Reddit Scraper MCP Server

An MCP server that provides real-time Reddit data — posts, comments, subreddit feeds, user profiles, and cross-subreddit search — for use with Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible AI tools.

Features

• Get Post — Get a Reddit post by ID including title, body, score, and metadata
• Get Comments — Get comments on a Reddit post with sorting options
• Get Subreddit — Get subreddit info and posts from a subreddit
• Get User — Get a Reddit user's profile and recent posts
• Search — Search Reddit for posts across all subreddits or within a specific one

Tools

get_post

Get a Reddit post by ID including title, body, score, and metadata

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | post_id | string | Yes | Reddit post ID |

get_comments

Get comments on a Reddit post with sorting options

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | post_id | string | Yes | Reddit post ID | | sort | string | No | Comment sort order (default: best) — one of: best, top, new, controversial, old | | limit | number | No | Maximum number of comments (default: 100) |

get_subreddit

Get subreddit info and posts from a subreddit

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | subreddit | string | Yes | Subreddit name (without r/) | | sort | string | No | Post sort order (default: hot) — one of: hot, new, top, rising | | limit | number | No | Number of posts to return (default: 25) |

get_user

Get a Reddit user's profile and recent posts

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | username | string | Yes | Reddit username (without u/) | | sort | string | No | Post sort order (default: new) — one of: new, hot, top | | limit | number | No | Number of posts to return (default: 25) |

search

Search Reddit for posts across all subreddits or within a specific one

Parameters:

| Name | Type | Required | Description | |------|------|----------|-------------| | query | string | Yes | Search query | | sort | string | No | Sort order (default: relevance) — one of: relevance, hot, top, new, comments | | time_filter | string | No | Time filter (default: all) — one of: all, year, month, week, day, hour | | subreddit | string | No | Limit search to a specific subreddit | | limit | number | No | Number of results (default: 25) |

Configuration

Get your API key from RapidAPI.

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pullapi/reddit-scraper-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "your-rapidapi-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage with Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP settings (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pullapi/reddit-scraper-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "RAPIDAPI_KEY": "your-rapidapi-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

License

MIT