Reddit Research & Leads — Setup Guide¶

Source: lignertys/reddit-research-skill (4.1K+ combined installs) Category: Research / Lead Generation Quality Tier: 🟡 Beta

Two skills in one repo providing Reddit data access without Reddit's API rate limits. reddapi offers semantic search across millions of posts and comments, subreddit discovery, and trend analysis. reddit-leads uses AI-powered lead scoring (0-100) to find B2B prospects actively expressing buying intent across 50K+ subreddits.

Key advantage: This is a third-party service, not Reddit official — so there are no rate limits, no daily quotas, and 24/7 availability. 1024D vector search matches on meaning, not just keywords.

Included Skills¶

Skill	Installs	Purpose
reddapi	2.8K	Semantic search, trend analysis, subreddit discovery
reddit-leads	1.3K	AI-powered B2B lead discovery with intent scoring

Installation¶

npx skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skill --skill reddapi
npx skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skill --skill reddit-leads

Prerequisites¶

Requirement	Details
API Key	Sign up at reddapi.dev — Free: 3 searches/mo, Lite $19.9/mo (500 calls), Starter $49/mo (5K), Pro $99/mo (15K)
Environment	`export REDDAPI_API_KEY="your_key"`

Key Capabilities¶

Semantic Search (reddapi)¶

Natural language search across millions of Reddit posts — no keyword matching, meaning-based:

# Market research
curl -X POST "https://reddapi.dev/api/v1/search/semantic" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"query": "best productivity tools for remote teams", "limit": 100}'

# Pain point discovery — "I wish there was an app that"
curl -X POST "https://reddapi.dev/api/v1/search/semantic" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"query": "I wish there was an app that", "limit": 100}'

# Competitor complaints
curl -X POST "https://reddapi.dev/api/v1/search/semantic" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"query": "COMPETITOR_NAME problems complaints", "limit": 200}'

Trend Analysis (reddapi)¶

Discover trending topics with engagement metrics and sentiment:

curl "https://reddapi.dev/api/v1/trends" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY"

Response includes: post_count, total_upvotes, avg_sentiment (-1 to 1), trending_keywords, growth_rate.

B2B Lead Discovery (reddit-leads)¶

AI scores every post 0-100 on buying intent with 5 lead type categories:

Lead Type	Signal
pain_point	User describing a problem, looking for solution
solution_request	Actively asking "what tool should I use for X"
complaint	Frustrated with current tool — switching signal
feature_request	Wants something their tool doesn't have
comparison	Evaluating options — ready to buy

Subreddit Discovery (reddapi)¶

# List popular subreddits
curl "https://reddapi.dev/api/subreddits?limit=100" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY"

# Get specific subreddit info
curl "https://reddapi.dev/api/subreddits/programming" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY"

Quick Start — Hermes Agent¶

# Set API key
export REDDAPI_API_KEY="your_key"

# Discover trending topics in SaaS
curl "https://reddapi.dev/api/v1/trends" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY" | python3 -m json.tool | head -30

# Find leads for "AI business tools"
curl -s -X POST "https://reddapi.dev/api/v1/leads/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "AI business operations tools for SMB", "limit": 10}' | python3 -m json.tool

Verification¶

# Test API key
curl -s "https://reddapi.dev/api/me" -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY"

# Run a quick search
curl -X POST "https://reddapi.dev/api/v1/search/semantic" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"query": "test", "limit": 1}' | python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(f'OK: {d.get(\"total\",0)} results')"

Notes¶

No Reddit API limits: reddapi.dev is a third-party index — unlimited QPS, no daily quotas
Use cases for CorpusIQ: Market research, competitive analysis, pain point discovery, B2B lead generation for business operators
Lead scoring: 0-100 with industry auto-detection — filter for scores >70 for warmest prospects
Free tier: 3 searches/month — sufficient for evaluation. Lite ($19.9/mo) for production use
Related skills: reddit-praw-automation, help-first-community-engagement