| name | reddit |
| description | Reddit community discussions, user experience reports, and topic debates via the public search.json endpoint. |
| version | 1 |
| languages | ["en","mixed"] |
| methods | [{"id":"api_search","impl":"methods/api_search.py","requires":[],"rate_limit":{"per_min":30,"per_hour":300}}] |
| fallback_chain | ["api_search"] |
| when_to_use | {"query_languages":["en","mixed"],"query_types":["community-opinion","experience-report","troubleshooting","debate"],"domain_hints":["software","tech","product","consumer"]} |
| quality_hint | {"typical_yield":"medium","chinese_native":false} |
| layer | leaf |
| domains | ["community-en"] |
| scenarios | ["community-opinion","user-experience","comparison"] |
| model_tier | Fast |
| experience_digest | experience.md |
Overview
Reddit adds public community discussion, user experience reports, troubleshooting threads, and debate-oriented evidence through the unauthenticated search.json endpoint. It is useful when the query needs candid practitioner commentary or consumer sentiment that is less polished than docs, vendor content, or editorial articles.
Known Quirks
- Reddit blocks default client signatures, so requests must set a non-empty custom User-Agent.
- The public endpoint is relatively open, but this channel keeps a conservative rate limit to stay polite.
- The unauthenticated search API supports broad search well enough for this use case, but it does not provide reliable time-range filtering.
Quality Bar
- Evidence items have non-empty title and url.
- No crash on empty or malformed API response.
- Source channel field matches the channel name.
