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Dev.to Forem API — Articles

Dev.to Forem API — Articles. 12 operations. Lead operation: Publish article. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Dev To business surface.

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What You Can Do

POST
Createarticle — Publish article
/v1/articles
GET
Getarticles — Published articles
/v1/articles
GET
Getlatestarticles — Published articles sorted by published date
/v1/articles/latest
GET
Getuserarticles — User's articles
/v1/articles/me
GET
Getuserallarticles — User's all articles
/v1/articles/me/all
GET
Getuserpublishedarticles — User's published articles
/v1/articles/me/published
GET
Getuserunpublishedarticles — User's unpublished articles
/v1/articles/me/unpublished
GET
Getarticlebyid — Published article by id
/v1/articles/{id}
PUT
Updatearticle — Update an article by id
/v1/articles/{id}
PUT
Unpublisharticle — Unpublish an article
/v1/articles/{id}/unpublish
GET
Getarticlebypath — Published article by path
/v1/articles/{username}/{slug}
GET
Getorgarticles — Organization's Articles
/v1/organizations/{username}/articles

MCP Tools

publish-article

Publish article

published-articles

Published articles

read-only idempotent
published-articles-sorted-published-date

Published articles sorted by published date

read-only idempotent
user-s-articles

User's articles

read-only idempotent
user-s-all-articles

User's all articles

read-only idempotent
user-s-published-articles

User's published articles

read-only idempotent
user-s-unpublished-articles

User's unpublished articles

read-only idempotent
published-article-id

Published article by id

read-only idempotent
update-article-id

Update an article by id

idempotent
unpublish-article

Unpublish an article

idempotent
published-article-path

Published article by path

read-only idempotent
organization-s-articles

Organization's Articles

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

forem-articles.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Dev.to Forem API — Articles
  description: 'Dev.to Forem API — Articles. 12 operations. Lead operation: Publish article. Self-contained Naftiko capability
    covering one Dev To business surface.'
  tags:
  - Dev To
  - Articles
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    DEV_TO_API_KEY: DEV_TO_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: forem-articles
    baseUri: https://dev.to/api
    description: Dev.to Forem API — Articles business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: articles
      path: /articles
      operations:
      - name: createarticle
        method: POST
        description: Publish article
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
      - name: getarticles
        method: GET
        description: Published articles
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: tag
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Filter articles by a single tag name.
        - name: tags
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Filter articles by a comma-separated list of tag names (articles must have all specified tags).
        - name: tags_exclude
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Exclude articles with these comma-separated tag names.
        - name: username
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Filter articles by the author's username.
        - name: state
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Filter articles by state. Defaults to the most popular articles.
        - name: top
          in: query
          type: integer
          description: Return the most popular articles published in the last N days.
        - name: collection_id
          in: query
          type: integer
          description: Return articles belonging to the specified collection.
    - name: articles-latest
      path: /articles/latest
      operations:
      - name: getlatestarticles
        method: GET
        description: Published articles sorted by published date
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: articles-me
      path: /articles/me
      operations:
      - name: getuserarticles
        method: GET
        description: User's articles
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: articles-me-all
      path: /articles/me/all
      operations:
      - name: getuserallarticles
        method: GET
        description: User's all articles
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: articles-me-published
      path: /articles/me/published
      operations:
      - name: getuserpublishedarticles
        method: GET
        description: User's published articles
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: articles-me-unpublished
      path: /articles/me/unpublished
      operations:
      - name: getuserunpublishedarticles
        method: GET
        description: User's unpublished articles
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: articles-id
      path: /articles/{id}
      operations:
      - name: getarticlebyid
        method: GET
        description: Published article by id
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
      - name: updatearticle
        method: PUT
        description: Update an article by id
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    - name: articles-id-unpublish
      path: /articles/{id}/unpublish
      operations:
      - name: unpublisharticle
        method: PUT
        description: Unpublish an article
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    - name: articles-username-slug
      path: /articles/{username}/{slug}
      operations:
      - name: getarticlebypath
        method: GET
        description: Published article by path
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: username
          in: path
          type: string
          description: The username of the article's author.
          required: true
        - name: slug
          in: path
          type: string
          description: The slug of the article.
          required: true
    - name: organizations-username-articles
      path: /organizations/{username}/articles
      operations:
      - name: getorgarticles
        method: GET
        description: Organization's Articles
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: username
          in: path
          type: string
          description: The username (slug) of the organization.
          required: true
    authentication:
      type: apikey
      key: api-key
      value: '{{env.DEV_TO_API_KEY}}'
      placement: header
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: forem-articles-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Dev.to Forem API — Articles. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed
