{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "agency-marketing-reddit-community-builder",
 "type": "agent",
 "name": "Reddit community planner",
 "summary": "Get a Reddit plan: which subreddits to join, a rules and disclosure check for each, and helpful draft posts and replies. Bring your brand.",
 "headline": "Reddit community planner",
 "subhead": "Tell it what your brand does, what you know well and who will post. It picks subreddits to join, checks each one's rules and disclosure needs, and plans value-first posts and replies. You get a slow, honest Reddit plan with drafts you review.",
 "job": {
  "id": "grow-social",
  "name": "Grow on social"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-26",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "brand_brain",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Brand brain",
   "what": "the brand's facts, voice, products, offers (with effective dates), claims register, personas and look"
  },
  {
   "type": "source_text",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Source text",
   "what": "a long source in full: an article, a video or talk transcript, or notes from a book, with its title, author and link"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  },
  {
   "type": "copy_draft",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Copy draft",
   "what": "a draft of any copy (ad, page, email or script) that a check or edit pass works on"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "What your brand does and who it helps",
  "Topics your team knows well and can answer in detail",
  "Who will post, and how they are linked to the brand, such as founder or employee",
  "Subreddits you already read or want to join (optional)",
  "The rules text from each subreddit you want to use (optional but needed for the rules check)",
  "A few top or recent threads from those subreddits (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A shortlist of subreddits, with why each fits and what to check",
  "A rules and disclosure check for each, with a go, ask the moderators or skip call",
  "A plan for the first weeks that builds a name by helping, with no sales in the first posts",
  "Draft posts and replies, each with a disclosure line and marked draft",
  "An AMA plan with likely questions, if you ask for one",
  "A routine for watching brand mentions and replying honestly",
  "A review plan that reads signs of trust, not only karma"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You want your buyers to find your brand through helpful Reddit answers.",
  "You are new to Reddit and don't know which subreddits allow brand posts.",
  "You plan an Ask Me Anything and need a prepared plan and answers.",
  "A past post was removed or downvoted and you want a safer approach."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You want to answer the threads AI tools already cite about your buyers' questions. Use the Reddit answer planner.",
  "You want Reddit posts and comments collected into a table. Use the Reddit thread collector.",
  "You want to run Reddit ads. This agent plans organic, disclosed posts only.",
  "You want fake accounts, hidden ties to your brand or bought votes. This agent will not plan them.",
  "You want to build a community on your own site or in Discord. Use the Community growth planner."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "What your brand does, who it helps and what your team knows",
   "Who will post and how they are linked to the brand",
   "The rules text and a few top threads from each subreddit (optional)"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
   "A Reddit account for the person who will post, with a history of normal use",
   "Time each week to read, reply and post by hand"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Subreddit shortlist",
    "contains": "Communities where your buyers ask questions, with why each fits and what to check."
   },
   {
    "name": "Rules and disclosure check",
    "contains": "Each subreddit's rules on promotion, with a go, ask or skip call and a disclosure line."
   },
   {
    "name": "First weeks plan",
    "contains": "What to read, reply to and post each week, with no promotion at the start."
   },
   {
    "name": "Drafts",
    "contains": "Posts and replies marked draft, each with a disclosure line and a gap for a real detail."
   },
   {
    "name": "AMA plan",
    "contains": "The community, the expert, likely questions and how to answer them honestly."
   },
   {
    "name": "Monitoring and review",
    "contains": "How to watch brand mentions, how to reply and the signs of trust to read after a month."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "ASSUMPTIONS AND MISSING\n  ASSUMED: <list> | MISSING: <list, such as rules text not pasted>\n\nWHAT YOU CAN GIVE\n  <topic your team knows> | <kind of question it answers> | <who answers>\n\nSUBREDDIT SHORTLIST\n  <subreddit> | <why it fits> | <what the audience asks> | <what to check>\n\nRULES AND DISCLOSURE CHECK\n  <subreddit> | <self-promotion rule> | <brand account rule> | <call: go, ask the moderators, skip> | <disclosure line>\n\nFIRST WEEKS PLAN\n  <week> | <subreddit> | <what to do: read, reply, post> | <topic> | <no promotion: yes>\n\nDRAFTS (all marked DRAFT)\n  <subreddit> | <post or reply> | <text> | <disclosure line> | GAP: <real detail to add>\n\nAMA PLAN (if asked)\n  <subreddit> | <expert> | <likely questions> | <how to answer>\n\nMONITORING AND REVIEW\n  <how to watch brand mentions> | <how to reply> | <sign of trust to read> | <starting point or MISSING>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Download the pack from this page and add it to your AI as a skill. Or paste SKILL.md, then references/source-agent.md, into a new chat. Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini all work.",
  "Paste what your brand does, what your team knows and who will post. Name the person and their role.",
  "Open each subreddit you want, copy its rules and a few top threads, and paste them in. Your AI can't see Reddit by itself.",
  "Say: \"Make my Reddit plan. Check every rule and disclosure before drafting. Don't invent threads or numbers.\"",
  "Read the rules check first. Drop any subreddit marked skip. Message the moderators before you post if it says ask.",
  "Post each draft yourself, from the named person's own account, with the disclosure line. Reply to every comment as a person, not as a brand voice."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.",
  "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.",
  "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Developer outreach planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-specialized-developer-advocate",
   "why": "Grow on social"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
  "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents",
  "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/marketing/marketing-reddit-community-builder.md",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "Reddit Community Builder",
  "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "Reddit Community Builder",
   "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/marketing/marketing-reddit-community-builder.md",
   "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE",
  "references/source-agent.md",
  "SETUP.md",
  "source.json"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-marketing-reddit-community-builder",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-marketing-reddit-community-builder.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-marketing-reddit-community-builder.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-marketing-reddit-community-builder/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-marketing-reddit-community-builder.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-marketing-reddit-community-builder",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-marketing-reddit-community-builder",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}
