wc-seed-reddit

You can collect practitioner discussions by providing a queries JSON file with reddit_searches, and the tool outputs structured markdown seed files under seed/reddit containing the original post, top 15-20 comments, URLs, and subreddit names.

The best way to gather seed data for user research is automating Reddit thread discovery and scraping, which filters for depth, recency, and relevance to your sub-questions before writing structured markdown seed files.

Yes, a queries JSON containing reddit_searches automates targeted Reddit searches across multiple queries, filtering results by depth, recency, and relevance to your specified sub-questions.

When scraping Reddit threads for seed data, the tool retrieves the top 15-20 comments with approximate upvote counts, preserving content for structured markdown output.

Yes, the Reddit scraping tool deduplicates threads during the seed data collection process, avoiding redundant entries and ensuring structured markdown files are written cleanly under seed/reddit.

Limitations when scraping Reddit for practitioner insights include reliance on the quality of your queries JSON and filtering for recency, meaning highly niche sub-questions may yield fewer relevant threads for your seed dataset.