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Reddit Search

Search 100M+ Reddit posts and comments without a Reddit API key.

Find discussions, discover subreddits, look up users, and export results — all through Xpoz MCP. No Reddit API credentials needed, no rate limit headaches, no OAuth setup with Reddit.

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⚡ Setup

👉 Follow xpoz-setup — handles auth automatically. User just clicks "Authorize" once.

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Setup

Run xpoz-setup skill. Verify: mcporter call xpoz.checkAccessKeyStatus

What You Can Search

| Tool | What It Does | |------|-------------| | getRedditPostsByKeywords | Search posts by topic | | getRedditCommentsByKeywords | Search comments (where deep expertise lives) | | getRedditUsersByKeywords | Find users discussing a topic | | getRedditSubredditsByKeywords | Discover relevant communities | | getRedditPostsByAuthor | Get a user's post history | | getRedditUser | Look up a specific profile | | searchRedditUsers | Find users by name |

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Quick Examples

Search Posts

mcporter call xpoz.getRedditPostsByKeywords \
  query="self hosting AND docker" \
  startDate=2026-01-01 \
  limit=100

# Always poll for results:
mcporter call xpoz.checkOperationStatus operationId=op_abc123

Search Comments

Comments often contain the deepest expertise — practitioners sharing real experience:

mcporter call xpoz.getRedditCommentsByKeywords \
  query="kubernetes networking troubleshoot" \
  fields='["id","text","authorUsername","subredditName","score","createdAtDate"]'

Find Subreddits

mcporter call xpoz.getRedditSubredditsByKeywords \
  query="machine learning" \
  limit=30

Look Up a User

mcporter call xpoz.getRedditUser \
  identifier=spez \
  identifierType=username

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Boolean Queries

• AND, OR, NOT (uppercase)
• "exact phrase" for precise matching
• () for grouping

mcporter call xpoz.getRedditPostsByKeywords \
  query="(python OR rust) AND \"web scraping\" NOT selenium"

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CSV Export

Every search returns a dataDumpExportOperationId. Poll it to get a download URL with the full dataset (up to 64K rows):

mcporter call xpoz.checkOperationStatus operationId=op_datadump_xyz
# → result.url = S3 download link

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Why Not Use the Reddit API Directly?

| | Reddit API | Xpoz Reddit Search | |--|-----------|-------------------| | Auth | OAuth + client ID + secret | One-click Xpoz auth | | Rate limits | 100 requests/min | Handled automatically | | Search quality | Reddit's search is notoriously poor | Full-text indexed, boolean operators | | Comments | No keyword search for comments | ✅ Full comment search | | Export | Manual pagination | One-click CSV (64K rows) | | Historical | Limited | Back to 2019 |

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Related Skills

• xpoz-social-search — Cross-platform search (Twitter + Instagram + Reddit)
• expert-finder — Find domain experts from social data
• social-sentiment — Brand sentiment analysis

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Website: xpoz.ai • Free tier available • No Reddit API key needed

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