devto-mcp-server

MCP server providing tools to search, retrieve, create, and update articles via the dev.to API.

For agent planning workflows, use the umbrella server article-research-mcp (article_research in Dynamic MCP catalogue) — dedupe, ranked briefs, methodology, and save_research_note.

Agent docs: CONTEXT.md, HERMES.md, docs/adr/

Tools

• search_devto_posts: Search dev.to articles by query, with optional tag, limit, etc.

• get_devto_article: Fetch full article by ID or slug.

• search_by_tech: Search articles by technology/tag (e.g., python, ai, mcp).

• create_devto_article: Create a draft or published dev.to article. Uses DEVTO_API_KEY unless api_key is passed.

• update_devto_article: Update fields on an existing dev.to article. Uses DEVTO_API_KEY unless api_key is passed.

Related MCP server: Qiita MCP Server

Auth for write tools

Create a DEV API key at https://dev.to/settings/extensions, then set:

export DEVTO_API_KEY=your_key_here

For local development, you can also put the key in the repo-local .env file:

DEVTO_API_KEY=your_key_here

.env is ignored by git; .env.example documents the expected variable.

create_devto_article defaults published to false so new API-created posts are drafts unless explicitly published.

Usage with dynamic-mcp-proxy-server

Add to catalogue.json:

{
  "name": "devto",
  "description": "dev.to MCP server — search and read technical articles, tutorials, and posts",
  "command": "uvx devto-mcp-server",
  "tags": ["devto", "articles", "blog", "tech", "research", "tutorials"],
  "tech_stack": ["any"],
  "runtime": "stdio",
  "env_vars": []
}

Run directly:

uv run devto-mcp-server

Or with uvx after publishing (for now local: uvx --from . devto-mcp-server)

Configuration for Claude Desktop

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json (located at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devto": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/absolute/path/to/devto-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "devto-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.