Add DEV Community to your AI agent
DEV Community (dev.to) is a community of software developers where you can publish articles, engage with others, and build your online presence.
- Things your agent can do in DEV Community
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Things your AI can do in DEV Community
Your FormWise AI can handle any of these in DEV Community — on its own, without you needing to click a button.
Get Current User
PopularTool 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.
Get Organization
PopularReturns 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.
Get user
PopularTool 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.
Create Article
Create 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.
Get Article By ID
Returns 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.
Get Article By Path
Returns 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.
Get Comment by ID
Returns 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.
Get Listing
Returns 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.
Get Profile Image
Returns 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.
List Articles
Returns 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"
List Comments
Tool 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.
List Followed Tags
Returns 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.
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List Followers
Tool 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.
List latest DEV Community articles
Tool 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.
List Listings
Returns 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.).
List Listings By Category
Returns 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.
List Organization Articles
Tool 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.
List organization users on DEV.to
Tool 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.
List podcast episodes on DEV.to
Tool 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.
List DEVTO Reading List
Returns 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.
List Tags
Returns 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.
List User All Articles
Tool 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.
List User Articles
Tool 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.
List user's published articles
Returns 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.
List user's unpublished articles
Returns 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.
List Videos
Tool 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.
Update Article
Update 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.
Update Listing
Updates 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.
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What you can do once DEV Community is connected
Onboard new clients without lifting a finger
When someone signs up, your AI greets them, sets up their next step in DEV Community, and keeps the momentum going — even at 2am.
Reply to leads in seconds, not days
Your AI watches DEV Community for new inquiries, answers questions in your voice, and books the call before they cool off.
Get your weekends back
Hand off the repetitive DEV Community work — follow-ups, reminders, updates, simple admin — and stop being the bottleneck in your own business.
How to connect DEV Community to your agent
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Start using FormWise for free
Sign up in under a minute.
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Find DEV Community in your connected apps
Inside FormWise, go to Settings → Connected Services and look for DEV Community.
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Hit "Connect"
Click "Connect DEV Community" and log in like you normally would. We only ask for the permissions your AI actually needs.
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Tell your AI what to do in DEV Community
Build a quick AI Agent (it's like writing instructions, not code), and pick the DEV Community actions you want your AI to handle.
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Watch it run
Send it a real-world task and watch your AI take care of DEV Community for you. Tweak the wording until it feels just right.
Powered by the AI you already trust
Your DEV Community workflow runs on the same world-class AI used by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. We handle the technical part — you just tell your AI what to do, in plain English.
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Questions other DEV Community users had before signing up
Do I need to know how to code?
Not even a little. If you can use DEV Community today, you can set this up. You'll connect DEV Community, tell your AI what it should help with, and you're live. The whole thing is built for coaches, course creators, agencies, and operators — not engineers.
Will my clients know they're talking to an AI?
Only if you want them to. Your FormWise AI is trained on your voice, your offer, and the way you actually communicate — so it sounds like a thoughtful team member, not a clunky chatbot. Most people can't tell.
Can I make it sound like me?
Yes. You can give your AI examples of how you write, the questions you usually ask new clients, the way you handle objections, and the language you use about your offer. The more you give it, the more it sounds like you wrote it.
What if I want to take over a conversation?
You're always in control. You can step in at any point, take over from your AI, or stop it from sending messages until you've reviewed them. Think of it as a teammate, not a replacement.
Is my client data safe?
Yes. Your DEV Community login and client information stay scoped to your workspace. We don't sell it, we don't share it, and we don't use your data to train anyone else's AI. You can disconnect DEV Community or delete everything any time.
What happens when DEV Community updates their app?
We handle it. When DEV Community adds new features or changes how something works, we update the integration in the background. You don't have to do anything — your AI just keeps working.
How fast can I actually get this running?
Most people are up and running the same day they sign up. Connecting DEV Community takes a few minutes. Teaching your AI to handle the work the way you'd want it done is the part worth slowing down for.
What is FormWise?
FormWise is the AI agent builder for coaches, course creators, and agencies. You connect the apps you already use — like DEV Community — train your AI on your offer and voice, and let it handle the work you've been doing manually: onboarding, follow-ups, support, admin. No code, no developers, no engineering team required.
Can I sell AI agents to my clients?
Yes. A lot of FormWise users build AI assistants and sell them as part of their offer — done-for-you AI setups, white-label assistants for client businesses, custom GPTs trained on a client's brand. You can charge a setup fee, a monthly retainer, or both.
Can I embed my AI on my website or in my course?
Yes. Every AI you build in FormWise can be embedded on your site, dropped into your course platform, or shared as a standalone link. Your clients and students just open it like any other web page — no app to download, no login hoops.
Do I need to know anything about AI to use this?
No. If you can describe what you want your AI to do in plain English — "greet new clients, ask these 3 questions, book them a call" — FormWise can build it. We handle the models, the prompts, the connections. You handle the part you already know: what your business actually needs.
About DEV Community on FormWise
DEV Community (dev.to) is a community of software developers where you can publish articles, engage with others, and build your online presence.
Connect DEV Community once and your FormWise AI gets 28 things it can do inside it. That means your AI can handle the DEV Community work in your business — the messages, the updates, the follow-ups, the admin — the way you would, just faster and around the clock.
You don't need to know how any of it works under the hood. We take care of keeping the connection alive, retrying if something fails, and making sure your data only ever moves where you tell it to.
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