đź‘˝ 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.
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:
- OP signal — how clearly are they a buyer right now?
- Product fit — does what you sell actually answer them?
- 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:
- the OP's own words show they're shopping for exactly this,
- the product genuinely answers the ask, and
- 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.
