DEV Community (dev.to) is a community of software developers where you can publish articles, engage with others, and build your online presence.
DEV Community (dev.to) is a community of software developers where you can publish articles, engage with others, and build your online presence. On Nagent, DEV Community is exposed as a fully-configurable developer tools integration that any agent can call — 28 actions, and API key authentication. No code is required to wire DEV Community into your workflow — connect it once via the External Integrations panel and reuse it across every agent you build.
Agent builders use DEV Community to automate the kinds of tasks developer tools teams previously handled manually. Concrete examples — each one is a single agent step in Nagent — include:
Every action and trigger is paired with a structured input/output schema (visible in the sections below), so when you wire DEV Community into Helix — our agentic agent builder — the editor knows exactly what each step expects and produces. Configure once, deploy anywhere across your Nagent agents.
Every operation an agent can call against DEV Community, with input parameters and output schema. Drop these into any step of an agent built in Helix.
DEVTO_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 draft by setting published=false (which is the default). Required fields are title and body_markdown. Optional fields include description, main_image, tags, series, canonical_url, and organization_id.
Input parameters
Array of tag names for the article. Maximum 4 tags.
The title of the article.
The name of the series this article belongs to.
Whether to publish the article immediately. Set to false to save as a draft (default).
URL of the main cover image for the article.
A brief description of the article (used for preview text and SEO).
The body content of the article in Markdown format.
Canonical URL if the article is crossposted elsewhere.
The ID of the organization to publish the article under. Must be a member of the organization.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_GET_ARTICLEReturns 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 details such as title, full HTML and markdown body content, author information, reaction counts, comments count, and reading time.
Input parameters
The unique identifier of the article to retrieve
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 title, content, author info, reactions count, comments count, and reading time.
Input parameters
The slug of the article (the URL-friendly path segment)
The username of the article author
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_GET_COMMENTReturns 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 the comment content, author information, and nested child comments. Note: The comment ID is the id_code field (e.g., "1", "32k5a"), not the numeric user_id.
Input parameters
The comment ID code
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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, name, bio, location, and profile image.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 information about the user who posted it.
Input parameters
The ID of the listing to retrieve
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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, social links, and profile image.
Input parameters
The organization username (e.g., 'devteam')
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 full-size image URL and a 90px thumbnail.
Input parameters
The username of the user or organization to get the profile image for.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 image.
Input parameters
The user ID or username. Can be a numeric user ID (e.g., '1') or a username (e.g., 'ben').
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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: - Get latest articles: omit all filters - Get articles by tag: set tag="javascript" - Get top articles: set state="all" and top=7 - Get rising articles: set state="rising" - Get articles from user: set username="ben"
Input parameters
Filter by a single tag name
Return top articles from last N days (requires state=all)
Pagination page number
Filter by multiple tag names (comma-separated)
Filter by article state.
Number of items per page (default 30, max 1000)
Filter by username (articles from a specific user)
Exclude articles with these tags (comma-separated)
Filter by collection ID
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 ID) or p_id (podcast episode ID) parameter.
Input parameters
Article ID to get comments for. Provide either a_id or p_id, but not both.
Podcast episode ID to get comments for. Provide either a_id or p_id, but not both.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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, and points.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 profile.
Input parameters
Pagination page number.
Sort order. Use 'created_at' for newest first.
Number of items per page. Default is 80, maximum is 100.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_LIST_LATEST_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 details including author info, tags, and engagement metrics.
Input parameters
Pagination page number
Number of items per page (default 30, maximum 1000)
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 types of listings (jobs, mentors, events, etc.).
Input parameters
Page number for pagination. Defaults to 1 if not specified.
Categories available for classified listings on DEV.
Number of items per page. Defaults to 30 if not specified. Maximum allowed is 100.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 required path parameter. Supports pagination via page and per_page parameters.
Input parameters
Page number for pagination. Defaults to 1 if not specified.
Category to filter listings by. Options: cfp, education, jobs, mentors, products, mentees, forsale, events, collabs, misc.
Number of items per page. Defaults to 30 if not specified. Maximum allowed is 100.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 number and items per page.
Input parameters
The page number for pagination
The number of items per page (default is 30, max is 100)
The username of the organization
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_LIST_ORGANIZATION_USERSTool 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 information including username, name, profile image, and social links.
Input parameters
Page number for pagination
Number of items per page (default 30, max 100)
The organization's username on DEV.to
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_LIST_PODCAST_EPISODESTool 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 username. Supports pagination to navigate through large result sets.
Input parameters
Pagination page number
Number of items per page (default 30, max 100)
Filter by podcast username (the podcast's slug/username)
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_LIST_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.
Input parameters
Page number for pagination.
Number of items per page (default 30, max 100).
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 pagination to handle large numbers of tags.
Input parameters
Page number for pagination. Defaults to 1 if not specified.
Number of items per page. Defaults to 10 if not specified. Maximum allowed is 100.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 unpublished articles.
Input parameters
Pagination page number
Number of items per page (default 30, max 100)
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 the List User All Articles action instead.
Input parameters
Pagination page number
Number of items per page (default 30, max 100)
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_LIST_USER_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_page parameters.
Input parameters
Pagination page number. Defaults to 1.
Number of items per page. Defaults to 30. Maximum is 100.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_LIST_USER_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 parameters.
Input parameters
Pagination page number. Defaults to 1.
Number of items per page. Defaults to 30. Maximum is 100.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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.
Input parameters
Pagination page number
Number of items per page (default is 24)
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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 publication status. Only provide the fields you want to update.
Input parameters
The ID of the article to update.
Array of tag names for the article.
The updated title of the article.
The name of the series this article belongs to.
Whether the article should be published.
URL of the main cover image.
A brief description of the article.
The updated body content in Markdown format.
Canonical URL for the article.
Organization ID to assign the article to.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
DEVTO_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' sets it to published, and 'unpublish' sets it to unpublished. Requires API key authentication.
Input parameters
The ID of the listing to update.
An array of tags for the listing.
The title of the listing.
Set to 'bump' to bump the listing, 'publish' to publish it, or 'unpublish' to unpublish it.
The category of the listing. Must be a valid category.
The body content of the listing in Markdown format.
Output
Data from the action execution
Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
Whether or not the action execution was successful or not
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Open the External Integrations panel inside Nagent (app.nagent.ai/externalIntegration), find DEV Community, and click "Connect Now." You'll authenticate with an API key — Nagent handles credential storage and refresh automatically. Once connected, DEV Community is available to any agent in your workspace.
No. Nagent provides no-code integration for every tool. Once DEV Community is connected, you configure its 28 actions directly in the agent builder UI — no API calls, no boilerplate, no schema management.
Helix — Nagent's agentic agent builder — lets you drop DEV Community steps into any workflow visually. Pick an action (e.g., one of those listed above), fill in the inputs (Helix knows the required vs. optional schema for each parameter), and connect it to upstream/downstream steps. Triggers run as the entry point of an agent, so when a DEV Community event fires, the agent kicks off automatically.
Every DEV Community action and trigger ships with a fully-typed schema — input parameters with name, type, required flag, and description, plus the output payload shape. The schemas are documented in the sections above. Helix uses these schemas to validate your configuration at build time and to type-check the data flowing between steps.
Yes. While DEV Community ships with 28 pre-built developer tools actions, you can layer custom logic around them inside Helix — pre/post-processing steps, conditional branches, retries, or stitching DEV Community together with other connected tools. For deeper customization, talk to our team about Nagent's Agentic AI Lab — forward-deployed engineers who build DEV Community-based workflows tailored to your business.