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How to connect DEV Community to Claude

Connect Claude Web, Desktop and Cowork to DEV Community MCP. List your published dev articles, draft a tutorial post about docker, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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DEV Community (dev.to) is a social publishing platform for software developers. Use it to share technical articles, grow a developer audience, and join community discussions.

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Introduction

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, available on the web, in the desktop app, and on mobile. Cowork is its agent for knowledge work, and it runs on all of those surfaces too. Connected to your apps, Claude can work with your files and services to accomplish complex tasks on your behalf.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your DEV Community account to Claude via Composio Connect, enabling it to list your published DEV articles, draft a tutorial post about Docker, find trending JavaScript posts on DEV, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

Setup is the same on Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork, and you only need to do it once. The connector is tied to your account, so it's available in all three.

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Connecting DEV Community to Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

Two ways to add the Composio connector. Pick whichever you prefer.

1. Add with one click

Click the button. Claude opens with the Composio connector filled in. Click Add, then go to step 2.

Add to Claude

Add manually

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

2. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork

3. Connect your DEV Community account

Back in Claude, ask it to connect to DEV Community or give it any DEV Community-related task.

For example, ask Claude to:

  • "List your published DEV articles"
  • "Draft a tutorial post about Docker"
  • "Find trending JavaScript posts on DEV"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Claude, and your DEV Community account is ready to use.

What is the DEV Community Claude Connector, and what's possible with it?

The DEV Community MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your DEV Community account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform DEV Community operations on your behalf.

Troubleshooting

1. Why does Claude not use the Composio connector for DEV Community?

The connector can show as connected, but Claude must use it in each DEV Community conversation.

  • Click + at the lower left of the chat, or type /.
  • Hover Connectors.
  • Turn on Composio.
  • Ask Claude to connect to DEV Community again.

2. Why does Claude show an MCP server error before DEV Community connects?

Claude can show Couldn't reach the MCP server or Authorization with the MCP server failed when you add the connector for DEV Community.

  • Check that the connector URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp.
  • Connectors run from Anthropic's cloud, so your device network is usually not the problem.
  • Add the connector again from Customize > Connectors, then ask Claude to connect DEV Community.
  • If it fails again, send the error and the ofid_ reference id to support@composio.dev.

3. Why does the DEV Community authorization link not work?

The Composio connector is one server. Your DEV Community account connects separately when Claude asks for it.

  • If the browser does not open, or the link expires, ask Claude to retry the DEV Community connection.
  • Composio creates a fresh DEV Community authorization link.
  • Open that link in your browser and finish the DEV Community sign-in.

4. Why do DEV Community actions fail after they worked before?

The DEV Community connection can expire or lose permission.

  • Ask Claude to inspect the DEV Community connection.
  • If the connection is unhealthy, disconnect it when Claude prompts you.
  • Reconnect the DEV Community account and retry the action.
  • If Claude shows a permission prompt, approve it before Claude changes data in DEV Community.
  • If the action still fails with a permission error, check that the connected account has that permission in DEV Community itself.

5. How do I switch to a different DEV Community account?

Claude can manage the DEV Community connection for you.

  • Ask Claude to disconnect or delete the current DEV Community account.
  • Ask Claude to connect DEV Community again.
  • Open the new Composio authorization link for DEV Community.
  • Sign in with the other DEV Community account in the browser.
  • After the account connects, ask Claude to retry the DEV Community task.

6. Why is my DEV Community connection missing in Claude Desktop or on a Team plan?

The connector belongs to your Claude account, so your DEV Community connection works in Claude Web, Desktop, and Cowork.

  • In Claude Desktop, open Customize > Connectors.
  • Next to Composio, click ⋮ and click Clear cache.
  • If DEV Community tools still do not appear, click ⋮, disconnect, remove the connector, and add it again.
  • On Team or Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner must enable the connector before you can connect DEV Community.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every DEV Community action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Create Article

Create a new article on DEV Community.

Get Article By ID

Returns a single published article by its ID, including full body content.

Get Article By Path

Returns a single published article by username and slug path.

Get Comment by ID

Returns a single comment and its descendants (replies) by comment ID.

Get Current User

Tool to get the currently authenticated user's profile information.

Get Listing

Returns a single classified listing by its ID.

Get Organization

Returns a single organization by its username.

Get Profile Image

Returns the profile image URL for a user or organization by username.

Get user

Tool to get a single user by their ID or username.

List Articles

Returns a list of published articles, optionally filtered by tags, username, state, or top articles.

List Comments

Tool to list comments for a specified article or podcast episode on DEV Community.

List Followed Tags

Returns a list of tags followed by the authenticated user.

List Followers

Tool to retrieve a list of users who follow the authenticated user.

List latest DEV Community articles

Tool to retrieve a list of published articles sorted by descending publish date.

List Listings

Returns a list of classified listings for jobs, mentors, products, etc.

List Listings By Category

Returns a list of classified listings filtered by category.

List Organization Articles

Tool to list articles published by a specific organization on DEV.

List organization users on DEV.to

Tool to list users belonging to a specified organization on DEV.

List podcast episodes on DEV.to

Tool to retrieve a list of podcast episodes from DEV.

List DEVTO Reading List

Returns the articles in the authenticated user's reading list.

List Tags

Returns a list of tags with their names, background colors, and text colors.

List User All Articles

Tool to list all articles (both published and unpublished) for the authenticated user.

List User Articles

Tool to list published articles for the authenticated user.

List user's published articles

Returns a list of the authenticated user's published articles only.

List user's unpublished articles

Returns a list of the authenticated user's unpublished (draft) articles.

List Videos

Tool to retrieve a list of articles that contain videos.

Update Article

Update an existing article on DEV Community.

Update Listing

Updates an existing classified listing on DEV Community.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone DEV Community MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of DEV Community tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from DEV Community and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right DEV Community tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which DEV Community scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your DEV Community data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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