Integration

DEV Community integration

DEV Community (dev.to, built on Forem) is a publishing platform for software developers. Publish and update your articles, upload or AI-generate images for them, read and search published articles, comments, tags, trends, events, videos and podcast episodes, look up users and organizations, follow users and organizations, and read your reading list, followers, followed tags, agent sessions and article analytics. Reactions (administrator-only through the API), the moderator and administrator routes (user roles, badges, billboards, segments, surveys, pages, organization, event and tag management), concepts, health checks and agent-session uploads are not exposed. Authentication is a DEV API key (Settings, Extensions) sent in the api-key header; public reads also work without one.

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Each of these is one operation on one endpoint, available both as a workflow step and as a tool an AI agent can call on its own. Nothing bundles several operations into one action, so what a run did stays readable afterwards.

Most endpoints run on the free plan. A few, mainly the ones that publish on your behalf, need a paid plan.

Article, 13 operations

create_articleCreate articlePOSTCreates an article as the API key user, saved as a draft unless published is true. body_markdown accepts Markdown, Liquid tags and YAML front matter. Returns the full article with its id, url and rendered body_html.
get_articleGet articleGETReturns one published article by its numeric id, with body_markdown, rendered body_html, tags, author, organization, and reaction and comment counts.
get_article_by_pathGet article by pathGETReturns one published article from its author (or organization) username and its slug, the two parts of its dev.to URL. Same fields as get_article.
list_all_my_articlesList all my articlesGETLists all of the API key user own articles, published and drafts, with body_markdown, page views and the published flag. Requires a DEV API key.
list_articlesList articlesGETLists published articles, featured and most popular first by default. Filter by one tag, any of several tags, excluded tags, author or organization username, state (fresh, rising, all), top N days, or a series (collection_id).
list_latest_articlesList latest articlesGETLists published articles strictly newest first, with no feed personalization or popularity ranking. Suited to chronological timelines.
list_my_published_articlesList my published articlesGETLists the API key user own published articles, newest first, with body_markdown, page views, and comment and reaction counts. Requires a DEV API key.
list_my_unpublished_articlesList my unpublished articlesGETLists the API key user own unpublished articles (drafts), with body_markdown. Requires a DEV API key.
list_organization_articlesList organization articlesGETLists the published articles of an organization (by numeric id or username), newest first, with author, tags, and reaction and comment counts.
list_trend_articlesList trend articlesGETLists the published articles belonging to a trend (by numeric id or slug), with author, tags, and reaction and comment counts.
search_articlesSearch articlesGETSearches published articles by keyword (q) in titles, tags and body, optionally only those published in the last N days (top). Returns article summaries with author, tags, and reaction and comment counts.
semantic_search_articlesSemantic search articlesGETSearches published articles by meaning rather than exact words (hybrid keyword and embedding ranking). Requires a DEV API key. threshold keeps only closer matches (cosine distance, 0 to 2).
update_articleUpdate articlePUTUpdates an article by numeric id; only the fields you pass change. The API key must belong to the author, an admin of the article organization, or a site admin. published false turns it back into a draft.

Analytics, 7 operations

get_analytics_dashboardGet analytics dashboardGETReturns the whole analytics dashboard in one call: per-day history between start (default: the earliest date with data) and end, lifetime totals, top referrers, top contributors and follower engagement.
get_analytics_follower_engagementGet analytics follower engagementGETReturns your follower count, how many of those followers reacted to or commented on your articles between start and end, and that share as a percentage (ratio).
get_analytics_historicalGet analytics historicalGETReturns analytics per day between start and end (YYYY-MM-DD, end defaults to today): comments, follows, reactions by kind and page views, keyed by date, for your articles, one article or an organization.
get_analytics_past_dayGet analytics past dayGETReturns analytics since the start of yesterday, keyed by date: comments, follows, reactions by kind and page views, for your articles, one article (article_id) or an organization (organization_id).
get_analytics_referrersGet analytics referrersGETReturns the top 20 domains that sent readers to your articles (or to one article, or an organization), each with its view count, optionally between start and end (YYYY-MM-DD).
get_analytics_top_contributorsGet analytics top contributorsGETReturns the 20 readers who engaged most with your articles (or one article, or an organization), ranked by reactions and comments, optionally between start and end. Authors are excluded.
get_analytics_totalsGet analytics totalsGETReturns lifetime totals for your published articles: comments, follows, reactions by kind, and page views with read time. Narrow to one article (article_id) or an organization whose analytics you may see (organization_id).

Tag, 3 operations

list_followed_tagsList followed tagsGETLists the tags the API key user follows, each with its id, name and follow weight (points). Requires a DEV API key.
list_supported_tagsList supported tagsGETLists every tag DEV supports, most popular first, in one answer (no pagination), with id, name, short summary and badge colors.
list_tagsList tagsGETLists tags, most popular first, with id, name, short summary and badge colors.

