`search_posts`

Pack: reddit · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/reddit/mcp

Search Reddit posts by keyword — across all subreddits, or scoped to one via the subreddit argument (“search r/_{for X”). Sort by relevance (default), hot, top, new, or comments. Returns post id, title, author, subreddit, permalink, and date.}

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search query.
`subreddit`	string	no	Optional subreddit to restrict the search to (e.g. “python”).
`sort`	string	no	relevance (default), hot, top, new, comments.
`limit`	number	no	Number of results (default 10, max 100).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "machine learning"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/reddit/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_posts","arguments":{"query":"machine learning"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_posts', {
  "query": "machine learning"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "climate change",
  "limit": 50,
  "sort": "top"
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "enum": [
            true
          ],
          "description": "Success flag"
        },
        "query": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Search query executed"
        },
        "sort": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Sort order used"
        },
        "count": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Number of results returned"
        },
        "posts": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Post ID"
              },
              "title": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Post title"
              },
              "subreddit": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Subreddit name"
              },
              "author": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Post author"
              },
              "score": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Upvote score"
              },
              "url": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Post URL"
              },
              "permalink": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Full Reddit permalink"
              },
              "num_comments": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Number of comments"
              },
              "created_utc": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Creation timestamp (UTC)"
              },
              "is_self": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "description": "Is self-post"
              },
              "selftext": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Self-post text content"
              },
              "flair": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Link flair text"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "id",
              "title",
              "subreddit",
              "author",
              "score",
              "url",
              "permalink",
              "num_comments",
              "created_utc",
              "is_self",
              "selftext",
              "flair"
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "query",
        "sort",
        "count",
        "posts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "ok": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "enum": [
            false
          ],
          "description": "Failure flag"
        },
        "query": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Search query requested"
        },
        "sort": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Sort order requested"
        },
        "posts": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Empty posts array on failure"
        },
        "reason": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "reddit_blocked",
            "reddit_rate_limited",
            "not_found"
          ],
          "description": "Failure reason"
        },
        "message": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Failure message"
        },
        "hint": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Optional hint for recovery"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "ok",
        "query",
        "sort",
        "posts",
        "reason",
        "message"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reddit": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/reddit/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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