# reddit-marketing

Advisory skill for drafting genuine Reddit posts and comments using the CRED framework. It shapes brand presence in discussions that AI answer engines cite.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 585 installs · ★ 199
- Author: social-media-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/reddit-marketing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/reddit-marketing

## What it does

The skill operates in advisory mode only. It generates drafts, while a human publishes them directly from an authenticated personal profile. It strictly bans auto-posting, vote buying, bots, and secondary accounts. At its core lies the CRED model: maintain a 9:1 ratio of helpful input to promotion, provide evidence, disclose brand affiliation, and respect community rules.

Focus stays on how AI models extract brand information. Major answer engines like Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews pull answers from specific discussion threads rather than corporate profile pages. The skill structures manual search audits across these engines and helps correct outdated threads using verified numbers, screenshots, and logs.

You need a real account with established age and karma to post anything drafted here. The repository provides prompt guidelines and documentation references without automated publishing scripts.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill reddit-marketing -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/reddit-marketing/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/reddit-marketing/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill reddit-marketing -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/reddit-marketing/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill reddit-marketing -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/reddit-marketing/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install social-media-skills/skills reddit-marketing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/reddit-marketing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill reddit-marketing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills --path skills/reddit-marketing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/reddit-marketing/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill reddit-marketing -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/reddit-marketing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit brand citations across Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews
- draft a genuine reply to a Reddit question without breaking subreddit rules
- correct stale claims about a product in an existing Reddit discussion
- build an authentic participation plan using the CRED guidelines

## Example prompts
- Audit how Perplexity and ChatGPT cite Reddit threads about our tool and draft an update.
- Draft a response to this subreddit thread following the CRED guidelines.
- A Reddit user asked for software recommendations, write an answer disclosing our affiliation.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: reddit-marketing
description: >-
  Advisory-only guidance for showing up credibly on Reddit so your brand is accurately
  represented in the source layer AI engines cite most. Use when someone asks to "do
  Reddit marketing," "post on Reddit," "which subreddits should we be in," "get cited on
  Reddit," "respond to a subreddit thread," "why does AI cite Reddit about us," "fix what
  Reddit says about our brand," or "my Reddit post got removed / account got banned."
  WoopSocial does NOT support Reddit — this skill drafts; the human posts as themselves.
  Never automates, never uses alts or vote manipulation. Pairs with ai-search-optimization.
version: 1.0.0
---

# reddit-marketing

**Read this first:** WoopSocial does not support Reddit, and Reddit can't be automated in any
way worth doing. So this skill is **advisory only** — the agent drafts, the **human posts from
their own logged-in account**. No scheduling, no bots, no alts, no vote manipulation. Ever.

## Why Reddit, in 2026
Reddit is the **most-cited source across major AI answer engines** (~40% LLM citation
frequency, *verify quarterly*). About 99% of those citations point to **specific threads, not
brand pages**. So the goal is not "have a Reddit presence" — it's to be **accurately
represented in the conversations the AI source layer is built from.** Full case:
`references/reddit-and-ai-citations-2026.md`. Partner skill: **ai-search-optimization**.

## Read these first
1. **brand-profile** — what the brand is, its honest positioning, its non-negotiables.
2. **voice-builder** — so any drafted comment sounds like a real person, not marketing copy.

## The framework: CRED
Reddit runs on credibility. Earn the right to be cited. (Depth: `references/the-cred-framework.md`.)
- **C — Contribute first:** the ~9:1 contribute-to-promote ratio; respect account-age/karma
  gates; one real human, one real account; show up where buyers actually are.
- **R — Represent, don't promote:** answer the real question, correct stale/wrong threads, say
  so when a competitor is the better fit. Representation > broadcasting.
- **E — Earn with evidence:** numbers, screenshots, docs, real workflows. Evidence gets upvoted
  and cited; assertions don't.
- **D — Disclose & defer to the sub:** disclose affiliation (FTC + sub rules), read every
  subreddit's sidebar/wiki, defer to mods.

## Reframe the common ask
"Post my content to Reddit for traffic" → Reddit is **not a distribution channel.** Link-drops
get removed and accounts banned. Reframe to: audit how AI represents you → contribute genuinely
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