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Every 2 hours

Draft helpful replies to Reddit posts

You get draft comments for fresh posts on your topic, and your product is only mentioned where it fits.

Runs
Every 2 hours
Apps
Reddit
AI
Yes, uses the built-in AI allowance
Access
read, submit

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Create a ClickRuntime automation: every 2 hours, find new Reddit posts about 'cold email tools', draft a helpful reply that mentions my product only if it's relevant, and email me the drafts with links to each post.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

First time? Adding ClickRuntime to your assistant takes about two minutes.

Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Founders and community managers know that a helpful comment on a Reddit thread where someone asks for advice can bring in real users, but finding those threads takes hours of scrolling. Posting low-effort replies is worse, since subreddits quickly spot promotion. Most people give up, and the conversations about their topic carry on without them.

Every two hours, ClickRuntime searches for fresh posts matching your topic, skips any it has already seen, and uses built-in AI to draft a useful, non-salesy reply for each one. It emails you the drafts with links, and nothing goes on Reddit until you have read, edited and approved it yourself.

It is designed for people who want to take part in communities honestly and need help finding the right moment and a starting draft.

What you get out of it

  • Good threads are found for you

    The search runs all day, so a question posted at 2am is waiting with a draft by morning. You answer while the thread is fresh, which is when replies get read.

  • You decide what gets posted

    Every reply is a draft sent to your inbox, not a comment on your account. Subreddits punish spam, so keeping a human in the loop protects your account and your reputation.

  • Starting from a draft saves real time

    Writing a thoughtful reply from nothing takes ten minutes. Editing a decent draft takes two, so you can respond to five threads instead of one in the same time. The saved minutes let you take part in more conversations.

  • Community presence builds slowly and lasts

    Helpful answers stay visible and keep bringing traffic long after they are posted. A steady habit of contributing builds recognition that no ad can buy. Old threads keep sending visitors for months.

  • Posts you have seen are not repeated

    The same thread never appears twice in your inbox. Your attention goes to new conversations, and the drafts stay manageable even on busy days. Your inbox stays useful instead of filling with duplicates.

How it works

What happens, step by step

  1. Every 2 hours, ClickRuntime searches Reddit for new posts that match your keywords.

  2. Posts it has already looked at are skipped.

  3. AI writes a genuinely helpful reply for each relevant post.

  4. The drafts are emailed to you with links to the posts, so you can review them and post the ones you like.

Before it runs live

  • Connect Reddit

What you get

RunsEvery 2 hours
Draft helpful replies to Reddit poststoday, 9:00Succeeded
Email · 3 Reddit reply draftsWhat cold email tools actually work in 2026? https://reddit.com/r/sales/comments/1g... Draft: "Warm-up matters more than the tool. We use Brightloom for..."

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.
  • Your own rules

    Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.

  • Any number of apps

    One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.

  • AI where it helps

    Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.

  • On a schedule or on each event

    Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

  • Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
  • Change what the AI looks for, or how it writes the result
  • Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
  • Combine it with other Reddit steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.
ai_drafted_replies_to_relevant_posts.pyexample
from clickruntime import on_trigger, report_fetched, state, notify, http, credentials, ai

PRODUCT = "Brightloom, a cold email tool that warms up inboxes and schedules sequences"

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + credentials.connection("reddit", "main"), "User-Agent": "clickruntime-replies/1.0"}
    seen = set(state.get("seen") or [])
    posts = [c["data"] for c in http.get("https://oauth.reddit.com/search", headers=headers,
             params={"q": '"cold email tools"', "sort": "new", "t": "day", "limit": 25}).json()["data"]["children"]]
    new = [p for p in posts if p["id"] not in seen]
    report_fetched(len(new))
    if not new:
        return {"summary": "No new posts"}
    drafts = []
    for p in new:
        reply = ai.generate(
            f"Draft a helpful Reddit reply to this post. Mention {PRODUCT} only if it genuinely fits.\n\n"
            f"{p['title']}\n{p['selftext'][:1500]}",
            max_output_tokens=250,
        ).text.strip()
        drafts.append(f"{p['title']}\nhttps://reddit.com{p['permalink']}\n\n{reply}")
        seen.add(p["id"])
    state.set("seen", list(seen)[-1000:])
    notify.email_me(f"{len(drafts)} Reddit reply drafts", "\n\n---\n\n".join(drafts))
    return {"drafts": len(drafts)}

FAQ

Common questions

Will the drafts mention my product?
Only if it genuinely fits. The drafts aim to answer the question first, and you can instruct them to avoid mentioning your product at all or to do it lightly. Reddit communities and their rules vary, so review each one before posting.
How does it choose which posts to reply to?
It searches for the keywords or subreddits you set and looks at new posts only. You can narrow it with phrases like looking for or alternative to. The tighter the search, the more relevant the drafts will be.
Does it post on my behalf automatically?
No. By default it only emails you drafts. Posting through the Reddit API is possible after approval, but many people prefer to paste replies themselves, which keeps full control and avoids automated activity that subreddits dislike.
What permissions does it need?
read, submit. Nothing else in your accounts is used.
Does it need AI?
Yes. It uses ClickRuntime's built-in AI, so you don't need an OpenAI or Anthropic key. Every plan includes a monthly AI allowance.
How many runs does it use?
One run each time it checks. Checks that find nothing new and stop right away aren't counted.
Can I change how it works?
Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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