io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy
NPM · REDDIT-MCP-BUDDY
Browse Reddit RSS; approved API access for search, analysis, and optional posting.
Available components
Last scanned (9 hours ago)
Scores higher than 94% of npm servers
Category News and Social
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security98
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 30 of 92 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency100
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 2 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability60
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1051 tokens (~210/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management97
- Stability observed for 29 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage89
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 67% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 3 Nov 26 +14
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Stability: pass → 0.90 functional
- 2 Nov 26 −10
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- CVE-2023-54404 no longer affects this package ▲ security
- Known CVEs: fail → pass ▲ security
- Package version: 1.1.14 → 1.2.0 functional
- 28 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 27 Oct 26 0
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 24 Oct 26 −5
- CVE-2023-54404 affects this package: high ▼ security
- Known CVEs: pass → fail ▼ security
- 21 Oct 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 20 Oct 26 0
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/reddit-mcp-buddy@1.2.0
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy/.github/workflows/publish-mcp.yml@refs/tags/v1.2.0 |
| Rekor log index | 3637391587 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:bbc7b90626ac3ee775cc187808619dbc4f5f11dc99b49dae73de29d71e1c429872b809d7003a3985d472719bddd786ec63654b0732a0ffd887f0e70cd |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 92 packages
| Packages resolved | 92 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 30 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
browse_subreddit ~225
Fetch posts from a subreddit sorted by your choice (hot/new/top/rising/controversial). Returns a post list with content, metadata, and a data_source field. With Reddit credentials (data_source "api") posts include score, num_comments, and upvote_ratio; without credentials, results come from Reddit's public RSS feed (data_source "rss") and those fields plus nsfw are null — see the response note and do not infer popularity from them.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| include_nsfw | boolean | – | – |
| include_subreddit_info | boolean | – | Include subreddit metadata like subscriber count and description. Requires Reddit credentials; silently omitted when browsing anonymously via the RSS fallback |
| limit | number | – | Default 25, range (1-100). Change ONLY IF user specifies. |
| sort | string | – | – |
| subreddit | string | yes | Subreddit name without r/ prefix. Use specific subreddit (e.g., "technology"), "all" for Reddit-wide posts, or "popular" for trending across default subreddits |
| time | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_post_details ~208
Fetch a Reddit post with its comments. Requires EITHER url OR post_id. IMPORTANT: When using post_id alone, an extra API call is made to fetch the subreddit first (2 calls total). For better efficiency, always provide the subreddit parameter when known (1 call total).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment_depth | number | – | Default 3, range (1-10). Override ONLY IF user specifies. |
| comment_limit | number | – | Default 20, range (1-500). Change ONLY IF user asks. |
| comment_sort | string | – | – |
| extract_links | boolean | – | – |
| max_top_comments | number | – | Default 5, range (1-20). Change ONLY IF user requests. |
| post_id | string | – | Reddit post ID (e.g., "1abc2d3") |
| subreddit | string | – | Subreddit name (optional with post_id, but more efficient if provided) |
| url | string | – | Full Reddit URL (alternative to post_id) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
reddit_explain ~54
Get explanations of Reddit terms, slang, and culture. Returns definition, origin, usage, and examples.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| term | string | yes | Reddit term to explain (e.g., "karma", "cake day", "AMA") |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_reddit ~111
Search for posts across Reddit or specific subreddits. Returns matching posts with content and metadata.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author | string | – | – |
| flair | string | – | – |
| limit | number | – | Default 25, range (1-100). Override ONLY IF user requests. |
| query | string | yes | Search query |
| sort | string | – | – |
| subreddits | array | – | Subreddits to search in, max 10 (leave empty for all) |
| time | string | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
user_analysis ~164
Analyze a Reddit user's posting history, karma, and activity patterns. Returns posts, comments, and statistics.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| comments_limit | number | – | Default 10, range (0-100). Override ONLY IF user asks. |
| posts_limit | number | – | Default 10, range (0-100). Change ONLY IF user specifies. |
| time_range | string | – | Time range for posts/comments (default: month). Note: When set to values other than "all", posts are sorted by top scores within that period. When set to "all", posts are sorted by newest |
| top_subreddits_limit | number | – | Default 10, range (1-50). Change ONLY IF user requests. |
| username | string | yes | Reddit username without u/ prefix |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy server?
io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y reddit-mcp-buddy. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · reddit-mcp-buddy
claude mcp add karanb192-reddit-mcp-buddy -- npx -y reddit-mcp-buddy
What is the io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy server?
io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy. Browse Reddit RSS; approved API access for search, analysis, and optional posting. This page covers its npm package (reddit-mcp-buddy).
Is the io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy server safe to use?
io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy scores 91 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy server expose?
io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy exposes 5 tools: browse_subreddit, search_reddit, get_post_details, user_analysis, reddit_explain. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 762 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy server still maintained?
io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy server under?
io.github.karanb192/reddit-mcp-buddy declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.