Search Facebook posts about a topic

Types a topic into Facebook search and reads the post cards in the results while scrolling: which group each post is in, who wrote it if shown, the text, and how long ago. Signed in as you, so it reaches posts in groups you belong to as well as public ones, which no logged-out scraper sees.

Nothing is opened, joined, liked, commented or shared.

Inputs

Run it

run_task({
  "phases": [{
    "launch": "com.facebook.katana",
    "goal": "In the Facebook app, tap the Search button at the top right, type '<topic>', and press enter. On the results screen stay on the All tab: do not tap Meta AI, People, Groups, Events, Pages, Reels or Marketplace. If a line reads 'Search instead for <topic>', tap it. Then keep scrolling the results. Do not tap Join on any group, do not open a post, and do not like, comment or share.",
    "steps": ["Facebook is open",
              "Search results for '<topic>' are showing, with post cards in the list"],
    "typeTexts": ["<topic>"],
    "maxSteps": 20,
    "collect": {
      "record": "a post in the search results written by a person in a group: a card with a group name, a post text and an age, not a group card with a Join button, not a page, not an ad",
      "fields": { "group": "the group name shown at the top of the card",
                  "text": "the post text, as far as the card shows it",
                  "age": "how long ago it was posted",
                  "comments": "the comment count, if shown" },
      "judge": { "wanted": "<claim>" },
      "require": { "wanted": 0.7 },
      "where": "search results for '<topic>' with post cards are showing",
      "count": <count>
    }
  }]
})

What comes back

result.collected holds one record per post that passed the claim, each with p_wanted. Comment on one with facebook-comment-on-post, naming the same topic and a phrase from the post's text as about.

Notes

• There is no Posts tab on the current build. The tabs are Meta AI, All, People, Groups, Events, Pages, Reels and Marketplace; posts appear in All, below a Meta AI summary and a row of group cards. The record description above is what separates the post cards from those.
• Facebook may quietly correct the query ("Including results for eb-2 now"). The goal taps "Search instead for …" when it appears; check text for the topic anyway.
• Consultancies and law firms post on these topics constantly. The default claim drops them; tune it to your subject.
• The Join buttons on group cards are writes; the goal forbids them, and the gate refuses them without allowWrites.
• Tapping a post's text expands it in place rather than opening it, so long posts show more after a tap; this workflow does not tap, so text is the visible part.