Reddapi

This gives you unlimited access to Reddit's full archive through a third-party API, which means no rate limits or quotas like you'd hit with Reddit's official API. The semantic search is the standout feature here: you can query natural language like "frustrations with current project management tools" and get actual posts and comments back. Also includes trend analysis with sentiment scores and growth rates, plus subreddit discovery. Honestly most useful for market research and finding what people actually complain about in your space. You'll need an API key from reddapi.dev, but once you have it, you can hit it as hard as you want for competitive analysis or niche hunting.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skill --skill reddapi --agent claude-code

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reddapi.dev Skill

About This Skill

This was the first skill published for reddapi.dev. It has since grown into reddit-research, which covers the same endpoints below plus market-research query playbooks and a fuller pitch on why semantic search beats keyword search on Reddit. This file stays live and fully functional under its original name so existing installs keep working - if you're installing fresh, prefer reddit-research.

Overview

Search Reddit's archive through reddapi.dev, a third-party indexer (not the official Reddit API - no OAuth, no app registration). Two search modes, a trends endpoint over a date range, and subreddit lookup.

All endpoints require the auth header built in "Credentials" below. All POST requests must also send Content-Type: application/json - omitting it returns HTTP 403 "Cross-site POST form submissions are forbidden".

Credentials

REDDAPI_API_KEY lives in the environment of the shell that runs the request. Its value is never needed in this conversation.

The operator sets both variables once, in their own shell, before the agent runs anything. The agent never reads, writes, or transports the key's value:

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