A professional-grade automation pipeline that mines Reddit for viral angles and generates ready-to-publish content for multiple social platforms.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install reddit-topic-insight
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install reddit-topic-insight using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Reddit Topic Insight?
The Reddit Topic Insight skill is a comprehensive content research and production tool designed for the modern digital landscape. By leveraging the deep community insights found on Reddit, this tool automates the journey from raw research to polished content. It is a core part of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, providing a structured 7-step workflow that ensures no high-value topic or community trend goes unnoticed.
This skill balances deterministic data collection using Python with the creative power of AI SubAgents. It doesn't just scrape data; it analyzes sentiments, identifies pain points, and crafts platform-specific content for X (Twitter), Xiaohongshu, and WeChat. This ensures that creators can maintain a high volume of quality output while staying grounded in real-world user discussions.
Reddit Topic Insight Use Cases
- Automating market research by analyzing subreddit discussions to find trending topics.
- Generating platform-specific drafts for social media managers looking for viral inspiration.
- Identifying user pain points and frequently asked questions to inform product development or content strategy.
- Scaling content production across different cultural platforms like X and Xiaohongshu using Openclaw Skills.
- Rapidly prototyping content angles based on community-vetted experiences and tutorials.
How Reddit Topic Insight Works
- Requirement Collection: The system initializes the workspace and checks for an existing progress.json file to allow for breakpoint recovery.
- Keyword Design: An AI SubAgent generates five strategic English keywords covering core terms, synonyms, tutorials, experiences, and pain points.
- Data Collection: A Python script executes the search and fetches raw post data from Reddit.
- Detail Fetching: The pipeline retrieves deep thread details and comments to provide context for the AI.
- Angle Planning: A creative SubAgent analyzes the summaries to plan 10 unique content angles and article types.
- Content Production: Five SubAgents work in parallel across three rounds to generate content for X, Xiaohongshu, and WeChat.
- Output Merging: All generated pieces are compiled into a final Markdown file along with source data tables.
Reddit Topic Insight Setup
To integrate this component of Openclaw Skills into your workflow, you need to install the following Python dependency:
pip install requests
Configuration can be managed via config/default.json. For better rate limits, you can optionally set up Reddit API credentials:
export REDDIT_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
export REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
Reddit Topic Insight Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill maintains a structured directory for every run under runs/<topic-slug>/. The following data structure is utilized:
| File/Folder | Purpose |
|---|---|
progress.json |
Tracks the 7-step pipeline progress for interrupted runs. |
keywords.json |
The AI-generated search terms used for data mining. |
posts_raw.json |
The initial list of Reddit posts found. |
posts_detail.json |
Detailed content including the body and top comments. |
angles.json |
The 10 distinct content strategies planned by the AI. |
pieces/ |
Contains individual Markdown files for each generated angle. |
content.md |
The final consolidated content report for all platforms. |
Reddit Topic Insight Advanced Features
- Breakpoint Recovery: Automatically resumes from the last successful step using the progress tracker.
- Context Isolation: SubAgents only process essential data to avoid context bloat and ensure high-quality creative output.
- Parallel Content Generation: Uses a multi-agent approach to produce content 5x faster than sequential processing.
- Multi-Platform Templating: Includes built-in templates optimized for the specific formatting needs of X, Xiaohongshu, and WeChat within Openclaw Skills.
- Source Attribution: Automatically generates a reference table linking back to the original Reddit threads for fact-checking.
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