Reddit Content API FAQs

Question 1

What is the Reddit Content API?

Accepted Answer

The Reddit Content API provides Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools that let you interact with Reddit directly through Claude and Cursor. You can read trending posts, analyze discussions, create posts, add comments, and vote.

Question 2

What are the key features of the Reddit Content API?

Accepted Answer

The core features include reading trending posts from subreddits, analyzing Reddit discussions with comments, creating new posts, adding comments or replies, and voting on posts and comments.

Question 3

What do I need to use the Reddit Content API?

Accepted Answer

You need Python 3.10+, a Reddit account, a registered Reddit application with client ID and secret, a virtual environment, and optionally Claude Desktop or Cursor.

Question 4

How do I configure the Reddit Content API for Claude or Cursor?

Accepted Answer

You need to add a configuration block to Claude's `claude_desktop_config.json` or Cursor's `mcp.json` file, specifying the path to the Python executable, arguments, working directory, and setting the `PYTHONPATH` correctly. Restart Claude/Cursor after modifying the config.

Question 5

Why are only 2 tools showing up instead of 10?

Accepted Answer

This is likely an import problem. Ensure you haven't installed the package in editable mode, that 'src' is at the beginning of your PYTHONPATH, and that you've uninstalled any global versions of the package (pip uninstall reddit-content-api).

Reddit Content API

Reddit Content API

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