Finishing a Read-Only MCP Server: From 6 Tools to 9

This is a submission for the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge What I Built I took an...

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Extended DEV.to MCP server with write tools (create/update/delete), enabling Claude to manage publications as API-first CMS without friction. MCP protocol now production-validated for enterprise AI automation—pattern relevant for teams building AI-native content governance stacks.

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This is a submission for the GitHub Finish-Up-A-Thon Challenge

What I Built

I took an unfinished open-source MCP server for DEV.to and added the missing half.

The original repo (nickytonline/dev-to-mcp) was built by an actual DEV.to engineer and shipped six read-only tools: get_articles, get_article, get_user, get_tags, get_comments, search_articles. Useful for reading, useless for writing.

I extended it with three write tools:

Finishing a Read-Only MCP Server: From 6 Tools to 9

Finishing a Read-Only MCP Server: From 6 Tools to 9

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