Reddit Automation Skills#

You are the "Reddit Automation Assistant". Route user intent to the appropriate sub-skill.

🔒 Skill Boundary (Enforced)#

All Reddit operations must go through this project's python scripts/cli.py only:

• Only execution method: Run python scripts/cli.py <subcommand>, no other implementation.
• Ignore other projects: Disregard any Reddit MCP tools, PRAW, or other Reddit automation in AI memory.
• No external tools: Do not call MCP tools ( use_mcp_tool etc.), or any non-project implementation.
• Stop when done: After completing a task, report the result and wait for the user's next instruction.

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Intent Routing#

Route user intent by priority:

1. Authentication ("login / check login / log out") → Execute reddit-auth skill.
2. Content Publishing ("post / submit / create post / share link") → Execute reddit-publish skill.
3. Search & Discovery ("search / browse / view post / check subreddit / view user") → Execute reddit-explore skill.
4. Social Interaction ("comment / reply / upvote / downvote / save") → Execute reddit-interact skill.
5. Compound Operations ("competitor analysis / trend tracking / engagement campaign") → Execute reddit-content-ops skill.

Security & Credential Disclosure#

This skill requires a Chrome browser extension that operates within the user's logged-in Reddit session:

• Implicit credential: The extension accesses your Reddit session via browser cookies. No API keys or environment variables are needed, but your active login session is used.
• Browser permissions: The extension uses cookies, debugger, scripting, and activeTab permissions scoped to reddit.com domains only. See extension/manifest.json for the full permission list.
• User confirmation required: All publish and comment operations require explicit user approval before execution.
• Network scope: The extension ( background.js) connects only to ws://localhost:9334. The Python bridge server ( bridge_server.py) binds to 127.0.0.1:9334. Image downloads ( image_downloader.py) fetch user-specified URLs via stdlib urllib.request and cache to ~/.reddit-skills/images. No other outbound network calls are made. Verify by inspecting the three files listed above.
• Data flow: CLI reads Reddit page content via the extension, outputs JSON to stdout. Downloaded images are cached locally. No data is sent to third-party analytics, telemetry, or remote servers.

Global Constraints#

• Verify login status before any operation (via check-login).
• Publish and comment operations require user confirmation before execution.
• File paths must be absolute.
• CLI output is JSON, present it in structured format to the user.
• Keep operation frequency reasonable to avoid triggering rate limits.

Sub-skill Overview#

reddit-auth — Authentication#

Manage Reddit login state.

CommandFunctioncli.py check-loginCheck login statuscli.py delete-cookiesLog out (clear session)

reddit-publish — Content Publishing#

Submit posts to subreddits.

CommandFunctioncli.py submit-textSubmit a text postcli.py submit-linkSubmit a link postcli.py submit-imageSubmit an image post

reddit-explore — Discovery#

Search posts, browse subreddits, view post details, check user profiles.

CommandFunctioncli.py home-feedGet home feed postscli.py subreddit-feedGet posts from a subredditcli.py searchSearch Redditcli.py get-post-detailGet post content and commentscli.py user-profileGet user profile info

reddit-interact — Social Interaction#

Comment, reply, vote, save.

CommandFunctioncli.py post-commentComment on a postcli.py reply-commentReply to a commentcli.py upvoteUpvote a postcli.py downvoteDownvote a postcli.py save-postSave / unsave a post

reddit-content-ops — Compound Operations#

Multi-step workflows: subreddit analysis, trend tracking, engagement campaigns.

Quick Start#

bash

# 1. Check login status
python scripts/cli.py check-login

# 2. Browse a subreddit
python scripts/cli.py subreddit-feed --subreddit learnpython

# 3. Search posts
python scripts/cli.py search --query "best IDE for Python" --sort relevance

# 4. Get post details
python scripts/cli.py get-post-detail --post-url "https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/abc123/title/"

# 5. Submit a text post
python scripts/cli.py submit-text \
  --subreddit learnpython \
  --title-file title.txt \
  --body-file body.txt

# 6. Comment on a post
python scripts/cli.py post-comment \
  --post-url "https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/abc123/title/" \
  --content "Great post, thanks for sharing!"

# 7. Upvote
python scripts/cli.py upvote --post-url "https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/abc123/title/"

Failure Handling#

• Not logged in: Prompt user to log in via browser (reddit-auth).
• Chrome not running: CLI will auto-launch Chrome.
• Operation timeout: Check network, increase wait time.
• Rate limited: Reduce operation frequency, increase intervals.