User, 3 operations

get_authenticated_userGet authenticated userGETReturns the profile of the user the API key belongs to: id, username, name, email, bio, location, website, social accounts, join date, picture, badge ids and follower count.
get_userGet userGETReturns a user public profile by numeric id. To look a user up by username, pass by_username as id and the username in url. Includes bio, location, website, social accounts, join date and badge ids.
list_organization_usersList organization usersGETLists the members of an organization (by numeric id or username), with their public profiles.

Agent session, 2 operations

get_agent_sessionGet agent sessionGETReturns one of your agent sessions by numeric id or slug, with its parsed messages, slices (named message ranges), curated message count, metadata and URL.
list_agent_sessionsList agent sessionsGETLists your agent sessions (coding-assistant transcripts such as Claude Code or Codex sessions shared on DEV), most recently updated first, with title, tool, message count, published flag and URL.

Comment, 2 operations

get_commentGet commentGETReturns one comment by its alphanumeric id_code (from list_comments), with its rendered body_html, author and every nested reply in children.
list_commentsList commentsGETReturns the comment threads of an article (a_id) or a podcast episode (p_id); pass exactly one. Replies are nested in children. page paginates top-level comments only; without it the whole tree comes back.

Event, 2 operations

get_eventGet eventGETReturns one event by numeric id, as listed by list_events: title, description, full details, start and end times, stream URL, tags and broadcast settings.
list_eventsList eventsGETLists events on DEV (live streams, takeovers, challenges and others), optionally only one type_of, with title, description, start and end times, stream URL and tags.

Image, 2 operations

generate_imageGenerate imagePOSTGenerates an image from a text prompt (up to 1000 characters) in the DEV cover-image style and returns a hosted URL for body_markdown or main_image. By default limited to 3 per day per user, failures included.
upload_imageUpload imagePOSTUploads one image (jpg, png, gif, webp, bmp, ico or dng, up to 25 MB) and returns a DEV-hosted URL to embed in body_markdown or pass as main_image. By default limited to 10 uploads per hour per user.

Organization, 2 operations

get_organizationGet organizationGETReturns an organization public profile by its username or numeric id: name, summary, tag line, tech stack, story, location, social accounts, website, creation date and logo.
list_organizationsList organizationsGETLists organizations on DEV with their id, name, slug, summary, tag line, website and logo.

Trend, 2 operations

get_trendGet trendGETReturns one trend by numeric id or slug, with its description, key questions, score, article count and its three top articles.
list_trendsList trendsGETLists active trends (topics heavily discussed on DEV right now) with name, slug, description, key questions, score, article count, and when each was first and last observed.

Activity, 1 operation

get_activity_heatmapGet activity heatmapGETReturns your own daily activity for the 365 days ending at end (default today): articles published, comments posted and reactions given per day, with totals and the busiest day count (max).

Follow, 1 operation

follow_users_and_organizationsFollow users and organizationsPOSTFollows users and organizations, by numeric id, as the API key user. The follows are queued and applied shortly after; the answer only says how many were requested (outcome).

Follower, 1 operation

list_followersList followersGETLists the users who follow the API key user (80 per page by default), each with user id, name, username, profile path and picture; newest followers first unless sort says otherwise.

Instance, 1 operation

get_instanceGet instanceGETReturns public details of this Forem instance (dev.to): name, domain, tagline, description, logo and cover image URLs, visibility and software version.

Podcast episode, 1 operation

list_podcast_episodesList podcast episodesGETLists published podcast episodes, optionally only one podcast (username is the podcast slug, for example codenewbie), with title, path, image and podcast.

Profile image, 1 operation

get_profile_imageGet profile imageGETReturns the profile picture URLs (640 and 90 pixels) of a user or organization by username, and which of the two it is (image_of).

Reading list item, 1 operation

list_reading_listList reading listGETLists the articles the API key user saved to their reading list, each with the save id, status and date and the article summary. Requires a DEV API key.

Subforem, 1 operation

list_subforemsList subforemsGETLists the discoverable communities (subforems) of this Forem network, dev.to itself included, with id, domain, name, description, and logo and cover image URLs.

Video, 1 operation

list_videosList videosGETLists published articles that carry a video, with title, path, video source URL, duration and author name.

Use DEV Community from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex

Connect DEV Community in LiveContext, create an API key in Settings, then add the LiveContext MCP server to your client. Its DEV Community operations become tools the client can call, next to every other integration you connected.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http livecontext https://livecontext.ai/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

[mcp_servers.livecontext]
url = "https://livecontext.ai/mcp"

[mcp_servers.livecontext.http_headers]
"X-API-Key" = "YOUR_API_KEY"

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other JSON configs

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "livecontext": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://livecontext.ai/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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