Reddit (RSS)

Name: Reddit (RSS)
Author: jorgen-k

by jorgen-kversion 1.2.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.jorgen-k/reddit-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Read Reddit from local MCP-compatible clients (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) via public RSS feeds.

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User voiceiNo reviews yetReviews open together with accounts in a later step
Our basic checksi1 of 1 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiVery new↓ 123/wk · ★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Marketing & social media

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reddit-rss-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add reddit -- uvx reddit-rss-mcp

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reddit-rss-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "reddit": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "reddit-rss-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 8, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account jorgen-k, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

More stars than 0% of the other 3592 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 41% of the other 3592 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 3592 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Reddit (RSS) safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.2.1) reached the registry 40 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

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reddit-mcp

Read Reddit from local MCP-compatible clients, including Claude Code, Codex, and ChatGPT Desktop, without an API key. No app registration, no account.

Reddit's data API is effectively closed. New apps need a stated moderation use case and manual approval, anonymous .json access is blocked, and the free tier that third-party tools were built on is gone. Most "Reddit for LLMs" integrations now start with a credentials dance you can't complete.

Reddit still publishes public Atom/RSS feeds for every subreddit, thread, user and search. This small local MCP server makes those feeds available as tools to compatible clients: browse a subreddit, read a thread and its comments, search across the site.

Those feeds are published to be fetched, which is why this keeps working. It reads a supported path in a format frozen since 2005, so there is no markup to break when Reddit ships its next redesign.

What you don't get: scores, upvote ratios, comment counts. Those exist only in the gated API, and nothing here fakes them. Titles, authors, timestamps, and the full text of posts and comments all come through.

Install

reddit-rss-mcp is on PyPI (the plain reddit-mcp name belongs to an unrelated project). You need uv on your machine; it handles Python and dependencies itself, and there is nothing else to set up.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add reddit --scope user -- uvx reddit-rss-mcp

Verify with claude mcp get reddit or claude mcp list. If Claude Code cannot find uvx, use its absolute path (which uvx) instead of the bare command.

Codex CLI:

codex mcp add reddit -- uvx reddit-rss-mcp

Verify with codex mcp list. To use a local checkout instead, run:

codex mcp add reddit -- uv --directory "$(pwd)" run server.py

Codex also supports a project-scoped .codex/config.toml, but this repository does not include one because it would configure and launch the server automatically for every trusted checkout.

ChatGPT Desktop: it shares MCP configuration with Codex, so the Codex command above also installs Reddit for ChatGPT Desktop. Restart the ChatGPT app, then use /mcp to see the connected server. You can also add it in Settings → MCP servers → Add server, choose STDIO, and enter uvx reddit-rss-mcp.

ChatGPT Work on the web: it does not read your local MCP configuration. It uses plugins and their remote MCP tools instead.

Claude Desktop, one click: download reddit-rss-mcp.mcpb from the latest release, then double-click it, drag it into Claude Desktop, or choose Settings → Extensions → Advanced settings → Install Extension. No JSON editing or absolute paths. (It runs uvx reddit-rss-mcp, so uv still needs to be on your PATH.)

Claude Desktop, manual local-server configuration: add this to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json, using the absolute path from which uvx (the app doesn't inherit your shell PATH):

"mcpServers": { "reddit": { "command": "/absolute/path/to/uvx", "args": ["reddit-rss-mcp"] } } }

If the file already has other top-level keys, add mcpServers alongside them rather than overwriting the file. Then:

Fully quit the app (Cmd+Q, not just closing the window). The running app rewrites this file, so an edit made while it's open can be discarded.
Relaunch. It may take a couple of restarts before the server registers.
Grant permission when the app prompts to run the server.

