reddit-mcp-server: An MCP That Can Actually Post to Reddit
Announcing reddit-mcp-server 1.0. Most Reddit MCP servers are read-only—this one reads and writes—posts, replies, edits, deletes—with spam protection and policy compliance built in.
Most of the Reddit integrations I found for AI assistants could only read—browse subreddits, search, pull comments. Useful, but I wanted an assistant that could participate, not just observe.
So I built reddit-mcp-server, and today it hits 1.0. It’s a Model Context Protocol server that does both jobs. On top of the usual read tools, it can create content: make posts, reply to posts and comments, edit, and delete.
Giving an AI write access to a social platform is exactly where things can go wrong, so the write path is deliberately careful. It ships with a safe mode for spam protection, an automatic bot-disclosure footer, and policy-compliance guardrails baked in—so you stay on the right side of Reddit’s rules by default rather than as an afterthought.
There’s a zero-setup anonymous mode for read-only browsing, and three tiers of authentication with rate limits of 10, 60, or 100 requests per minute depending on how you connect.
Getting started is a one-liner:
npx reddit-mcp-serverOr, for Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport stdio reddit -- npx reddit-mcp-serverThere’s also a downloadable Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb) if you’d rather click once and be done. The read-and-write gap felt like a real one—I’m curious to see how people put the write tools to use.