> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://greenteagentic.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Steep from Communities

> Search Reddit and Hacker News for live conversations around any keyword.

## What it does

The **+ steep keyword** tool on `/brews/new` searches **Reddit** and **Hacker News** for live conversations around any keyword, then appends the results as structured markdown to your brew's `context`.

No API keys needed — it talks directly to Reddit's JSON search and HN's Algolia API.

## When to use it

* Sensing community sentiment before a **Strategy Brew**
* Gathering real arguments for a **Research Brew**
* Finding edge-case bug reports for a **Critique Brew**
* Mining discourse for a **Prompt Brew** that needs to sound native to a community

## How to use it

1. Open `/brews/new` and pick any brew type.
2. In the **Context** area, enter a keyword (e.g. `edge AI`, `agentic workflow`, `RAG alternatives`).
3. Choose how many results per source you want (5, 8, 10, 15, or 25).
4. Toggle **reddit** and/or **hn** on.
5. Click **+ steep keyword**.
6. Conversations are appended to your context as a Markdown block with titles, scores, comment counts, and snippets.

## Fetching more

After the first batch, a **fetch more** button appears if either source has additional results:

* **Reddit** — uses cursor-based pagination (the `after` token from Reddit's search JSON).
* **Hacker News** — uses Algolia's numbered pages.

Each new batch is appended as a separate Markdown block so your context grows organically. You can steep multiple keywords in the same brew.

## Notes

* Results are sorted by relevance then score.
* Reddit searches are scoped to the past year.
* HN searches are scoped to **story** posts only (no comments).
* Large results are truncated at 20k characters to keep prompts efficient.
* Steeping from communities counts against your AI credits only if the resulting context increases token usage — the search itself is free.