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Blog Cross-Publisher Lite

by @apex-stack-ai

Publish markdown articles to Dev.to via their REST API. Use this skill whenever the user wants to publish a blog post or article to Dev.to.

Versionv1.0.0
Downloads260
TERMINAL
clawhub install blog-cross-publisher-lite

πŸ“– About This Skill


name: blog-publisher-lite description: "Publish markdown articles to Dev.to via their REST API. Use this skill whenever the user wants to publish a blog post or article to Dev.to."

Blog Publisher Lite

Publish markdown articles to Dev.to directly from a markdown file using their REST API.

> Want cross-posting to Medium and Hashnode too? Upgrade to Blog Cross-Publisher (Full)

What You Need

A Dev.to API key. Get one at https://dev.to/settings/extensions

Article Format

Write your article in standard markdown. The skill extracts the title from the first # heading, tags from the *Tags:* line, and everything after --- becomes the body.

Publishing

python scripts/publish_devto.py article.md --api-key YOUR_API_KEY --publish

| Flag | What It Does | |------|-------------| | --publish | Publish immediately (omit for draft) | | --tags "seo,webdev" | Override tags from the file |

API Details

POST https://dev.to/api/articles with api-key header and JSON body. Max 4 tags, lowercase.

Troubleshooting

  • 401: API key invalid. Generate new one at dev.to/settings/extensions
  • 422: Check title present, tags <= 4, valid body_markdown
  • 429: Rate limited. Wait 30 seconds.

  • *Built by Apex Stack β€” tools for developers who ship.*

    πŸ“‹ Tips & Best Practices

  • 401: API key invalid. Generate new one at dev.to/settings/extensions
  • 422: Check title present, tags <= 4, valid body_markdown
  • 429: Rate limited. Wait 30 seconds.

  • *Built by Apex Stack β€” tools for developers who ship.*