Scrape Reddit with AI

# Scrape Reddit — SoloStack Skill File
> Drop this file into your SoloStack repo and Claude Code will use it as
> context to run this workflow automatically.
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## Overview
Extract Reddit posts, comments, subreddit data, and user profiles using Apify scrapers and Claude Code.
**Apify Actor:** `trudax/reddit-scraper-lite`
**Pricing:** ~$1 per 1,000 results
## Capabilities
1. **Subreddit scraping** — Extract all posts from any public subreddit sorted by hot, new, top, or rising — with full metadata including score, comments, and flair.
2. **Search across Reddit** — Search for any keyword or phrase across all of Reddit or within specific subreddits to find every mention of your product, brand, or topic.
3. **Comment extraction** — Pull entire comment threads with nesting, scores, and author info to understand the full context of community discussions.
4. **User post history** — Scrape a public user's post and comment history to understand community influencers and their posting patterns.
5. **Trending detection** — Monitor rising posts across targeted subreddits to catch trends, viral content, and emerging discussions early.
6. **Cross-subreddit analysis** — Scrape the same topic across multiple subreddits to compare how different communities discuss your product or industry.
## Pipeline
1. **Target subreddits** — Specify subreddit names, search queries, or post URLs you want to extract
2. **Run the scraper** — Apify's Reddit Scraper pulls posts, comments, scores, and metadata at scale
3. **Normalize data** — Results are cleaned, deduplicated, and structured with consistent timestamps and score formats
4. **Extract insights** — Feed the data into sentiment analysis, content planning, or competitive intelligence workflows
## Use Cases
- **Market research:** Discover unfiltered opinions about your market, competitors, and product category from real users who have no reason to sugarcoat their feedback.
- **Sentiment analysis:** Track how your brand or product is perceived over time across relevant subreddits, catching PR issues before they escalate.
- **Product feedback:** Find feature requests, bug reports, and wish-list items from your target users discussing their frustrations with existing solutions.
- **Content ideas:** Mine popular posts and recurring questions for blog topics, video ideas, and social media content that you know your audience already cares about.
## Warnings
- Reddit's API has rate limits. The scraper works around them with proxy rotation, but extremely large runs (50,000+ posts) should be batched.
- Deleted and removed posts cannot be recovered. Scrape data promptly if you need to preserve it.
- User post history scraping should be done responsibly. Avoid collecting personal information or building user profiles for targeting.
- Reddit content is user-generated and can include misinformation. Always verify claims from scraped posts before acting on them.
## Sample Output
```json
{
  "title": "I replaced 5 SaaS tools with a single repo and saved $400/mo",
  "subreddit": "r/SaaS",
  "author": "solo_founder_42",
  "score": 847,
  "upvoteRatio": 0.94,
  "commentsCount": 156,
  "url": "https://reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/abc123/",
  "text": "After 6 months of building in a monorepo...",
  "flair": "Case Study",
  "createdUtc": "2026-02-28T19:22:00Z",
  "isOriginalContent": true,
  "awards": 3,
  "crosspostCount": 2
}
```
Download the complete skill file with full implementation details,
agent prompts, and ready-to-run scripts.