{"id":"eliasbiondo-reddit-mcp-server","name":"reddit-mcp-server","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/eliasbiondo/reddit-mcp-server","category":"communication","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","reddit","ai-agents","tooling","python"],"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets an MCP-compatible AI client search Reddit, browse subreddit post listings, fetch post details with comment trees, and retrieve user activity/posts. Supports stdio MCP transport by default and an HTTP (streamable-http) transport.","use_cases":["Letting an AI assistant answer questions using Reddit content","Exploratory research: searching posts across Reddit or within a subreddit","Content retrieval: fetching a post and its comment tree","User discovery/analysis: retrieving a user's recent activity and submitted posts"],"not_for":["Use as a secure/production data access layer without additional controls (e.g., rate limiting, logging redaction)","Handling non-public or private Reddit content","Use cases requiring strong contractual guarantees (SLA, long-term API stability) without verifying maturity/tests"],"best_when":null,"avoid_when":null,"alternatives":["Using Reddit APIs directly (official or via a client library)","Community Reddit scrapers/APIs integrated into an MCP server you control","Other MCP servers or tool frameworks that wrap Reddit search/scraping with your own auth/rate-limit policies"],"af_score":64.5,"security_score":37.8,"reliability_score":20.0,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:44:26.653211+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":["Python"],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["none (per README/package description)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"README describes no API keys or authentication required. This implies the server relies on public Reddit access via the underlying client/library; no explicit auth mechanism is documented for the MCP server itself."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Open-source MIT project; no hosted pricing information provided."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":64.5,"security_score":37.8,"reliability_score":20.0,"mcp_server_quality":80.0,"documentation_accuracy":78.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":100.0,"rate_limit_clarity":35.0,"tls_enforcement":45.0,"auth_strength":10.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":55.0,"secret_handling":80.0,"security_notes":"No auth for the MCP server is documented; this can expose the server to any caller who can reach it (especially for HTTP transport). README indicates proxies/timeouts/throttling env vars, but does not document secure deployment practices (e.g., binding to localhost, request logging redaction). TLS enforcement and security headers are not specified in the provided content; secret handling for any upstream credentials is not relevant due to 'no-auth' positioning, but operational logging hygiene is not described. Dependencies are specified but CVE posture is not verifiable from provided content.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":30.0,"breaking_changes_history":20.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"true","idempotency_notes":"Most tools are read-only (search/browse/get), so repeated calls should be idempotent from the client perspective; exact server behavior on retries is not documented.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["No explicit guidance on pagination/cursors or rate-limit handling in the README","Read-only operations still may hit upstream Reddit rate limits or transient network errors; retry/backoff behavior is not documented at tool level."]}}