Reddit Search

Search Reddit for subreddits and get information about them.

Security Scan

The skill is internally consistent: it runs a local Node CLI that queries Reddit's public JSON endpoints, requires no credentials or unusual privileges, and its instructions match the code.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (search Reddit and get subreddit info) match the included CLI script. Required binaries (node, npx) and dependency on axios are appropriate for a Node-based HTTP client tool. Nothing requested that is unrelated to Reddit querying.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs running the provided script with specific commands and arguments. The script only performs HTTPS GETs to reddit.com JSON endpoints and prints results; it does not read arbitrary filesystem paths, environment variables, or send data to unexpected external endpoints.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec (instruction-only), which is lowest-risk. Package.json and package-lock.json are present but no automatic install is requested—this means the runtime must have node (and dependencies installed) for the script to run; from a security perspective there is no remote download/extract behavior to review.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables or credentials and does not access any config paths. That is proportionate to a public-API Reddit search tool.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not 'always' enabled and makes no changes to other skills or system-wide config. It only runs as an invoked CLI script and does not persist credentials or alter agent configuration.

Assessment

This skill appears to do exactly what it says: a small Node CLI that queries Reddit's public JSON endpoints and prints results. It requires node (and the axios dependency) to be available; because there is no install step included, make sure dependencies are installed (npm install) before running. It does not request secrets or access files beyond the script. As always, only run code from sources you trust — you can inspect scripts/reddit-search.ts yourself (it is short and readable) to confirm there's no unexpected network endpoint or behavior before installing or allowing autonomous invocation.

Search Reddit for subreddits and get information about them.

Quick start

{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search info programming
{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search search javascript
{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search popular 10
{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search posts typescript 5

Commands

Get subreddit info

{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search info <subreddit>

Shows subscriber count, NSFW status, creation date, and description with sidebar links.

Search for subreddits

{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search search <query> [limit]

Search for subreddits matching the query. Default limit is 10.

List popular subreddits

{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search popular [limit]

List the most popular subreddits. Default limit is 10.

List new subreddits

{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search new [limit]

List newly created subreddits. Default limit is 10.

Get top posts from a subreddit

{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search posts <subreddit> [limit]

Get the top posts from a subreddit sorted by hot. Default limit is 5.

Examples

# Get info about r/programming
{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search info programming

# Search for JavaScript communities
{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search search javascript 20

# List top 15 popular subreddits
{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search popular 15

# List new subreddits
{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search new 10

# Get top 5 posts from r/typescript
{baseDir}/scripts/reddit-search posts typescript 5