Use case

Find the Reddit threads where buyers ask for a tool like yours

Ask your agent to search Reddit for your buyers' question and rank the threads worth answering. A real run, with the threads it found and the reply rules.

Jesse Sibley
By , FounderPublished · Last updated · 3 min read

At a glance

JobThreads where buyers ask for recommendations
Toolsreddit_search_posts, then reddit_get_comments
Credits1 for the search in this run
NeedsNo Reddit account or Reddit API app
Run on"SEO MCP server", past year, 26 October 2026

The prompt

We asked our own agent, Claude Code connected to Manifold, on 26 October 2026:

TEXT
Find Reddit threads from the past year where people ask about SEO MCP servers. List each
thread with its subreddit, date, score and comment count, and tell me which ones ask for a
recommendation we could answer as the founder of an SEO MCP server.

The call

StepToolInputCredits
1reddit_search_posts"SEO MCP server", past year1

One page of ranked results. To read a thread's replies before answering, the next call is reddit_get_comments on the thread, at 1 credit.

What came back

What the agent concluded

Four threads ask for recommendations or opinions a founder could answer:

  1. Best MCP server for SEO? in r/SEO_Experts asks for servers that run daily checks and scheduled client reports. An honest answer has to say what Manifold does not do yet: it looks things up when asked, and does not schedule reports.
  2. Free MCPs or skills for SEO/GEO in r/mcp asks for free options, which the free plan and the free skills library answer directly.
  3. Top 15+ MCP servers that are actually useful in 2026? in r/ClaudeAI asks people to argue with a list of useful servers. It has the most replies of the seven.
  4. Would an SEO MCP server actually be useful? in r/seogrowth asks SEOs what they would want, AI search visibility among it.

The other three are posts about the authors' own projects; replying there with our product would be self-promotion on someone else's post.

Before you reply

Say who you are, answer the question that was asked, and follow each community's rules on self-promotion. Your agent drafts the reply in the chat; you read the thread and post it yourself.

Where to go next

Questions people ask

Does the search find every thread?

No. Reddit search is ranked and never complete. Search two or three phrasings of the question, and use the new-posts tool to watch a community instead.

Should I reply as the founder?

Reply only where your answer helps the person who asked, say who you are, and follow each community's rules on self-promotion. Your agent drafts; you decide and post.

Can the agent post the reply for me?

No. Manifold looks things up. Your agent drafts the reply in the chat, and you post it yourself.

Jesse Sibley

Jesse Sibley

Founder of Manifold. A growth engineer who has worked with London startups for eight years.

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