adigourdi/reddit-skill

> Moved. This plugin now lives in
> adigourdi/claude-plugins.
> This repo is archived. Install commands below still work.
A Claude Code plugin that searches Reddit and digests
threads for you: "what do people on r/rust say about async runtimes?", "summarize
this thread", "find the consensus on projectors under $1000".
It is read-only and needs no Reddit account, API key, or OAuth app. Claude reads
ordinary reddit.com pages in a minimized Chrome window on your machine, with its
own profile, separate from your everyday Chrome.
## Install
In Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add adigourdi/claude-plugins
/plugin install reddit@adigourdi
To get updates automatically, turn on auto-update for the marketplace once:
/plugin → Marketplaces → adigourdi → Enable auto-update.
Otherwise, update by hand with /plugin update reddit@adigourdi.
### Requirements
Google Chrome, launched as google-chrome (set REDDITCHROME to the
binary's path otherwise)
Node.js 22 or newer
A desktop session: the Chrome window runs minimized and only comes up if
Reddit asks for a check
Developed and tested on Linux (GNOME). macOS and Windows are untested.
## Use
Ask in plain language and Claude picks the skill up on its own, or call it
directly:
/reddit best budget mechanical keyboards
/reddit what does r/selfhosted recommend for photo backup
/reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/abc123/title/
If another plugin or skill is also called reddit, use the full name,
/reddit:reddit.
Fetching runs in a subagent that stays alive for the conversation, so follow-ups
("compare that with r/homelab", "open the second thread") build on what it has
already read instead of starting over.
## How it works
The plugin ships a small MCP server, reddit, with a searchreddit and a
readthread tool. They load search and thread pages in the Chrome window
and read the post and comment data off Reddit's own page elements, returning
trimmed JSON.
The reddit skill hands the fetching to a subagent that calls those tools,
so long threads stay out of your main conversation.
The server drives Chrome over the DevTools protocol, with no npm packages.
Chrome opens on the first call and closes after 5 idle minutes or when the
session ends. The profile lives in ~/.cache/claude-reddit/chrome-profile,
so its cookies persist between runs.
Page loads are spaced at least 2.5 s apart.
If Reddit shows a check, the server first lets it clear in a plain Chrome
window. If that is not enough, you get a desktop notification and a window to
clear it yourself (up to 4 minutes).
## Limitations