# DEV Community — how to use (mcp.ai)

Connect your DEV Community account and use 28 tools for developer tools straight from your AI agent. Connect with your own API key. DEV Community (dev.to) is a community of software developers where you can publish articles, engage with others, and build your online presence.

## Option A — via MCP (recommended)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): `https://api.mcp.ai/p_devto?ms=1787291460000`
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector in your client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code…), then authenticate when prompted. Once connected, ask the agent to use the server's tools (e.g. `devto_create_article`).

## Option B — via direct REST API
Base URL: `https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto`
Auth: `Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…` — create a workspace API key at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
Discover endpoints: `GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/_endpoints`

### Endpoints
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/create/article` — Create a new article on DEV Community. Use this action to create a new article on behalf of the authenticated user. The article can be published immediately by setting published=true, or saved as a dr
  - body: { tags?: string[], title: string, series?: string, published?: boolean, main_image?: string, description?: string, body_markdown: string, canonical_url?: string, organization_id?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/get/article` — Returns a single published article by its ID, including full body content. Use this action when you know the unique ID of the article you want to retrieve. The response includes complete article detai
  - body: { id: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/get/article/by/path` — Returns a single published article by username and slug path. Use this action when you know the username of the author and the article's slug. The response includes full article details including titl
  - body: { slug: string, username: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/get/comment` — Returns a single comment and its descendants (replies) by comment ID. Use this action when you need to retrieve a specific comment along with all its replies from DEV Community. The response includes 
  - body: { id: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/get/current/user` — Tool to get the currently authenticated user's profile information. Use when you need to retrieve the profile of the user associated with the provided API key. Returns user details including username,
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/get/listing` — Returns a single classified listing by its ID. Use this action to retrieve detailed information about a specific listing on DEV Community, including the title, description, category, tags, and informa
  - body: { id: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/get/organization` — Returns a single organization by its username. Use this action when you need to retrieve organization profile information from DEV Community. Returns organization details including name, summary, soci
  - body: { username: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/get/profile/image` — Returns the profile image URL for a user or organization by username. Use this action to retrieve the profile picture(s) for a specific user or organization on DEV Community. The API returns both the 
  - body: { username: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/get/user` — Tool to get a single user by their ID or username. Use when you need to retrieve user profile information from DEV Community. Returns user details including username, name, bio, location, and profile 
  - body: { id: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/articles` — Returns a list of published articles, optionally filtered by tags, username, state, or top articles. Supports pagination. Use when you need to browse or search for articles on DEV Community. Examples:
  - body: { tag?: string, top?: integer, page?: integer, tags?: string, state?: string, per_page?: integer, username?: string, tags_exclude?: string, collection_id?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/comments` — Tool to list comments for a specified article or podcast episode on DEV Community. Use when you need to retrieve all comments for a particular article or podcast episode. Requires either a_id (article
  - body: { a_id?: integer, p_id?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/followed/tags` — Returns a list of tags followed by the authenticated user. Use this action to retrieve the tags that the currently authenticated user has followed on DEV.to. The response includes the tag ID, name, an
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/followers` — Tool to retrieve a list of users who follow the authenticated user. Supports pagination with 80 followers per page by default. Use when you need to see who is following the authenticated user's profil
  - body: { page?: integer, sort?: string, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/latest/articles` — Tool to retrieve a list of published articles sorted by descending publish date. Use when you need to fetch the latest articles from DEV Community with pagination support. Returns articles with full d
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/listings` — Returns a list of classified listings for jobs, mentors, products, etc. Use this action to browse available listings on DEV Community. Supports pagination and filtering by category to find specific ty
  - body: { page?: integer, category?: string, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/listings/by/category` — Returns a list of classified listings filtered by category. Use this action to browse listings on DEV Community for a specific category (jobs, mentors, products, events, etc.). The category is a requi
  - body: { page?: integer, category: string, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/organization/articles` — Tool to list articles published by a specific organization on DEV.to. Use when you need to retrieve all articles published by an organization. The results are paginated and can be filtered by page num
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer, username: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/organization/users` — Tool to list users belonging to a specified organization on DEV.to. Use when you need to retrieve all members/users of a particular organization. Returns a list of user objects with their profile info
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer, username: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/podcast/episodes` — Tool to retrieve a list of podcast episodes from DEV.to. Use when you need to browse or search for podcast episodes on DEV.to. Returns a list of podcast episodes, optionally filtered by podcast userna
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer, username?: string }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/reading/list` — Returns the articles in the authenticated user's reading list. Requires authentication via API key. The reading list contains articles that the authenticated user has saved for later reading.
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/tags` — Returns a list of tags with their names, background colors, and text colors. Use this action to retrieve available tags from DEV Community for filtering articles or discovering topics. Supports pagina
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/user/all/articles` — Tool to list all articles (both published and unpublished) for the authenticated user. Use when you need to retrieve all articles belonging to the authenticated user's account, including draft and unp
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/user/articles` — Tool to list published articles for the authenticated user. Use when you need to retrieve only the published articles belonging to the authenticated user's account. For unpublished/draft articles, use
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/user/published/articles` — Returns a list of the authenticated user's published articles only. Use when you need to retrieve articles that the current user has published on DEV Community. Supports pagination via page and per_pa
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/user/unpublished/articles` — Returns a list of the authenticated user's unpublished (draft) articles. Use when you need to retrieve draft articles that have not yet been published. Supports pagination via page and per_page parame
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/list/videos` — Tool to retrieve a list of articles that contain videos. Use when you need to browse video content on DEV Community. Supports pagination via page and per_page parameters.
  - body: { page?: integer, per_page?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/update/article` — Update an existing article on DEV Community. Only the article owner can update it. Use this action to modify article properties like title, body content, description, cover image, tags, and publicatio
  - body: { id: integer, tags?: string[], title?: string, series?: string, published?: boolean, main_image?: string, description?: string, body_markdown?: string, canonical_url?: string, organization_id?: integer }
- `POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/devto/update/listing` — Updates an existing classified listing on DEV Community. Use this action to modify a listing's title, body, category, tags, or status. The 'bump' action refreshes the listing's timestamp, 'publish' se
  - body: { id: integer, tags?: string[], title?: string, action?: string, category?: string, body_markdown?: string }

## Example prompts
- "What can I do in DEV Community?"
- "Show me a summary of my DEV Community account"

## More
- Page: https://mcp.ai/devto
- Agent spec (llms.txt): https://mcp.ai/devto/llms.txt
- Postman collection: https://mcp.ai/devto/postman.json