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Find Reddit leads and log them in a sheet

Posts from people asking for a product like yours are added to your sheet every hour, scored and with a suggested reply.

Runs
Hourly
Apps
Google Sheets, Reddit
AI
Yes, uses the built-in AI allowance
Access
Reddit read; sheet edit

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Create a ClickRuntime automation: every hour, search Reddit for people asking for scheduling software or a Calendly alternative. Score each post for fit, draft a helpful reply, and add good matches to my Leads sheet.

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

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

When someone asks Reddit "what tool should I use for this?", they are a buyer actively looking. Those posts are some of the warmest leads available to a small software company, but they are scattered across dozens of subreddits and go cold within a day.

Searching every hour and logging good matches in a sheet means your team sees these requests while they are fresh. The fit score and suggested reply help someone respond helpfully in minutes.

What you get out of it

  • Reach buyers while they are looking

    Posts are found within the hour, while the person is still reading replies and deciding.

  • Focus on the best fits

    Each post gets a fit score, so your team answers the most promising ones first.

  • Helpful replies, faster

    A suggested reply gives a starting point that answers the question, which goes down far better on Reddit than a sales pitch.

  • A shared lead list

    Everyone works from the same sheet and can mark which posts they replied to.

How it works

What happens, step by step

  1. Every hour ClickRuntime searches Reddit for new posts matching your search terms.

  2. It skips posts it has already checked.

  3. AI scores how well each post fits your product and drafts a helpful reply.

  4. Good matches are added to your Leads sheet with the score, reply and link.

Before it runs live

  • Connect your Google Sheets account and pick the spreadsheets it may use
  • Connect Reddit

What you get

RunsHourly
Find Reddit leads and log them in a sheettoday, 9:00Succeeded
Google Sheets · Leadsr/smallbusiness · "Need a booking tool for a 3-person salon, cheaper than what we use" · Fit 5 · Reply drafted

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

  • Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
  • 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 Google Sheets and 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.
reddit_lead_finder_into_a_sheet.pyexample
from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from clickruntime import on_trigger, report_fetched, credentials, http, state, ai

QUERY = '"recommend" scheduling software OR "calendly alternative"'
SHEET_ID, RANGE = "your-spreadsheet-id", "Leads!A:E"
SCHEMA = {"type": "object", "required": ["score", "reply"], "properties": {"score": {"type": "integer"}, "reply": {"type": "string"}}}

def reddit(path, **params):
    headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + credentials.connection("reddit", "main"), "User-Agent": "clickruntime/1.0"}
    return [c["data"] for c in http.get(f"https://oauth.reddit.com{path}", headers=headers, params=params).json()["data"]["children"]]

def append_rows(rows):
    sheets = build("sheets", "v4", credentials=Credentials(credentials.connection("google", "work")), cache_discovery=False)
    sheets.spreadsheets().values().append(spreadsheetId=SHEET_ID, range=RANGE, valueInputOption="RAW", body={"values": rows}).execute()

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    seen = set(state.get("seen") or [])
    posts = [p for p in reddit("/search", q=QUERY, sort="new", t="day", limit=25) if p["id"] not in seen]
    report_fetched(len(posts))
    if not posts:
        return {"leads": 0}
    rows = []
    for p in posts:
        r = ai.generate(f"{p['title']}\n{p['selftext'][:1500]}", json_schema=SCHEMA, max_output_tokens=250,
                        system="Our product: simple appointment booking for small teams. Score fit 1-5 and draft a short, helpful, non-salesy reply.").json
        if r["score"] >= 4:
            rows.append([p["created_utc"], p["subreddit"], p["title"], r["score"], r["reply"], "https://reddit.com" + p["permalink"]])
    if rows:
        append_rows(rows)
    state.set("seen", (list(seen) + [p["id"] for p in posts])[-2000:])
    return {"checked": len(posts), "leads": len(rows)}

FAQ

Common questions

Does it reply on Reddit for me?
No. Replies are drafted in the sheet for a person to review and post. Many communities do not allow automated replies, and a human reply is more welcome.
How does the fit score work?
AI rates each post from 1 to 5 based on how closely the request matches the product description you gave. Only posts above your chosen score are added.
What search terms should I use?
Phrases buyers use, such as "recommend a tool for" or "alternative to" plus a well-known product in your category.
What permissions does it need?
Reddit read; sheet edit. 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 runs (hourly). Checks that find nothing to do 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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