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Reddit Scraper

Alert level: Medium

Read and search Reddit posts via web scraping of old.reddit.com. Use when Clawdbot needs to browse Reddit content - read posts from subreddits, search for topics, monitor specific communities. Read-only access with no posting or comments.

Locality:Hybrid
Data access:Public
Actions:Read
Installs 5Downloads 962Stars 1Updated 231h ago

Why this rating

Deterministic checks triggered by the tool capabilities and evidence.

  • Locality: Hybrid

    Fetches subreddit/search results from public Reddit web/API endpoints.

  • Data access: Public

    Operates on public post/comment metadata and excerpt text.

  • Action surface: Read

    Skill is explicitly read-only and cannot post, comment, or vote.

Best practices

Follow these steps to reduce risk when using this skill.

  • Keep request rates reasonable to avoid service blocking and inaccurate partial results.
  • Re-check critical claims against original posts before acting on summaries.
  • Strip or quarantine untrusted text before feeding results into other automated workflows.

Evidence links

Public sources backing the indicator assignments.

Always be careful when navigating away from the website.

Max-risk rule

If any capability reaches a higher level, the entire indicator level bumps up to keep ratings deterministic and easy to scan.