Last updated September 8, 2026. This page is written in plain language by us, not a law firm, and it isn't attorney-reviewed — if you need a legal opinion for your own purposes, verify it independently with counsel. See also our Privacy Policy, which covers what we collect and why.
1. What ThreadSnoop is
ThreadSnoop is a pay-per-use API and MCP server that lets you (or an AI agent you run) search and read publicly available Reddit posts and comments. It's strictly read-only: neither the API nor any tool we publish can post, comment, vote, or message anyone on Reddit, and we never ask for or store a Reddit login. By creating an account or calling the API, you agree to these terms.
2. Your account
You need an account and a valid API key to use the API. You're responsible for keeping your password and API keys confidential and for all activity under your account. Tell us right away at hello@threadsnoop.com if you believe a key has been exposed — you can also revoke and re-issue keys yourself at any time from your dashboard. You must be able to form a binding contract to use ThreadSnoop (generally, be at least 18, or the age of majority where you live).
3. Acceptable use
You agree not to use ThreadSnoop to:
- Post, comment, vote, message, or otherwise write to Reddit through us — the service has no capability to do this and isn't a workaround for that restriction.
- Violate Reddit's own User Agreement or content policy with respect to the content you retrieve — ThreadSnoop gives you access to publicly available Reddit data, but doesn't override or substitute for the terms Reddit itself imposes on that content.
- Resell, sublicense, or redistribute raw Reddit data retrieved through ThreadSnoop as a competing data feed or scraping product. Using retrieved content as an input to your own product, research, or AI agent's output is fine; standing up “ThreadSnoop, but resold” is not.
- Harass, dox, stalk, or build a profile on a specific private individual without a legitimate basis for doing so.
- Share, sell, or publish your API key, or use it in a way designed to circumvent your own plan's rate limits (for example, running many keys or accounts to multiply a single effective rate limit).
- Attempt to disrupt the service — abusive load, attempts to bypass metering, or probing for vulnerabilities without our permission.
4. Where the data comes from
ThreadSnoop retrieves publicly available Reddit posts and comments through standard API access. We don't control Reddit's uptime, completeness, or accuracy, and we make no guarantee that any specific post, comment, or piece of metadata will always be available or current. If what's accessible on Reddit changes, ThreadSnoop's own availability can change with it, and we're not liable for that.
5. What we do and don't retain
Our API is a pass-through: when you call an endpoint, we fetch the matching content live and return it to you. We don't keep a copy of the posts or comments you retrieve, and we don't log the search terms, subreddit names, or other query parameters you send — see our Privacy Policyfor the full account of what we do log (endpoint, status, credits, latency — for metering and support, not content). Once content leaves our servers in an API response, what you do with it, how long you keep it, and how you delete it is governed by these terms and by Reddit's own User Agreement with respect to that content — not by us, since we hold no separate copy to delete.
6. Fees, credits, and billing
ThreadSnoop is metered: each successful API call spends credits from your balance, shown in real time on your dashboard and in every response. New accounts receive a one-time free-credit grant; additional credits are purchased through Stripe, who processes your payment directly — we never see or store your card number. Credits don't expire.Purchases are final: we don't offer cash refunds for credits already granted or spent, except where required by applicable law or at our own discretion. A failed call on our end (for example, a 502 from an upstream error) is automatically credited back to your balance — that's a service-reliability mechanism, not a refund request process. We may change prices or the free-tier grant going forward; changes apply to credits purchased after the change, not to a balance you already hold.
7. Suspension and termination
You can delete your own account at any time from Settings — see the Privacy Policy for exactly what that removes. We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these terms, misuse the service in a way that risks our access to upstream data or Reddit itself, or if required to by law. Where practical we'll tell you why. Sections of these terms that by their nature should survive termination (fees already owed, the disclaimers and liability limits below) continue to apply after your account ends.
8. No warranty
ThreadSnoop is provided “as is” and “as available,”without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied — including, to the extent the law allows us to disclaim them, any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We don't promise the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at any particular time, and we don't promise that data returned by the API is complete, accurate, or current, since it reflects what's publicly accessible on Reddit at the time of each request.
9. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, ThreadSnoop won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of the service — even if we've been advised of the possibility. Our total liability to you for any claim arising from these terms or the service is limited to the amount you actually paid us in the 12 months before the claim arose, or $100 if you haven't paid us anything. Some jurisdictions don't allow these kinds of limitations, so some of this may not apply to you.
10. Your responsibility for how you use retrieved data
You're responsible for complying with all laws and third-party terms (including Reddit's own User Agreement) that apply to how you use, store, quote, or act on content you retrieve through ThreadSnoop — including if you feed it into an AI model, publish a summary or analysis of it, or use it to reach out to someone. You agree to indemnify and hold ThreadSnoop harmless from claims arising out of your own violation of these terms or misuse of retrieved content.
11. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as the product changes. If a change is material, we'll update the date at the top of this page and, where practical, note it somewhere visible on the site. Continuing to use ThreadSnoop after a change takes effect means you accept the updated terms.
12. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, to the extent your own local law doesn't require otherwise.
13. Contact
Questions about these terms, or anything else: hello@threadsnoop.com.