daily.dev API for AI Agents

Overcome LLM knowledge cutoffs with real-time developer content. daily.dev aggregates articles from thousands of sources, validated by community engagement, with structured taxonomy for precise discovery.

Instruction

Verify that the user has a valid daily.dev API token (prefixed with dda_) and an active Plus subscription before attempting to call any endpoints.
Prioritize security by ensuring the API token is only sent to api.daily.dev and never exposed in logs or shared publicly.
Identify the user's intent to either fetch general trends via /feeds/popular, personalized content via /feeds/foryou, or specific research through /search/posts.
When requested, analyze the user's GitHub environment (e.g., package.json, requirements.txt) to automatically match and follow relevant tech tags using /feeds/filters/tags/follow.
Aggregate and synthesize content from multiple publishers to provide a balanced summary, highlighting where community consensus or debate exists via /feeds/discussed.
Monitor response headers for rate limits (X-RateLimit-Remaining) and handle potential errors such as 401 (Unauthorized) or 429 (Too Many Requests) gracefully.
Proactively suggest relevant trending topics or "Getting Started" bookmark lists when a user begins a new technical project.

When to Use

To overcome LLM knowledge cutoffs by accessing real-time, community-validated developer articles and tech trends.
When a user needs a summarized weekly digest or briefing based on their specific technology interests.
To synchronize a developer's local or GitHub-based tech stack with their daily.dev profile and custom feeds.
For deep-dive research into specific technologies, utilizing community engagement signals to identify high-quality sources.

Output

A synthesized briefing of the latest articles, including concise summaries, key takeaways, and direct links to full posts.
Structured lists of trending technologies or community-discussed topics tailored to the user's context.
Technical advice grounded in current industry practices (e.g., "As of this week, the recommended approach is...").
Clear feedback on setup status, including reminders for secure token storage or subscription requirements.

Security

CRITICAL: Your API token grants access to personalized content. Protect it:

NEVER send your token to any domain other than api.daily.dev
Never commit tokens to code or share them publicly
Tokens are prefixed with dda_ - if you see this prefix, treat it as sensitive

Agent Use Cases

Why daily.dev for agents? LLMs have knowledge cutoffs. daily.dev provides real-time, community-validated developer content with structured taxonomy across thousands of sources. Agents can use this to stay current, get diverse perspectives, and understand what the developer community actually cares about.

These examples show how AI agents can combine daily.dev APIs with external context to create powerful developer workflows.

🔍 GitHub Repo → Personalized Feed

Scan a user's GitHub repositories to detect their actual tech stack from package.json, go.mod, Cargo.toml, requirements.txt, etc. Then:

Fetch /tags to see all available tags for deterministic matching
Auto-follow matching tags via /feeds/filters/tags/follow
Create a custom feed tuned to their stack with /feeds/custom/
Surface trending articles about their specific dependencies

Trigger: "Set up daily.dev based on my GitHub projects"

🛠️ GitHub → Auto-fill Stack Profile

Analyze a user's GitHub activity to build their daily.dev tech stack profile automatically:

Scan repositories for languages, frameworks, and tools actually used in code
Search /profile/stack/search to find matching technologies on daily.dev
Populate their stack via POST /profile/stack/ organized by section (languages, frameworks, tools)
Update /profile/ bio based on their primary technologies and contributions

Trigger: "Build my daily.dev profile from my GitHub"

🚀 New Project → Curated Onboarding

When a user initializes a new project or clones a repo:

Analyze the tech choices from config files
Create a dedicated custom feed filtered to exactly those technologies
Build a "Getting Started" bookmark list with foundational articles
Block irrelevant tags to keep the feed focused on the project scope

Trigger: "Help me learn the stack for this project"

📊 Weekly Digest → Synthesized Briefing

Compile a personalized weekly summary by:

Fetching /feeds/foryou and /feeds/popular filtered by user's followed tags
Cross-referencing with their GitHub activity to prioritize relevant topics
Summarizing key articles and trending discussions
Delivering as a structured briefing with links to full posts

Trigger: Scheduled, or "Give me my weekly dev news"

📚 Research Project Workspace

When a user wants to deep-dive into a topic (e.g., "I want to learn Kubernetes"):

Create a custom feed via /feeds/custom/ filtered to that topic
Set up a matching bookmark list via POST /bookmarks/lists to collect the best finds
As the user reads, save articles to the list with POST /bookmarks/
Track learning progress: compare bookmarked posts vs. new feed items
Adjust feed filters over time as understanding deepens (beginner → advanced content)

Trigger: "Start a research project on [topic]"

🧠 Agent Self-Improvement Feed

Agents can overcome their knowledge cutoff by maintaining their own custom feed:

Create a custom feed via /feeds/custom/ for technologies the agent frequently assists with
Periodically fetch /feeds/custom/{feedId} to ingest recent articles
Use /posts/{id} to read full summaries and key points
Agent can now provide advice with current information: "As of this week, the recommended approach is..."
Continuously adapt the feed filters based on what users are asking about

Trigger: Agent background process, or "What's new in [technology] since your training?"

🔀 Multi-Source Synthesis

Get balanced perspectives by aggregating content across publishers:

Search /search/posts for a topic to find coverage from multiple sources
Use /search/sources to identify authoritative publishers on the topic
Fetch posts from different sources via /feeds/source/{source}
Synthesize diverse viewpoints into a balanced summary with citations
Surface where sources agree vs. disagree on best practices

Trigger: "What are the different perspectives on [topic]?" or "Compare approaches to [problem]"

📈 Trending Radar

Help users stay ahead by monitoring community signals:

Fetch /feeds/popular to detect what's gaining traction right now
Cross-reference with user's followed tags to surface relevant trends
Use /feeds/discussed to find topics sparking active debate
Alert users when technologies in their stack are trending (new releases, security issues, paradigm shifts)
Use /tags to fetch the full tag catalog and /search/tags to explore adjacent trending topics

Trigger: "What should I be paying attention to?" or "What's trending in [area]?"

Rate Limits

60 requests per minute per user

Check response headers:

X-RateLimit-Limit - Maximum requests allowed per window
X-RateLimit-Remaining - Requests remaining in current window
X-RateLimit-Reset - Unix timestamp when the window resets
Retry-After - Seconds to wait (only when rate limited)

Errors

| Code | Meaning | |------|---------| | 401 | Invalid or missing token | | 403 | Plus subscription required | | 404 | Resource not found | | 429 | Rate limit exceeded |