reddit-research

Reddit Research

Use the local Reddit tools when the user asks what people on Reddit say, recommend, complain about, compare, or use in real practice.

Tool Choice

• Use reddit_pack for most research questions. It searches posts and fetches top comments for a small evidence pack.
• Use reddit_search when you only need candidate posts or want to find whether a topic/repo/error was discussed.
• Use reddit_thread when the user gives a Reddit URL or one thread from reddit_search looks important.
• Use reddit_resolve_subreddits when the user asks where a topic is discussed or when a focused subreddit scope would improve search.
• Use reddit_subreddits only for raw subreddit search when ranking is not needed.
• Use reddit_url_extract when the user gives an arbitrary Reddit URL, old.reddit URL, post id, or comment id.
• Use reddit_trends for "what is currently hot/top/new in r/LocalLLaMA" style questions.

Intent Mapping

• opinions: "what do people think", product/tool sentiment, praise vs criticism.
• bugs: frequent problems, complaints, failure modes, risks.
• fixes: how people solved an error or configuration issue.
• compare: A vs B, which tool users pick, migration reasons.
• settings: sampler, scheduler, config, parameters, low denoise, hardware settings.
• alternatives: replacements for a library, service, app, or workflow.
• trends: what topics are surfacing recently.
• guides: tutorials, walkthroughs, reproducible setup posts.
• hardware: devices, VRAM/RAM, speed, thermals, purchase advice.
• general: fallback for broad Reddit research.

Depth

• quick: first-pass orientation; fewer posts and comments.
• normal: default for most user questions.
• deep: use only when the user asks for thorough research; it fetches more comments and costs more tokens/time.

Answering Rules

• When a tool has a subreddits parameter, pass multiple subreddits as one comma-separated string like LocalLLaMA, LocalLLM, ClaudeCode, not as a JSON/list value.
• Treat Reddit as anecdotal evidence, not truth.
• Separate repeated patterns from one-off comments.
• Mention uncertainty when evidence is thin or old.
• Cite evidence by post number, subreddit, or thread URL from tool output.
• Prefer concrete details from comments: versions, commands, settings, hardware, exact error text, and final outcome.
• For comparisons, group findings by option and distinguish direct user experience from speculation.
• Do not invent subscriber counts, trend numbers, score totals, or popularity claims unless the tool output includes them.
• Use evidence_items and clusters from reddit_pack as hints, not as final truth.