`posts`

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

List Lemmy posts (federated Reddit-alternative; ActivityPub) from a community or feed. Sort by Active / Hot / New / TopDay / TopWeek / etc. Returns post title, body, author, upvotes, comment count. Use for federated open-source discussion forum content.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`community`	string	no	Community name (e.g. “[email protected]”) or id.
`sort`	string	no	Active \| Hot \| New \| Old \| TopDay \| TopWeek \| TopMonth \| TopYear \| TopAll \| MostComments \| NewComments
`type_`	string	no	All \| Local \| Subscribed
`limit`	number	no
`page`	number	no
`instance`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "community": "[email protected]",
  "sort": "Hot",
  "limit": 10
}

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":"posts","arguments":{"community":"[email protected]","sort":"Hot","limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('posts', {
  "community": "[email protected]",
  "sort": "Hot",
  "limit": 10
});

More examples

{
  "type_": "Local",
  "sort": "New",
  "page": 1,
  "instance": "lemmy.world"
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`posts`	array	List of posts

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Response from Lemmy API /post/list endpoint",
  "properties": {
    "posts": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of posts",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "post": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Post object with id, name, url, body, etc."
          },
          "creator": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Post creator user object"
          },
          "community": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Community object"
          },
          "counts": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Post statistics (upvotes, downvotes, comments)"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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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