Grow your subreddit by messaging members of related communities

Uses a self-hosted AI model to find and message active members of related subreddits to grow your own community.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each member found.

Pattern: Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

flowchart TD trig(["runs on a schedule"]):::trigtime s0["find active members in subreddits"]:::task s1[["ai drafts outreach message"]]:::mi s2[("log message and result")]:::store trig --> s0 s0 -->|"one per each member found"| s1 s1 --> s2 out[/"log of outreach messages sent"/]:::out pay{{"grow community without manual outreach"}}:::pay s2 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
Starts itA stepRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
HR & Recruiting
Connects
RedditOllamaMySQL

The problem it solves

Growing a niche community from scratch means finding the right people one at a time and reaching out individually. Doing this manually across dozens of related subreddits does not scale.

Who it fits

Community builders and moderators trying to grow a new or niche subreddit.

How it works

  1. The system runs on a schedule to find active members in related subreddits
  2. A self-hosted AI model drafts a relevant outreach message for each member
  3. Messages and results are logged in a database
  4. You get a growing list of people contacted about your community
What you get

New members reached in related communities

You get a steady stream of personalized outreach messages sent to active members of related communities, helping your subreddit grow without manual searching.

What you get

A log of outreach messages sent to potential members, tracked in a database.

What you need

A Reddit account, a self-hosted Ollama model, and a MySQL database.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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