`get_articles`

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

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_articles for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

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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