LLM Can't Search TikTok or Reddit. This Free Open-Source Tool Does

Matt Van Horn, the famous creator of /last30days shows what his tool can do
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Matt’s repo: https://github.com/mvanhorn/last30days-skill

Andrew Warner talks with Matt Van Horn, creator of the Last30Days skill, an open-source tool that helps AI agents research what people are saying right now across X, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, GitHub, Techmeme, Polymarket, research papers, and more.

Matt explains why normal AI search often misses the best current information: models are blocked from major platforms, old posts can outrank useful new ones, and each AI company has access to different parts of the internet. Last30Days solves that by focusing on recent discussions and pulling together data from the places where builders, creators, investors, and internet communities are actually talking.

00:00 - Coming up
00:27 - Matt Van Horn introduces Last30Days
00:36 - Researching Fable 5 vs GPT-5.6 with Last30Days
01:03 - Why recent social data matters more than old search results
02:06 - Why AI tools are blocked from X, Reddit, YouTube, Instagram, and more
02:51 - How Last30Days started with X, Reddit, and Claude Code
03:36 - Matt’s first open-source launch
04:48 - API keys, Scrape Creators, and getting access to better sources
06:00 - Why agents sometimes fake Last30Days results
06:45 - Doctor mode and checking whether the tool is set up correctly
07:39 - Recommended setup for X, YouTube, Dig, Techmeme, papers, and Scrape Creators
08:06 - How Last30Days pulls together current research from blocked platforms
08:33 - GPT-5.6 vs Fable 5 community reaction
09:45 - Why comments are one of the most useful data sources
10:48 - Using Fable 5 for routing and GPT-5.6 for execution
11:51 - Last30Days researches Andrew and The Next New Thing
13:39 - How Matt uses Last30Days before meetings
14:24 - Running Last30Days inside Hermes, OpenClaw, and cron workflows
14:51 - Using Last30Days to find what works in cold email right now
15:18 - Using recent expert posts to improve prompts
16:21 - Comparing tools before choosing what to build with
17:33 - How Peter Steinberger’s Google CLI inspired The Printing Press
18:36 - Using Last30Days to understand current tool and prompt trends
18:45 - Kanye West, album drops, and Polymarket examples
20:24 - Watch the open-source GitHub repo breakdown next