Reddit · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

Reddit Data Messages API - API Evangelist overlay

3 actions 3 updates update extends openapi/reddit-messages-api-openapi.yml

Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Reddit's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Reddit publishes.

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x-rate-limitsx-agent-surfacesx-commercial-use

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$.info

OpenAPI Overlay

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: Reddit Data Messages API - API Evangelist overlay
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/reddit-messages-api-openapi.yml
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-11-05'
  method: generated
  source: openapi/reddit-messages-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  description: Attach API Evangelist rate-limit context (from rate-limits/reddit-rate-limits.yml).
  update:
    x-rate-limits:
      artifact: rate-limits/reddit-rate-limits.yml
      throttled_status: 429
      policy: Counters are tracked per OAuth client; on HTTP 429 honor any Retry-After response and back off exponentially with jitter.
- target: $.info
  description: Link the agent-facing surfaces captured for Reddit.
  update:
    x-agent-surfaces:
      llms_txt: llms/reddit-llms.txt
      mcp: mcp/reddit-mcp.yml
      tool_crosswalk: mcp/reddit-tool-crosswalk.yml
      skills: skills/_index.yml
      mcp_note: The official MCP server (@devvit/mcp, local stdio) covers Devvit docs/logs only; no MCP tool backs an operation in this contract.
- target: $.info
  description: Record the commercial-use policy from rate-limits/reddit-rate-limits.yml.
  update:
    x-commercial-use: Commercial usage above the free tier requires a Reddit Data API commercial agreement; ceilings and pricing are negotiated.

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