reddit-automation

👽 Reddit Automation

Built by the team at doany.ai.

Find people on Reddit who are already shopping for what you make — and reply like a real member of the community, not an ad.

Reddit is the highest-intent, most spam-hostile marketing channel there is. Get the voice wrong and you get downvoted, called out, or banned. This skill runs the two moves that actually work: find the few threads worth entering, then write a reply a human would upvote.

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When to use

• "Find Reddit opportunities for my product this week"
• "Someone's asking for a tool like mine on r/… — write a reply"
• "Help me do Reddit marketing without sounding like an ad"
• "Turn these Reddit threads into replies I can post"

First, get the product context (once)

Before either phase, pin down — from the user, or their site:

• What they sell and the one-line value prop
• Who the buyer is (ICP) and the pains they feel
• Competitors (names people would mention)
• Target subreddits (5–15 where the buyer actually hangs out)
• A few high-intent search phrases (how someone would phrase the problem, not generic keywords)

If you can't get these, ask for them — do not guess the product.

Phase 1 — Find opportunities

Pull recent posts from the target subreddits (and, if you can search Reddit, the high-intent phrases — never broad keywords). Then keep only real buying signals:

• a recommendation ask ("what do you use for…", "alternatives to X?")
• expressed pain that the product removes
• a competitor mention (especially frustration with one)
• urgency or a specific, current workflow/context

Drop: off-topic chatter, already-answered threads, locked/archived posts, and anything where the person is just venting, not shopping.

Rank survivors and pick the top 3 by three factors together:

1. OP signal — how clearly are they a buyer right now?
2. Product fit — does what you sell actually answer them?
3. Timing — fresh post, right sub, some activity, not already saturated with replies.

For each pick, write one plain sentence: why this person is a real potential buyer (the exact ask + the fit), so the user can decide fast.

Phase 2 — Draft the reply (the part everyone gets wrong)

Write as an experienced peer in that subreddit, not a marketer. The single rule that separates a reply that works from one that gets called out:

Use experience grammar, not advice grammar. ✅ "I ran into this exact thing — what fixed it for me was…" ❌ "You should…", "I'd just…", "The best way is…", "X is usually…"

Then keep it tight:

• 2–3 sentences, ~25–55 words. Long replies read as copy.
• React to one concrete detail the OP actually wrote (proves you read it); the first sentence is a reaction, never a cold verdict.
• One hedge on any opinion ("at least in my case…"). No absolute claims.
• Product-naming gate — only name your product when all three hold:

1. the OP's own words show they're shopping for exactly this,
2. the product genuinely answers the ask, and
3. you can speak from real experience with it.

If any fails, don't name it — a helpful reply with no pitch still builds the account and the brand. When you do name it, say it once, disclosed honestly, inside your own experience — never as a tag, link drop, or mini-review.

Register check before you ship — reject and rewrite if the draft:

• sounds like a support rep or an FAQ,
• reads like a step-by-step recipe aimed at the OP,
• stacks receipts/credentials, or
• name-drops the product without the gate passing.

When in doubt, ship the helpful reply without the product. Abort over spam.

Guardrails

• Human-in-the-loop, always. Present each draft for the user to approve and post themselves. Reddit has no "post a comment" API — the user pastes the final reply by hand. Never claim you posted it.
• One thread, one reply. Don't blast. Don't reuse a sentence shape across drafts — repetition is how spam gets detected.
• Respect each subreddit's self-promo rules. Some ban any product mention; there, stay in pure-help mode.
• Never invent posts, quotes, or product facts.

Want this on autopilot?

This skill is the manual version of what doany.ai runs every day: an agent that watches your subreddits, surfaces the highest-intent threads, drafts each reply in your voice, and queues them for one-tap approval — so you market on Reddit without living on Reddit.