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DEV Community for AI agents

DEV Community, at dev.to, is a publishing platform where software developers write articles, follow tags, and build a public profile. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

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AUDIT LOG · DEV COMMUNITYPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
dev_community.list_tags
List Tags✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
dev_community.get_user
Get user✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
dev_community.create_article
Create Article✓ approved · approved by user
EVERY DEV COMMUNITY CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in DEV Community.

01

Draft a new article

Create an article from notes and save it before the author reviews and publishes it themselves.

02

Pull a writer's published history

List a user's published articles to prep a portfolio summary or a guest-post pitch.

03

Check comments on a post

Read comments on an article to summarize reader feedback without posting anything back.

02 · ACTIONS

28 DEV Community actions, graded by risk.

Every DEV Community action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

25

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • dev_community.get_user
    Get user
  • dev_community.list_tags
    List Tags
  • dev_community.get_article
    Get Article By ID
  • dev_community.get_comment
    Get Comment by ID
  • dev_community.get_listing
    Get Listing
  • dev_community.list_videos
    List Videos
  • dev_community.list_articles
    List Articles
  • dev_community.list_comments
    List Comments
  • dev_community.list_listings
    List Listings
  • dev_community.list_followers
    List Followers
  • dev_community.get_current_user
    Get Current User
  • dev_community.get_organization
    Get Organization
  • dev_community.get_profile_image
    Get Profile Image
  • dev_community.list_reading_list
    List DEVTO Reading List
  • dev_community.list_followed_tags
    List Followed Tags
  • dev_community.list_user_articles
    List User Articles
+ 9 MORE

write

3

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

  • dev_community.create_article
    Create Article
  • dev_community.update_article
    Update Article
  • dev_community.update_listing
    Update Listing

destructive

0

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

  • No destructive actions.
03 · HOW IT WORKS

DEV Community in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect DEV CommunityThey add their DEV Community api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “create Article” can wait for the user to approve.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls DEV Community through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
POLICY.TS
await arc0.policies.set('dev_community', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_article
  destructive: 'deny',  
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
04 · AUTH AND DATA

How DEV Community connects.

Users add their DEV Community api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same DEV Community connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH
API key
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use DEV Community from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
06 · RELATED

More developer tools apps.

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07 · FAQ

DEV Community and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use DEV Community with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect DEV Community to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the DEV Community actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect DEV Community?

Users add their DEV Community api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which DEV Community actions can my agent take?

28 in total: 25 read, 3 write and 0 destructive, such as “create Article”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in DEV Community?

Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the DEV Community policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.

Q05

Can my own backend call DEV Community too?

Yes. The same DEV Community connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

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Plug DEV Community into your agent.

Your users connect DEV Community once, under your brand. Your agent gets 28 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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