`get_articles`

Pack: devto · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/devto/mcp

Get trending or recent DEV.to articles, optionally filtered by tag (e.g., “javascript”, “react”). Returns title, author, reaction count, comments, reading time, and URL.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`tag`	string	no	Filter articles by tag (e.g., “javascript”, “python”, “webdev”)
`top`	number	no	Return top articles from the last N days (e.g., 7 for last week)
`limit`	number	no	Number of articles to return (default 10, max 30)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "tag": "javascript",
  "limit": 10
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/devto/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_articles","arguments":{"tag":"javascript","limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_articles', {
  "tag": "javascript",
  "limit": 10
});

More examples

{
  "tag": "python",
  "top": 7,
  "limit": 20
}

Response shape

Always returns: articles

Field	Type	Description
`articles`	array	List of article summaries

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "articles": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of article summaries",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Article numeric ID"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Article title"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article description or excerpt"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Article URL"
          },
          "published_at": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Publication timestamp (ISO 8601 format)"
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "List of tags associated with article",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "reading_time_minutes": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Estimated reading time in minutes"
          },
          "reactions": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Count of public reactions"
          },
          "comments": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Count of comments"
          },
          "author": {
            "type": [
              "object",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Article author information",
            "properties": {
              "name": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Author full name"
              },
              "username": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Author username"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "title",
          "description",
          "url",
          "published_at",
          "tags",
          "reading_time_minutes",
          "reactions",
          "comments",
          "author"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "articles"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devto": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/devto/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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