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Connect Claude to Reddit, use the API to search and monitor, and read the guides on pricing and mechanics — plus playbooks for finding customers yourself, with AI doing the reading.
API guides
Mechanics, pricing, and how to actually use the API.
- Reddit's .json Trick Is Blocked: What Broke and What to Use InsteadReddit deprecated unauthenticated .json access on 2026-05-30. It didn't get rate-limited -- it stopped working entirely, in one day. Here's what broke, why, and how to migrate.
- How to Search Reddit with TypeScriptEvery example here runs as-is against the live API in Node or on the edge: no SDK install, your first search, a pagination loop that doesn't drop results, and a scheduled poll for ongoing monitoring.
- How to Search Reddit with PythonEvery example here runs as-is against the live API: one pip install, your first search, a pagination loop that doesn't drop results, and a scheduled poll for ongoing monitoring.
- How to Actually Use the Reddit MCP Server (Beyond Setup)Connecting Claude to the Reddit MCP server takes five minutes. Using it well is a different skill — starting with a trap that quietly makes a real search look empty. Here's how to actually use it.
- Reddit API Pricing in 2026: What Usage-Based Data Licensing Means for DevelopersReddit data went from free-to-scrape to the subject of reported nine-figure AI licensing deals. Here's what that shift actually means if you're not signing one of those deals.
- How to Search Reddit With AI: The Complete Guide"Search Reddit with AI" means three different things depending on what you're building. Here's all three, what each costs, and which one fits your job.
- Searching Reddit Programmatically: The API GuideEverything you need to search Reddit from code: getting a key, your first call, pagination that doesn't drop results, the q= filter's actual billing model, and a cron job that checks a subreddit hourly.
