Reddit Drafter is a skill published by agensi that helps draft technical posts for Reddit developer communities. It is designed to address the challenge of writing for subreddits such as r/programming, r/webdev, r/LocalLLaMA, r/selfhosted, and r/devops, where strict rules and aggressive AutoMod configurations can remove posts that sound like marketing or generic AI output. The skill calibrates content to the specific norms of more than fifteen built-in tech communities. Before generating a draft, it performs a pre-flight rule check that analyzes the user’s goal against known subreddit rules to warn about potential removals. It rewrites text to avoid common AI tells, including excessive em-dashes, uniform sentence lengths, and hedging language, and it enforces anti-patterns such as the phrase “I’m excited to share.” The tone is calibrated to keep engineering insights central rather than sounding corporate or overly enthusiastic. The skill also advises on the correct flair, title format, and posting time to maximize reach. If a target subreddit is outside the existing database, the skill researches its rules and culture on the fly to construct a new community profile. The source repository is hosted on GitHub.

Use cases

Draft a Showoff Saturday post for r/webdev that survives AutoMod

Prepare a technical question for r/devops with the correct flair and title format

Rewrite a corporate product announcement into a human-centric r/selfhosted discussion post

Research an unfamiliar subreddit's rules before cross-posting a project

Calibrate tone for r/LocalLLaMA to avoid AI-sounding language

Check a draft against subreddit-specific rules to catch removal risks

When to use it

You need to post to Reddit developer communities and want to avoid generic AI tone

You are unsure about a subreddit's specific rules or flair requirements

You want to optimize posting time and title format for a technical audience

Your draft triggers AutoMod or sounds too corporate for developer subreddits

You need to quickly research the culture of a tech subreddit not in the built-in database

When not to use it

You need to interact with Reddit via API rather than draft posts offline

Your target community is not technology-focused and lacks developer-centric norms

You require guaranteed compliance with constantly changing subreddit rules without manual review

You need analytics on post performance after publishing

You are looking for a general-purpose social media tool for non-Reddit platforms