      with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/articles
      name: articles
      description: REST surface for articles.
      operations:
      - method: POST
        name: createarticle
        description: Publish article
        call: forem-articles.createarticle
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: GET
        name: getarticles
        description: Published articles
        call: forem-articles.getarticles
        with:
          tag: rest.tag
          tags: rest.tags
          tags_exclude: rest.tags_exclude
          username: rest.username
          state: rest.state
          top: rest.top
          collection_id: rest.collection_id
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/articles/latest
      name: articles-latest
      description: REST surface for articles-latest.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getlatestarticles
        description: Published articles sorted by published date
        call: forem-articles.getlatestarticles
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/articles/me
      name: articles-me
      description: REST surface for articles-me.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getuserarticles
        description: User's articles
        call: forem-articles.getuserarticles
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/articles/me/all
      name: articles-me-all
      description: REST surface for articles-me-all.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getuserallarticles
        description: User's all articles
        call: forem-articles.getuserallarticles
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/articles/me/published
      name: articles-me-published
      description: REST surface for articles-me-published.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getuserpublishedarticles
        description: User's published articles
        call: forem-articles.getuserpublishedarticles
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/articles/me/unpublished
      name: articles-me-unpublished
      description: REST surface for articles-me-unpublished.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getuserunpublishedarticles
        description: User's unpublished articles
        call: forem-articles.getuserunpublishedarticles
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/articles/{id}
      name: articles-id
      description: REST surface for articles-id.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getarticlebyid
        description: Published article by id
        call: forem-articles.getarticlebyid
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: PUT
        name: updatearticle
        description: Update an article by id
        call: forem-articles.updatearticle
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/articles/{id}/unpublish
      name: articles-id-unpublish
      description: REST surface for articles-id-unpublish.
      operations:
      - method: PUT
        name: unpublisharticle
        description: Unpublish an article
        call: forem-articles.unpublisharticle
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/articles/{username}/{slug}
      name: articles-username-slug
      description: REST surface for articles-username-slug.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getarticlebypath
        description: Published article by path
        call: forem-articles.getarticlebypath
        with:
          username: rest.username
          slug: rest.slug
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/organizations/{username}/articles
      name: organizations-username-articles
      description: REST surface for organizations-username-articles.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getorgarticles
        description: Organization's Articles
        call: forem-articles.getorgarticles
        with:
          username: rest.username
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: forem-articles-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Dev.to Forem API — Articles. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this
      capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: publish-article
      description: Publish article
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: forem-articles.createarticle
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: published-articles
      description: Published articles
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getarticles
      with:
        tag: tools.tag
        tags: tools.tags
        tags_exclude: tools.tags_exclude
        username: tools.username
        state: tools.state
        top: tools.top
        collection_id: tools.collection_id
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: published-articles-sorted-published-date
      description: Published articles sorted by published date
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getlatestarticles
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: user-s-articles
      description: User's articles
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getuserarticles
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: user-s-all-articles
      description: User's all articles
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getuserallarticles
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: user-s-published-articles
      description: User's published articles
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getuserpublishedarticles
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: user-s-unpublished-articles
      description: User's unpublished articles
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getuserunpublishedarticles
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: published-article-id
      description: Published article by id
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getarticlebyid
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: update-article-id
      description: Update an article by id
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.updatearticle
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: unpublish-article
      description: Unpublish an article
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.unpublisharticle
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: published-article-path
      description: Published article by path
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getarticlebypath
      with:
        username: tools.username
        slug: tools.slug
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: organization-s-articles
      description: Organization's Articles
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: forem-articles.getorgarticles
      with:
        username: tools.username
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.