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Reddit reader for LLMs β€” full comment trees, 94% fewer tokens, one binary

Quick Install

Automated & IDE Setup

Copy the AI prompt to install this server into Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent β€” or use 1-click editor setup below.

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Client Config & Setup

Choose your client or environment
Target File:~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lurk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "reddit-lurker"
      ]
    }
  }
}

πŸ’‘ Paste the JSON block into your client's configuration file under mcpServers, then restart the application.

Install Tool Schemas (2) Directory Badge Claim listing Alternatives🌐 More in Social Media

Capabilities & Tool Schemas (2) ~35 tokensApproximate context cost of this server’s tool schemas (~4 chars/token), before any tool is called. Actual usage depends on your client and model.Self-reported Self-reportedParsed from the repository README, not verified against a live server β€” may be incomplete or out of date.

Inspect callable tools, capabilities, and parameters exposed to AI agents by Lurk.

lurk

Read threads, browse subreddits, search posts, view user activity

lurk_info

Get subreddit metadata (subscribers, active users, description)

Documentation Overview

Lurker

Code
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  β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ•—  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘   β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘
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  β•šβ•β•  β•šβ•β•β•šβ•β•β•β•β•β•β•β•šβ•β•β•β•β•β• β•šβ•β•β•β•β•β• β•šβ•β•   β•šβ•β•
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  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘     β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘   β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘β–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ•—β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘ β–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β•β•β•β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ•—
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  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘     β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘   β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘β–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ•—β–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ•— β–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β•β•  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ•—
  β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ•—β•šβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ•”β•β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•—β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ•—β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘  β–ˆβ–ˆβ•‘
  β•šβ•β•β•β•β•β•β• β•šβ•β•β•β•β•β• β•šβ•β•  β•šβ•β•β•šβ•β•  β•šβ•β•β•šβ•β•β•β•β•β•β•β•šβ•β•  β•šβ•β•

Release Go License: MIT Platform

Every comment. Every reply. 94% fewer tokens.

An 800-comment Reddit thread costs ~120K tokens as raw JSON. Lurk delivers the same thread β€” full depth, every expanded reply β€” in a fraction of that.

Most Reddit tools fetch top-level comments and stop. The useful stuff is buried 4-5 replies deep. Lurk expands every collapsed branch, resolves every +N more replies placeholder, and reconstructs the full comment tree. Then compresses it into compact tab-delimited notation before it reaches your model.

text
Post: "Finally We have the best agentic AI at home"
 +-- Comment (180 pts)
 |   +-- Reply (46 pts)              <-- most tools stop here
 |   |   +-- Reply (34 pts)
 |   |       +-- Reply (29 pts)
 |   |           +-- Reply (8 pts)
 |   |               +-- Reply (20 pts)
 |   |                   +-- Reply (2 pts)
 |   |                       +-- Reply (4 pts)
 |   |                           +-- Reply (1 pt)
 |   |                               +-- Reply (2 pts)  <-- lurk gets all of it
 +-- Comment (82 pts)
 |   +-- Reply (45 pts)              <-- lurk gets all of this too
 |       +-- Reply ...
 +-- Comment (60 pts)
     +-- +47 more replies (expanded)  <-- and this

104 of 109 comments. 10 levels deep. Fully automatic.

How Token Savings Work

The Go binary preprocesses everything before tokens reach your model:

  1. Fetch β€” Hits Reddit's JSON endpoints, recursively expands every collapsed more placeholder
  2. Extract β€” Strips the 50+ unused fields per comment (gildings, awards, flair, metadata) down to 5-6 that matter
  3. Compress β€” Formats into compact tab-delimited notation: d0 180 Recent-Success-1520 If you can host Kimi 2.5...

The result (benchmarked across 12 threads, 452 comments, 6 subreddits):

FormatTotal Tokensvs JSONvs Markdown
Raw Reddit JSON286,425β€”β€”
Markdown28,993-90%β€”
Lurk (compact)16,186-94%-44%

94% fewer tokens than JSON. 44% fewer than Markdown. Savings scale with thread depth β€” shallow quips save ~10-25% vs markdown, deep technical threads save 50-64%.

Smart Comment Limiting

Threads with 200+ comments get a preview first instead of dumping everything:

text
#post   r/ClaudeAI   u/poster   422pts   93%   805cmt   2026-01-28
Finally We have the best agentic AI at home

#comments   461
d0  180  Recent-Success-1520  If you can host Kimi 2.5...
...

#warning   805 total comments, showing 461. Use limit=N for top N by score, or limit=0 for all (~31K tokens).

Claude sees the warning and decides whether to fetch everything or grab the top 50 by score. No surprise 31K-token dumps.

