Reddit autopilot

Comment-only Reddit engagement using snoowrap (API, not Chrome). Targets subreddits matching a niche, finds questions, drafts helpful answers with Claude Haiku and posts under your account, respecting Reddit's aggressive rate limits.

Why snoowrap, not Chrome

Reddit's anti-spam ML is gentle on the official API and brutal on Chrome automation. The Reddit API (snoowrap) is also ~800x cheaper than a stealth Chrome session — no proxy needed.

Quickstart

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# > "find 5 unanswered questions about Mighty Revo 16K in r/3dprinting
#    from the last 24h. Draft helpful comments, no product mentions,
#    save drafts to /workspace/reddit-drafts.json"

The 90/10 rule

90% of the comment is educational value. The 10% optional product mention only at the end, only if directly relevant, and never as a top-level CTA.

Rate-limit rules

• Spacing — 8 to 10 minutes between comments. Less → escalating 429s.
• Daily cap — 6 comments / day per account. The 7th fires a 201s wait we've measured live.
• New accounts (< 7 days, < 100 karma) — comments only. Self-posts with URLs get auto-removed.
• Karma threshold — gate self-posts behind karma > 100 in your config.

Environment variables

REDDIT_CLIENT_ID=...
REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET=...
REDDIT_USERNAME=...
REDDIT_PASSWORD=...
REDDIT_USER_AGENT=bn-autopilot/1.0 by <your_username>