ClawLink
TL;DR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | Your agent searches Reddit for posts about a product from the last week, reads the comments on the busiest thread and lists the complaints people repeat. |
| Who is it for? | Founders, product managers and support leads who want unfiltered feedback about their product or a competitor's. |
| What do I connect? | Nothing. It reads public data with ClawLink's own provider. |
| What does it cost? | About $0.00564 of ClawLink credit per run. New accounts get $0.50 free. |
| Does it work? | Yes. We ran it on 2026-10-03; the results are below. |
| Which agents? | OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude, Codex, ChatGPT and any MCP client connected to ClawLink. |
How do you try it?
- Set up ClawLink once. Add it to your agent from the install page. This job needs no connected app.
- Send this prompt to your agent. Click the card to copy it.
It works the same in OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude and Codex.
How does the agent do it?
The agent makes 2 calls through ClawLink. You do not pick the tools: the agent finds them by searching ClawLink, reads their input schema and runs them.
| Step | Tool | What it does | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | redditdata_search_posts | Searches Reddit posts by keyword, with score, comment count and date. | $0.00282 |
| 2 | redditdata_post_comments | Returns the comments of one post. | $0.00282 |
What happened when we ran it?
We sent this job through ClawLink on 2026-10-03. These are the real calls and what came back, not an example.
| Call | Input and result | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
redditdata_search_posts | "OpenClaw", past week, 7 posts | 6.0 s | $0.00282 |
redditdata_post_comments | the most-commented thread, first page of comments | 3.5 s | $0.00282 |
What the data showed:
- The busiest thread (70 comments) compared ChatGPT Dots with OpenClaw; the top complaints there were privacy, vendor lock-in and losing control of the agent.
- A second thread, "Updating OpenClaw is harder than moving to a new house IRL" (score 30), said updates break "at least twenty things".
- Users of hosted agents reported that installed tools were gone hours later; one said about half their tasks need their own machine.
- 2 of the 7 results came from outside r/openclaw (r/singularity and r/ScrapingAgents).
- The first page of comments held 18 of about 70; more pages are available.
How do you write the prompt?
- Use the exact name. Product names that are also common words need quotes or a subreddit: "OpenClaw" works, "Notion" may need r/Notion.
- Ask for counts. "How many posts mention each complaint" separates one angry post from a real pattern.
- Ask for links. Each complaint should come with the thread link so you can reply.
What can go wrong?
- Old threads. Search returns the best matches, not only new ones. Say "from this week" and check the dates.
- One thread dominates. Reading comments from one big thread can skew the picture. Ask for comments from the top three threads.
- Jokes read as complaints. Sarcasm is common on Reddit. Ask the agent to quote the comment it based each point on.
- The busiest thread may be about something else. In our run the most-commented OpenClaw thread was really about a rival product, ChatGPT Dots. Ask the agent to check that each complaint is about your subject.
How does this compare with other ways to do it?
| Option | How it works | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClawLink + your agent | One prompt, complaints with links | About $0.006 per run | A weekly pulse check |
| Reddit search | Search and read by hand | Free | One-off reading |
| Social listening tool (Brand24, Gummysearch) | Alerts and dashboards | Monthly plans | Continuous monitoring |
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a Reddit account?
No. This job reads public Reddit data through ClawLink's own data provider, so there is nothing to connect. It runs on your ClawLink credit; every new account gets $0.50 of free credit on its first data call.
Can it post or reply on Reddit?
Not with this tool. Replies need your Reddit account connected as the Reddit app, and the agent should ask you first.
Which subreddits does it search?
All of Reddit, unless you name subreddits in the prompt.
Can it watch for new posts?
Ask your agent to run the prompt daily; each run is billed per call.
Is it allowed?
It reads public posts and comments that anyone can see.