pullpush-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the PullPush.io Reddit API. This allows Claude and other MCP-compatible AI assistants to search Reddit comments and submissions.

PullPush.io provides access to Reddit's historical data, making it possible to search posts and comments that may no longer be available through Reddit's official API.

Tools

search_comments

Search Reddit comments with the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
q	string	Search query across all comment fields
subreddit	string	Filter by subreddit (without r/ prefix)
author	string	Filter by username
after	string	Results after date (epoch or relative: 30d, 1y)
before	string	Results before date (epoch or relative: 30d, 1y)
sort	asc | desc	Sort order (default: desc)
sort_type	created_utc | score	Sort field (default: created_utc)
size	number	Results to return (1-100, default: 100)

search_submissions

Search Reddit posts/submissions with the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
q	string	Search query across all fields
subreddit	string	Filter by subreddit (without r/ prefix)
author	string	Filter by username
title	string	Search in titles only
selftext	string	Search in post body only
after	string	Results after date (epoch or relative: 30d, 1y)
before	string	Results before date (epoch or relative: 30d, 1y)
sort	asc | desc	Sort order (default: desc)
sort_type	created_utc | score | num_comments	Sort field
size	number	Results to return (1-100, default: 25)
score	string	Filter by score (>100, <50, or exact)
num_comments	string	Filter by comment count (>10, <5, or exact)
over_18	boolean	Filter NSFW content
is_video	boolean	Filter video posts
locked	boolean	Filter locked posts
stickied	boolean	Filter stickied posts
spoiler	boolean	Filter spoiler posts

Installation

npm (recommended)

npm install -g pullpush-mcp

From source

git clone https://github.com/jacklenzotti/pullpush-mcp.git
cd pullpush-mcp
npm install
npm run build

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Using npm (recommended):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pullpush": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pullpush-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Using a local build:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pullpush": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/pullpush-mcp/build/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after updating the config.

Example Prompts

Once configured, you can ask Claude:

• "Find all posts by user spez from the last year"
• "Search for comments mentioning 'typescript' in r/programming"
• "Show me the top 20 posts in r/LocalLLaMA sorted by score"
• "Find comments by user GovSchwarzenegger"
• "Search r/machinelearning for posts about transformers with more than 100 upvotes"

Development

# Build
npm run build

# Type check
npm run typecheck

# Test with MCP Inspector
npm run inspect

API Reference

This server uses the PullPush.io API. PullPush provides free access to Reddit's historical data without requiring authentication.

License

MIT