What You Get

  • Full comment trees at any depth β€” every collapsed branch expanded
  • 94% fewer tokens than JSON, 44% fewer than Markdown
  • Smart limiting β€” large threads preview first, expand on demand
  • Adaptive caching β€” new feeds: 2min, hot: 5min, threads: 10min, top: 30min, 50MB LRU cap
  • Multi-subreddit search β€” comma-separated subs, parallel fetch, deduped results
  • OAuth support β€” optional lurk auth for 6x rate limits (60 req/min vs 10)
  • All URL formats β€” reddit.com, old.reddit.com, new.reddit.com, np.reddit.com, redd.it short links, m.reddit.com, amp.reddit.com
  • Cross-posts traced to the original
  • Galleries, video, media URLs extracted as clickable links
  • Single Go binary, zero runtime dependencies
  • Read-only by design β€” no write operations, no account access

Install

One-Line Install (Recommended)

Linux / macOS:

Terminal
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ProgenyAlpha/reddit-lurker/master/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

powershell
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ProgenyAlpha/reddit-lurker/master/install.ps1 | iex

Downloads the binary for your platform and walks you through editor setup. Supports Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code (Copilot), Cline, and Zed.

Homebrew

bash
brew install ProgenyAlpha/tap/lurk

npx

Terminal
npx reddit-lurker

If you already have Node/npm. Also available on Smithery.

Go Install

bash
go install github.com/ProgenyAlpha/reddit-lurker@latest

Builds from source. Requires Go 1.24+. Run ./install.sh afterward for editor configuration.

From Source

bash
git clone https://github.com/ProgenyAlpha/reddit-lurker.git
cd reddit-lurker
./install.sh

The installer walks you through editor selection and integration mode.

Supported Editors

EditorConfig locationMCP key
Claude Code~/.claude.json or ~/.claude/skills/reddit/mcpServers
Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.jsonmcpServers
Windsurf~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonmcpServers
VS Code (Copilot)~/.config/Code/User/mcp.json (Linux) / ~/Library/.../Code/User/mcp.json (macOS)servers
ClineVS Code globalStorage (auto-detected)mcpServers
Zed~/.config/zed/settings.jsoncontext_servers

Claude Code also supports a Skill mode (~20 tokens overhead vs ~438 for MCP). The installer will ask which you prefer.

Manual Configuration

Add lurk to your editor's MCP config:

Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline:

config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lurk": {
      "command": "lurk",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

GitHub Copilot (VS Code):

config.json
{
  "servers": {
    "lurk": {
      "command": "lurk",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

Zed:

config.json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "lurk": {
      "command": "lurk",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

OAuth (Optional)

Lurk works without any authentication. But if you want 6x the rate limit (60 req/min instead of 10):

bash
lurk auth

This opens Reddit's app creation page, walks you through the 5-minute setup, tests your credentials, and saves them. One-time process. Lurk handles token refresh automatically.

bash
lurk auth --status   # Check if credentials are configured
lurk auth --clear    # Remove saved credentials

You can also set credentials via environment variables in your MCP config:

config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lurk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "reddit-lurker"],
      "env": {
        "LURK_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id",
        "LURK_CLIENT_SECRET": "your_client_secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or via a credentials file at ~/.config/lurk/credentials.json:

config.json
{"client_id": "your_client_id", "client_secret": "your_client_secret"}

Usage

Just talk to Claude naturally:

  • "Read this thread" + paste a Reddit URL
  • "What's trending on r/ClaudeAI?"
  • "Search r/selfhosted,r/homelab for 'ZFS backup'"
  • "What has u/spez been up to?"

Claude handles the rest. No commands to memorize.

Real Example

Here's what lurk actually outputs for a 109-comment r/LocalLLM thread about running Kimi K2.5 at home.

What most tools give your LLM:

Code
u/Recent-Success-1520 (180 pts)
  If you can host Kimi 2.5 1T+ model at home then it tells
  me you have a really big home

u/No_Conversation9561 (82 pts)
  not in my home

u/rookan (60 pts)
  yeah, my 16GB VRAM card can easily handle it /s

... 12 top-level comments, no replies

What lurk gives your LLM:

Code
#post	r/LocalLLM	u/moks4tda	422pts	93%	109cmt	2026-01-28
Finally We have the best agentic AI at home

#comments	104
d0	180	Recent-Success-1520	If you can host Kimi 2.5 1T+ model at home...
d1	46	HenkPoley	Apparently it's a native 4 bit weights. So "only" 640 GB needed...
d2	34	TechnicalGeologist99	Sorry...you're going to run that model on RAM?
d3	29	HenkPoley	24 tokens per second on 2x 512GB Max Studio M3 Ultra
d4	8	doradus_novae	See you tomorrow when it answers your question
d5	20	Scrubbingbubblz	You are over exaggerating. 24 tokens per second...
d6	2	Infinite100p	But what is the prompt processing speed?
d7	4	Miserable-Dare5090	It's GPU inference, on two m3 ultras over TB5...
d8	1	Infinite100p	How?
d9	2	Eastern-Group-1993	Via usb-c networking, RDMA.
d0	82	No_Conversation9561	not in my home
d1	45	gonxot	[image] Maybe it's the same guy lol
d0	60	rookan	yeah, my 16GB VRAM card can easily handle it /s
d0	27	keypa_	"at home" we probably don't have the same home...
...

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Add the following block to your claude_desktop_config.json under mcpServers: "mcpServers": { "lurk": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y","reddit-lurker"] } }

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