• TAG LIST
  • CROSSOVER
  • STRATEGY
  • HUMAN

How to map audience overlaps with your AI

Connect Dev.to Intelligence to your agent to find where your target readers hang out. Once connected, your AI identifies the specific technical tags where your current audience is most active.

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Short answer

How can I find overlapping technical audiences on Dev.to?

Your AI pulls the list of tags your current audience follows and then runs a crossover analysis to find related interest groups. You get a clear map of adjacent communities to target.

Targeted community discovery

Where your audience lives

The AI turns raw commenter data into a roadmap for your next content campaign.

TAG LIST

Identify core interests

The AI pulls every tag your current audience follows. You see exactly which technical topics they care about most.

CROSSOVER

Find adjacent niches

The AI finds where these users overlap with other tags. This reveals new, relevant communities you haven't targeted yet.

STRATEGY

Refine your targeting

You get a list of high-value tag combinations. This tells you exactly where to focus your technical writing.

HUMAN

Validate the clusters

You review the suggested tag overlaps to ensure they make sense for your specific niche before you start posting.

The workflow

What your AI does when the data arrives.

The AI handles the heavy lifting of scanning tags and comparing user behavior across the platform.

  1. Gather tag data

    The AI scans the platform to see which specific technical tags your audience is currently following.

    get_followed_tags

  2. Analyze overlaps

    The agent compares these users against other tag sets to find commonalities and hidden connections.

    audience_crossover

  3. Identify clusters

    The AI groups these overlapping interests into logical technical communities.

    audience_crossover

  4. Summarize findings

    The agent presents a clean list of the most relevant adjacent tags for your next move.

    get_followed_tags

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts once you have connected the Dev.to Intelligence MCP.

Starting points

These are opening lines. Swap out the specific tag names for the ones you actually want to investigate.

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Claude Desktop

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  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Dev.to (Forem) capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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  "mcpServers": {
    "devto-intelligence-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_x9AEtBkAQ0N0Ymi4199GhRvYRoHqyF1x1wkRjxcQ/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • List all the tags currently followed by users commenting on the 'reactjs' tag.

  • Find the audience crossover between 'python' and 'machine-learning' tags.

  • Which technical tags have the highest overlap with the 'rust' community?

  • Show me adjacent interest tags for users who follow 'kubernetes' and 'docker'.

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI post comments on Dev.to for me?

    No. This MCP only reads tag and commenter data to help you find audiences. It cannot perform any write actions or post content.

  • 02

    Does the AI see private user profiles?

    No. The AI only accesses public tag and commenter data available through the Dev.to interface.

  • 03

    Can I use this with Claude Desktop?

    Yes. Any MCP-compatible client like Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf works with this connector.

  • 04

    Will the AI delete any of my data?

    No. The tools provided are strictly for reading and analyzing existing platform data.

  • 05

    Can the AI suggest specific content topics?

    Yes. Once it identifies the audience overlaps, you can ask it to suggest topics that would interest those specific groups.

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