Read the comments on a Reddit post

Finds one post in the Reddit app, opens it, and reads the comments below it: author, text, score and age. Signed in as you, so posts in private communities you belong to read the same as public ones.

Nothing is upvoted, commented on or joined.

Inputs

Run it

One call. Substitute the inputs.

run_task({
  "phases": [{
    "launch": "com.reddit.frontpage",
    "goal": "In the Reddit app, tap the search bar at the top labelled 'Find anything', type '<post>', press enter, and tap the post result whose title matches, from <subreddit>. On the post page, scroll down past the post body to the comments and keep scrolling them. Do not tap the Ask button, do not upvote, reply, share or join.",
    "steps": [
      "A post page whose title is '<post>' is showing",
      "Comments under the post, with authors and comment text, are showing"
    ],
    "typeTexts": [
      "<post>"
    ],
    "findTexts": [
      "<post>"
    ],
    "maxSteps": 20,
    "collect": {
      "record": "one comment under the post",
      "fields": {
        "author": "the commenter's username",
        "text": "the comment text",
        "score": "the vote count, if shown",
        "age": "how long ago it was posted, if shown"
      },
      "where": "comments under the post '<post>' are showing",
      "count": <count>
    }
  }]
})

Poll get_task_status(task_id, wait_seconds: 30) until the status is done.

What comes back

result.collected holds one record per visible comment. Nested replies appear in thread order; collapsed threads stay collapsed unless the goal asks to expand them.

Notes

• Reddit's search bar has an Ask button that opens its AI answers rather than search. The goal forbids it; it is the main trap in this app.
• Comment text on current builds is exposed as content descriptions, so the author and text may arrive in one string.