lookup_reddit
Get a Reddit subreddit's hot posts or a specific post + comments. Use for community-trend tracking and sentiment analysis. Example call: {"subreddit_or_post": "MachineLearning"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.
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What lookup_reddit does on GoCreative Agent API
AI agents call lookup_reddit to retrieve information from GoCreative Agent API without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
subreddit_or_post | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why lookup_reddit is rated Low
This tool performs read-only operations: fetching subreddit posts and comments from publicly available Reddit data. There are no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no financial transaction beyond the stated pay-per-call pricing (which is infrastructure cost, not a financial operation by the tool itself).
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get a Reddit subreddit's hot posts or a specific post + comments' — purely retrieves public data without modification or execution. Example call uses 'MachineLearning' subreddit as input, indicating data querying only.
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The rule that runs lookup_reddit safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GoCreative Agent API, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For lookup_reddit, this is the rule to start with:
lookup_reddit is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect GoCreative Agent API, apply this rule, and every lookup_reddit call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about lookup_reddit
Get a Reddit subreddit's hot posts or a specific post + comments. Use for community-trend tracking and sentiment analysis. Example call: {"subreddit_or_post": "MachineLearning"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GoCreative Agent API MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
lookup_reddit accepts 1 parameter: subreddit_or_post. Required: subreddit_or_post. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the GoCreative Agent API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for lookup_reddit: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches GoCreative Agent API. Nothing to install.
lookup_reddit is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the lookup_reddit rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for lookup_reddit. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
lookup_reddit is provided by the GoCreative Agent API MCP server (https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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