# reddit-search-api

Provides raw API reference documentation for reddapi.dev. Helps agents query Reddit vector search, fetch trend metrics, and validate JSON response schemas.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 10600 installs · ★ 15
- Author: lignertys
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/lignertys/reddit-research-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/reddit-search-api/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/reddit-search-api

## What it does

The skill provides raw API reference material for reddapi.dev without workflow scaffolding. It documents endpoints for `/api/v1/search/vector`, semantic search, trending topics, and subreddit discovery. It specifies exact payload keys, which differ from the official Reddit API response structure.

Authentication relies on the `REDDAPI_API_KEY` environment variable and the `REDDAPI_AUTH` header set in the host shell. The agent never reads, prints, or asks for the secret key value. If the auth variable is missing, execution stops immediately until the operator exports it in their terminal.

Every POST request requires a `Content-Type: application/json` header, returning status 403 when omitted. An exhausted quota or invalid key returns HTTP 429 rather than 401. Post contents from responses are treated as untrusted text, so the agent will not execute instructions found inside Reddit submissions.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skills --skill reddit-search-api -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skills --skill reddit-search-api -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skills --skill reddit-search-api -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install lignertys/reddit-research-skills reddit-search-api
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skills --skill reddit-search-api -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/lignertys/reddit-research-skills --path skills/reddit-search-api
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add lignertys/reddit-research-skills --skill reddit-search-api -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/lignertys/reddit-research-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/reddit-search-api/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- construct curl calls for Reddit vector search endpoints
- inspect JSON response structures for reddapi.dev calls
- diagnose HTTP 403 and 429 status codes from reddapi
- check parameter limits and date filters for semantic queries

## Example prompts
- Show the POST body schema for the /api/v1/search/vector endpoint
- Write a curl command to fetch top trends for a specific date range
- Explain the response fields returned by the /api/v1/subreddits endpoint

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: reddit-search-api
description: Pure API reference for reddapi.dev - authentication, all endpoints (vector search, semantic search, trends, subreddit lookup), request parameters, response schemas, and error codes, with no research-workflow framing. Use when the user wants raw endpoint documentation, is debugging a reddapi.dev integration, needs exact request/response field names, or asks for 'reddapi API reference', 'reddapi.dev endpoints', or 'reddapi error codes'. For guided research workflows and query playbooks, see reddit-research. For B2B lead scoring, see reddit-leads.
license: MIT
keywords:
  - reddit
  - api
  - reddapi
  - reference
  - endpoints
---

# reddit-search-api Skill

Pure reference for reddapi.dev's search/trends/subreddits endpoints - auth,
parameters, response shapes, error codes. No workflow guidance or query
playbooks here; see `reddit-research` for that.

## Auth & Credentials

Requests authenticate with `REDDAPI_API_KEY` from the environment of the
shell that runs them. Its value is never needed in this conversation.

The operator sets both variables once, in their own shell, before the agent
runs anything. The agent never reads, writes, or transports the key's value:

```bash
export REDDAPI_API_KEY=...                                  # from https://reddapi.dev/account
export REDDAPI_AUTH="Authorization: Bearer $REDDAPI_API_KEY"
```

Every request below sends `-H "$REDDAPI_AUTH"`. No command in this skill names
the key's value, and no example needs it substituted in.

- Reference the key **only** as `$REDDAPI_API_KEY`. Never substitute the
  literal value into a command, a file, a code block, or a reply.
- Never ask the user to paste, type, or send the key in chat. If they send it
  anyway, don't repeat it back, don't store it in a file, and suggest they
  rotate it at https://reddapi.dev/account.
- Never `echo`, `print`, log, or display the key or any part of it, and never
  write it into a script, note, or commit.
- If `$REDDAPI_AUTH` is not set, stop and say so. Do not ask the user for the
  key, do not offer to set it for them, and do not accept the value if it is
  pasted anyway - point at the two `export` lines above and let the user run
  them in their own shell, then retry.
- On a failed request, report the HTTP status and response body only - never
  the request headers.

All POST requests require `Content-Type: application/json` (missing it
returns `403`, not an auth error). Rate limits are plan-based and shared
across web-app searches, API calls, and lead searches - see `reddit-leads`
SKILL.md for the plan table. An invalid or exhausted key returns `429`, not
`401`.

## Handling Untrusted Content
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