DEV Community for AI agents
Agents read DEV Community at once. Changes and sends are held for a person's approval by default.
About DEV Community
DEV Community (dev.to) is a community of software developers where you can publish articles, engage with others, and build your online presence.
What an agent can do in DEV Community
Every DEV Community action is classed by the platform as a read, a change or a send. Reads run at once. Changes and sends are held for a person by default.
Runs at once (reads)
Looks things up in DEV Community without asking first. 25 actions.
- Get Current UserTool 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,
- Get OrganizationReturns 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
- Get userTool 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
- Get Article By IDReturns 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
- Get Article By PathReturns 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
- Get Comment by IDReturns 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
- Get ListingReturns 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
- Get Profile ImageReturns 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
- List ArticlesReturns 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:
- List CommentsTool 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
- List Followed TagsReturns 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
- List FollowersTool 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
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- List latest DEV Community articlesTool 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
- List ListingsReturns 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
- List Listings By CategoryReturns 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
- List Organization ArticlesTool 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
- List organization users on DEV.toTool 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
- List podcast episodes on DEV.toTool 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
- List DEVTO Reading ListReturns 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.
- List TagsReturns 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
- List User All ArticlesTool 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
- List User ArticlesTool 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
- List user's published articlesReturns 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
- List user's unpublished articlesReturns 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
- List VideosTool 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.
Held for approval by default (changes and sends)
Held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo. 3 actions.
- Create ArticleCreate 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
- Update ArticleUpdate 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
- Update ListingUpdates 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
Changes wait in Needs you
Changes and sends in DEV Community are held for a person's approval by default. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
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DEV Community questions
Can an agent change data in DEV Community on its own?
Not by default. Changes and sends in DEV Community are held for a person's approval. The approval is recorded, and the action is sent once, never twice, with 10 seconds to undo.
What can an agent read in DEV Community?
This connector lists 25 read actions. Reads run at once, without waiting for approval.
How does DEV Community connect?
It connects with API key. Connectors are built and maintained by third-party developers; availability is confirmed during scoping.