still zero API keys - but RSS exposes less data: no scores, upvote ratios, comment counts, NSFW flags, or comment threading. Those fields were removed from the data model. Comments are flat, up to 100 per post.

Features

• No API keys - Uses public RSS feeds, no Reddit API credentials needed
• Posts & comments - Titles, authors, timestamps, selftext, flat comment bodies
• Image previews - Downloads preview images (videos unavailable via RSS)
• Local persistence - Query scraped data offline
• Filtering - By post type and keywords

Installation

pip install mcp-reddit

Or with uvx:

uvx mcp-reddit

Usage Modes

Local (stdio) - Default

For local MCP clients like Claude Desktop and Claude Code:

uvx mcp-reddit

Remote (HTTP/SSE)

For remote MCP clients that connect via URL:

uvx mcp-reddit --http --port 8000

Options:

• --http - Run in HTTP/SSE mode instead of stdio
• --host - Host to bind to (default: 0.0.0.0)
• --port - Port to listen on (default: 8000, or PORT env var)

The server exposes:

• GET /sse - SSE endpoint for MCP connection
• POST /messages/ - Message endpoint
• GET /health - Health check

Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop or Claude Code settings:

Claude Desktop (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json)

Claude Desktop doesn't inherit your shell PATH, so you need the full path to uvx:

# Find your uvx path
which uvx

Then use the full path in your config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/bin/uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-reddit"]
    }
  }
}

Replace /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/bin/uvx with the output from which uvx.

Claude Code

claude mcp add reddit -- uvx mcp-reddit

Or manually in ~/.claude.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-reddit"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Tool	Description
scrape_subreddit	Scrape newest posts from a subreddit
scrape_user	Scrape posts from a user's profile
scrape_post	Fetch a specific post by URL (supports image download)
get_posts	Query stored posts with filters
get_comments	Query stored comments
search_reddit	Search across all scraped data
list_scraped_sources	List all scraped subreddits/users

get_top_posts was removed in v0.4.0 - RSS feeds expose no scores to rank by. Calling it returns a JSON error pointing to get_posts (newest first) or search_reddit.

Example Usage

"Scrape the latest 50 posts from r/LocalLLaMA"

"Fetch this post and download the image: https://reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/abc123/title"

"Search my scraped data for posts about 'fine-tuning'"

Data Storage

Data is stored in ~/.mcp-reddit/data/ by default.

Data scraped with pre-v0.4.0 versions is migrated to the new (narrower) schema automatically on the next scrape of that subreddit/user - existing posts and comments stay queryable, and the original file is preserved as *.pre-rss.bak.

Set MCP_REDDIT_DATA_DIR environment variable to customize:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.local/bin/uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-reddit"],
      "env": {
        "MCP_REDDIT_DATA_DIR": "/path/to/your/data"
      }
    }
  }
}

Credits

Built on top of reddit-universal-scraper by @ksanjeev284 - a full-featured Reddit scraper with analytics dashboard, REST API, and plugin system.

License

MIT