Scrape Reddit for brand mentions, industry discussions, and sentiment analysis.
AI agents call scrape_reddit to retrieve information from GOD MODE INTEL MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries publicly available Reddit data to gather intelligence for lead generation and market research. Scraping for information retrieval is a Read operation. Severity is low because: (1) it only gathers existing public information, (2) no side effects or state changes occur, (3) blast radius is limited to data gathering accuracy.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'scrape_reddit' and description states it retrieves ('scrape') data for 'brand mentions, industry discussions, and sentiment analysis' — all read-only operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of external systems.
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Scrape Reddit for brand mentions, industry discussions, and sentiment analysis. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GOD MODE INTEL MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the GOD MODE INTEL MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for scrape_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 GOD MODE INTEL MCP Server. Nothing to install.
scrape_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 scrape_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 scrape_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.
scrape_reddit is provided by the GOD MODE INTEL MCP Server MCP server (johnrippy1980/god-mode-intel-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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