`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

Always returns: ok, query, count, posts

Field	Type	Description
`ok`	boolean
`query`	string
`subreddit`	string \| null	Echo of the subreddit filter, null when searching site-wide
`sort`	string	relevance \| new \| top \| hot
`count`	number
`posts`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Reddit search results, served from Reddit RSS (the JSON API blocks our egress). Scores, comment counts and flair are NOT available from RSS.",
  "properties": {
    "ok": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "subreddit": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Echo of the subreddit filter, null when searching site-wide"
    },
    "sort": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "relevance | new | top | hot"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "posts": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Reddit post id (base36, e.g. \"1vef79c\")"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "author": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Username without the u/ prefix"
          },
          "subreddit": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Null when the feed entry does not carry one (e.g. a subreddit-level result)"
          },
          "permalink": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Absolute reddit.com URL"
          },
          "published": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO-8601 timestamp"
          },
          "body": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Self-text as HTML-decoded text; empty for link posts"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "title",
          "author",
          "permalink",
          "published"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "ok",
    "query",
    "count",
    "posts"
  ]
}

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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