Official MCP server for redditapis.com. Read-only Reddit tools for Claude, Cursor and any MCP client: search, subreddits, posts, comments, users, monitors, webhooks. It never posts, comments, votes or DMs.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
Local
claude mcp add redditapis --env REDDITAPIS_KEY='<REDDITAPIS_KEY>' -- npx -y redditapis-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.redditapis]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "redditapis-mcp"]
env = { REDDITAPIS_KEY = "<REDDITAPIS_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add redditapis --env REDDITAPIS_KEY='<REDDITAPIS_KEY>' -- npx -y redditapis-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"redditapis": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"redditapis-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REDDITAPIS_KEY": "<REDDITAPIS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"redditapis": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"redditapis-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REDDITAPIS_KEY": "<REDDITAPIS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"redditapis": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"redditapis-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REDDITAPIS_KEY": "<REDDITAPIS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"redditapis": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"redditapis-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REDDITAPIS_KEY": "<REDDITAPIS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"redditapis": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"redditapis-mcp"
],
"env": {
"REDDITAPIS_KEY": "<REDDITAPIS_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Remote
claude mcp add --transport http redditapis https://api.redditapis.com/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.redditapis]
url = "https://api.redditapis.com/mcp"
# codex mcp add redditapis --url https://api.redditapis.com/mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"redditapis": {
"url": "https://api.redditapis.com/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"redditapis": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.redditapis.com/mcp"
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"redditapis": {
"httpUrl": "https://api.redditapis.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"redditapis": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://api.redditapis.com/mcp"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"redditapis": {
"url": "https://api.redditapis.com/mcp"
}
}
}Environment variables
REDDITAPIS_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.