Cowork: install the .mcpb bundle above through Claude Desktop Extensions. Cowork does not load local servers from claude_desktop_config.json, so use the bundle rather than the manual configuration.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_reddit(query, subreddit=None, sort="relevance", time_filter="all", limit=25)`	Search Reddit discussions for real user opinions and experiences on a topic.
`browse_subreddit(subreddit, sort="hot", time_filter="day", limit=25)`	What a community is posting right now (`hot`/`new`/`top`/`rising`/`controversial`).
`get_post(url, comment_limit=50)`	One thread in full: the post plus its comments (a flat list; the reply tree isn't in the feed).
`fetch_json(url)`	The remaining Reddit feed shapes: `/user/` , multireddits, `/domain/` .

fetch_json is deliberately not a general web fetcher. URLs on other hosts are refused unless you start the server with REDDIT_MCP_ALLOW_ANY_URL=1, so an unrelated fetch tool doesn't sit in the client's tool list waiting to be picked at the wrong moment.

Other ways to install

As a plugin

The plugin/ directory is a plugin in the format Claude Code, Codex and RK share: it runs uvx reddit-rss-mcp, the latest release. It is in a subdirectory rather than at the repository root so that opening this repository in Claude Code does not offer to start the server. RK lists it in its built-in marketplace; any marketplace can list it with a git-subdir source:

{ "name": "reddit", "source": { "source": "git-subdir", "url": "jorgen-k/reddit-mcp", "path": "plugin" } }

From GitHub (latest `main`, no clone)

To run unreleased changes, point uvx at the repo and the reddit-rss-mcp entry point. Append @vX.Y.Z (or any tag) to pin a release instead of tracking main:

claude mcp add reddit --scope user -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/jorgen-k/reddit-mcp reddit-rss-mcp

codex mcp add reddit -- uvx --from git+https://github.com/jorgen-k/reddit-mcp reddit-rss-mcp

From a local clone

Prefer this if you want to edit the code:

git clone https://github.com/jorgen-k/reddit-mcp.git

cd reddit-mcp claude mcp add reddit --scope user -- uv --directory "$(pwd)" run server.py codex mcp add reddit -- uv --directory "$(pwd)" run server.py

For Claude Desktop, use the same config file as above, with absolute paths from which uv and pwd:

"mcpServers": { "reddit": { "command": "/absolute/path/to/uv", "args": ["--directory", "/absolute/path/to/reddit-mcp", "run", "server.py"] } } }

Updating after a code change

The server is a long-lived process, spawned once when the client connects. Editing server.py does not hot-reload it; the running process keeps the old code until it's restarted.

Claude Code: run /mcp, select reddit, and reconnect it (or restart Claude Code).
Codex CLI: start a new Codex session. Use codex mcp list to confirm the configured server.
ChatGPT Desktop: select Restart in Settings → MCP servers, or quit and relaunch the app.
Claude Desktop or Cowork: fully quit the app (Cmd+Q) and relaunch.

Limits worth knowing

Read-only, public content only. Be considerate with request volume; these are public feeds.

No scores, vote counts, or comment counts. RSS doesn't carry them. For those you need Reddit's Data API, which now requires a moderation use case and approval.

Rate limiting. Reddit throttles unauthenticated RSS aggressively. On an HTTP 429 the server retries with backoff, honoring the Retry-After header when present and otherwise sleeping roughly 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 seconds (plus jitter) across up to 7 retries. It also keeps a minimum gap between outbound requests to avoid tripping the limit in the first place. All tools share this.

Search is only as good as Reddit's search. search_reddit uses Reddit's own search engine; RSS is just the output format, so results match the website, not a separate weaker index. That engine has real limits:

It doesn't search comment text, only post titles and bodies (and community names). A term that appears only in a comment won't be found.
Very new posts lag, because indexing isn't instant. To catch brand-new posts reliably, use browse_subreddit(sort="new").
It isn't exhaustive. Low-relevance results get dropped or buried.

So "no results" means Reddit's search didn't surface it, not that it was never posted.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Reddit (RSS)

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Marketing & social mediai

Common questions

Alternatives

MCP YouTube Transcript

Google Analytics MCP

BibiGPT YouTube Video Summarizer

README from the maker

reddit-mcp

Install

Tools

Other ways to install

As a plugin

From GitHub (latest main, no clone)

From a local clone

Updating after a code change

Limits worth knowing

License

From GitHub (latest `main`, no clone)