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Reddit Research skill
Runs by itself, weekly Monday research run.

Reddit pain points, every week.

Install the Reddit Research skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/lignertys/reddit-research.md

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  2. 2Paste into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor
  3. 3It runs by itself

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Reddit Research

by lignertys · 10K installs

The skill

The reddit research skill lets an agent do market and user research on Reddit through reddapi.dev semantic search, trends and subreddit discovery, for founders and marketers who want pain points and niche checks.

Only when you ask.

The habit

Reddit pain points, every week.

↻ Runs by itselfweekly Monday research run

How the habit works.
You don't have to.

Three questionsWhen does it start? How does it check its work? What does it remember?

01

It starts by itself

weekly Monday research run. Runs in Claude Code routine.

  • ↻ weekly Monday research run
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02

It checks its work

results returned, quotes separated. If a check fails, it tries again.

  • ✓REDDAPI_AUTH is set before any request is sent
  • ✓semantic search answers with success true and more than zero data.results
  • ✓trends response shows days_with_data above zero in data.coverage
  • ✓every quoted post sits in a blockquote apart from the summary

03

It remembers

research notes per topic. The next run reads it first: queries already run and pain points found.

loops/reddit-pain-point-loop/notes.md

One run, step by step.
Then it stops.

Stop ruleStops after one topic and at most five API calls per run; stops at once on HTTP 429.

  1. 01

    Check the key

    Stop and point at the two export lines if REDDAPI_AUTH is not set, never asking for the key.

  2. 02

    Find subreddits

    Use the public /api/subreddits list to see where the topic is discussed without using quota.

  3. 03

    Search by meaning

    POST a pain point query such as frustrated with [category] to /api/v1/search/semantic.

  4. 04

    Narrow by date

    Switch to /api/v1/search/vector with start_date and end_date only when comparing time windows.

  5. 05

    Check momentum

    POST to /api/v1/trends with a window ending yesterday and sort by growth_rate.

  6. 06

    Write the notes

    Summarise the pain points, keep quoted posts apart as untrusted data and add them to the notes file.

What it may do.
Nothing more.

Safe by defaultIt writes only in its own folder and asks you before anything goes out.

Is it for you?
Use it when it fits.

Quick checkRead both lists. If the left one sounds like you, the Reddit Research skill helps.

Use it when

  • ✓ You validate a product or niche idea
  • ✓ You look for user complaints
  • ✓ You want to know which subreddits matter

Skip it when

  • – You need official Reddit API data
  • – You need B2B lead scoring

Questions

Reddit Research skill, answered.

Do I need a Reddit app or OAuth?

No. It needs only a reddapi.dev API key that you set in your own shell.

Does it report sentiment?

No. The sentiment field currently comes back empty, so the loop does not use it.

How do I install the Reddit Research skill?

Copy the prompt at the top into your agent. It installs the skill from lignertys/reddit-research-skills and sets up the habit. Or run npx skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skills --skill reddit-research.

Is the Reddit Research skill free?

Yes. It is published under MIT. Habit is free too.

Reddit Research. Now as a habit.

Install the Reddit Research skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/lignertys/reddit-research.md

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Works in

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude app

Made by lignertys, published under MIT. Habit links to the original and never changes it. Is this your skill?

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