reddit-research

# reddit-research Skill ## Overview Reddit is where people complain, compare, and ask for alternatives before they ever fill out a survey. This skill turns that into a queryable research tool via [reddapi.dev](https://reddapi.dev): search by *meaning* across 50,000+ subreddits, 20M+ posts, and 40M+ comments using 1024-dimension vector embeddings - "frustrated with X" finds the frustration even when the post never uses the word "frustrated" - then pull trend momentum and subreddit context around it. **Why reddapi.dev instead of the official Reddit API:** no OAuth flow, no registered app, no `praw`-style setup - just an API key. It's a third-party index, not Reddit itself, so treat it as a research tool, not a replacement for Reddit's own API where official data provenance matters. **Key Advantages:** - ✅ **Semantic, not keyword** - matches intent and phrasing variants a keyword search misses - ✅ **Scale** - 50,000+ subreddits, 20M+ posts, 40M+ comments indexed - ✅ **Zero Reddit setup** - no OAuth, no registered app, no scraping - ✅ **Trend + subreddit context included** - not a separate scrape ## Which Search Mode to Use This matters more than it looks - the two modes are not interchangeable: - **Vector search** searches the full archive, **fills the requested `limit`**, and is the faster of the two. Re-measured 2026-07-31 after a server-side fix: `limit: 30` → 30 results and `limit: 100` → 100 results, spanning 2026-01-01 to 2026-07-30, in 835ms of server time....