`comments`

Pack: lemmy · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lemmy/mcp

List Lemmy comments under a post or thread. Returns author, body, score, parent, posted date. Use to read discussion threads on federated Reddit-alternative communities.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`post_id`	number	no
`parent_id`	number	no
`community`	string	no
`sort`	string	no
`max_depth`	number	no
`limit`	number	no
`page`	number	no
`instance`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "post_id": 12345,
  "sort": "Hot",
  "limit": 20
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lemmy/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"comments","arguments":{"post_id":12345,"sort":"Hot","limit":20}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('comments', {
  "post_id": 12345,
  "sort": "Hot",
  "limit": 20
});

More examples

{
  "post_id": 12345,
  "parent_id": 98765,
  "max_depth": 3
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`comments`	array	List of comments

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Response from Lemmy API /comment/list endpoint",
  "properties": {
    "comments": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of comments",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "comment": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Comment object with id, content, post_id, parent_id"
          },
          "creator": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Comment creator user object"
          },
          "community": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Community object"
          },
          "counts": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Comment statistics (upvotes, downvotes)"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lemmy": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lemmy/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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