Draft Reply — Reddit Community Automation Workflow

schema_version: 1
version: "1.3.0"
last_verified: "2026-02-03"
id: reddit_draft_reply
title: "Draft Reply"
description: "Embed button on old.reddit.com thread pages. Reads the thread in-place, drafts a comment using MxTide voice, and types it into the textarea for manual review and submission."
category:
  level: automation
  domain: social
  reusable: false
params:
  post_url: string
  instructions: string
policies:
  allowed_domains:
    - old.reddit.com
embed:
  when: ".commentarea .usertext-edit"
  label: "Draft Reply"
  prompt:
    param: instructions
    placeholder: "e.g. be snarky, ask about their setup"
    title: "Draft Reply"
  param_map:
    post_url: "{{_url}}"
    instructions: "{{instructions}}"
  result:
    action: "none"
steps:
  # Extract thread data in-place (no navigation — we're already on the page)
  - type: browser.extract
    selector: ".title a.title"
    as: title

  - type: browser.extract
    selector: ".score.unvoted"
    attribute: "title"
    as: score

  - type: browser.extract
    selector: ".expando .usertext-body"
    as: body

  - type: browser.extract
    selector: ".comments"
    as: comments

  - type: browser.extractMap
    selector: ".commentarea > .sitetable > .thing.comment > .entry"
    fields:
      author:
        selector: ".author"
      score:
        selector: ".score.unvoted"
        attribute: "title"
      body:
        selector: ".usertext-body"
    as: thread_comments

  # Draft a reply using shared persona workflow
  - type: workflow.call
    workflow: reddit_persona_draft
    params:
      title: "{{title}}"
      score: "{{score}}"
      body: "{{body}}"
      comments: "{{comments}}"
      thread_comments: "{{thread_comments}}"
      instructions: "{{instructions}}"
      output_format: "Output ONLY the raw comment text. No labels, no quotes, no formatting. Just the comment as it would appear in the textarea."
    as: persona

  # Scroll to comment area and type draft
  - type: browser.scroll
    direction: down
    amount: 600

  - type: browser.click
    selector: ".commentarea .usertext-edit textarea"

  - type: browser.type
    selector: ".commentarea .usertext-edit textarea"
    text: "{{persona.draft}}\n\n---\nSent from sidebutton.com"

  - type: control.stop
    message: "Draft typed into comment box\n\n{{persona.draft}}\n\nPost: {{post_url}}"