Reddit search RSS feed: track AI models and tools across Reddit

A Reddit search RSS feed is built from https://www.reddit.com/search.rss?q= plus your words and &sort=new, and it hands your reader every new post on Reddit that matches. It is a cheap way to follow talk about an AI model, a coding agent or your own tool across thousands of communities. The weak spot is noise, which is why tools like AyeWatch add an AI filter on top of the same kind of Reddit search.

All formats here were tested with curl on November 4, 2026.

Building the query

Reddit's search syntax carries over into the feed. Spaces become +, and quotes become %22.

Two parameters do most of the work. sort=new turns the feed into a stream of fresh posts instead of Reddit's relevance order. restrict_sr=on keeps a subreddit search inside that subreddit; without it, Reddit searches everywhere. In our test, every one of the results from the restricted feed came from the right community.

Adding it to a reader

Build the URL, open it in a browser tab first to make sure it loads, then paste it into Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire or whatever reader you use. The feed is Atom, which every mainstream reader accepts as RSS. Each entry has the post title, the author, the subreddit and the post text, so you can skim without opening Reddit. Give each search its own feed and folder so a noisy query does not drown a quiet one.

What AI watchers use it for

• Launch reactions. A phrase feed for a new model name shows the first hands-on posts as people write them.
• Limit and outage complaints. Searching "rate limit" inside a tool's own subreddit picks up the threads where users report hitting caps.
• Your own product. A feed on your product name is a free mention tracker.
• Comparisons. An OR query across two rival tools pulls in head-to-head posts.

The noise problem

Reddit's search is a keyword match, and a loose one. A one-word query in our test returned posts from dozens of unrelated subreddits, some only loosely tied to the word. Model names make it worse: many are common words or human names. Quotes and a subreddit restriction help, but you still read every match yourself.

There are reliability issues as well. Reddit answered rapid requests with HTTP 429, a default curl user agent got a 403, and the company said on October 29, 2026 that it will move toward a mostly logged-in site, starting with tests outside the U.S. Its announcement did not say what happens to RSS.

Adding an AI filter

AyeWatch takes the same two searches, across Reddit or inside one subreddit, and puts a language model between the results and you. You type the search, then write a rule in plain English under Only alert me about, such as "people reporting a bug in the new release, not memes or general praise". AI reads each new post and alerts you only on those that fit. Search monitors accept quotes and OR, just like the feed.

Alerts land in the AyeWatch feed and as push notifications, and paid plans can send them to Slack, Discord, email or a webhook, which suits a team channel that tracks community feedback. There is a free preview without a card, and paid plans start at $9 a month.

What it will not do: produce an RSS link, read comments, or show karma and sentiment scores. If you want to read the full stream yourself, or you need comment-level data, the Reddit search RSS feed is the better fit. If you want the handful of posts worth acting on, use the filtered alert.