Dev.to item comments API

Comment thread under one Dev.to item, replies flattened with their depth.

Ask your agent

“Call devto/item/comments with id 1 and summarize what comes back.”

Works in any MCP client connected to https://data.openkrill.app/mcp. Install in one line.

Path: devto/item/comments
MCP tool: call_endpoint
Credits: 1
Cache: 5 min

Parameters

idinteger, required	Item id from the platform
limitinteger, optional	1-100 comments, default 20

Response

data.resources[] uses the same keys as every other platform: author, engagement, metadata, with Dev.to-only fields under extras. A failed upstream call is never billed.

More Dev.to tools

MCP tool call

{
  "name": "call_endpoint",
  "arguments": {
    "path": "devto/item/comments",
    "params": {
      "id": 1
    }
  }
}

curl

curl "https://data.openkrill.app/v1/devto/item/comments?id=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "devto",
  "endpoint": "devto/item/comments",
  "data": {
    "resources": [
      { "id": …, "title": …, "text": …, "url": …,
        "author": {…}, "engagement": {…},
        "metadata": {…}, "extras": {…} }
    ]
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "cached": false
}