Lemmy profile API

A Lemmy user by name@instance: display name, bio, join date, post and comment counts, and their scores.

Ask your agent

“Call lemmy/profile with handle nasa and summarize what comes back.”

Works in any MCP client connected to https://data.openkrill.app/mcp. Install in one line.

Path: lemmy/profile
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 1
Cache: 15 min

Parameters

handlestring, required	Account name, or user@instance for an account on another server

Response

data.resources[] uses the same keys as every other platform: author, engagement, metadata, with Lemmy-only fields under extras. A failed upstream call is never billed.

More Lemmy tools

Same profile call on other platforms

MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "lemmy/profile",
    "params": {
      "handle": "nasa"
    }
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/lemmy/profile?handle=nasa" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "lemmy",
  "endpoint": "lemmy/profile",
  "data": {
    "resources": [
      { "id": …, "title": …, "text": …, "url": …,
        "author": {…}, "engagement": {…},
        "metadata": {…}, "extras": {…} }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "cached": false
}