diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/FetchNewArticlesCommand.php b/app/Console/Commands/FetchNewArticlesCommand.php
index a4eaf5d..b22b1d5 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/FetchNewArticlesCommand.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/FetchNewArticlesCommand.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Console\Commands;
 
 use App\Jobs\ArticleDiscoveryJob;
+use App\Models\Feed;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 
 class FetchNewArticlesCommand extends Command
@@ -13,6 +14,12 @@ class FetchNewArticlesCommand extends Command
 
     public function handle(): int
     {
+        if (!Feed::where('is_active', true)->exists()) {
+            $this->info('No active feeds found. Article discovery skipped.');
+
+            return self::SUCCESS;
+        }
+
         ArticleDiscoveryJob::dispatch();
 
         return self::SUCCESS;
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/PublishToLemmyCommand.php b/app/Console/Commands/PublishToLemmyCommand.php
deleted file mode 100644
index deed39b..0000000
--- a/app/Console/Commands/PublishToLemmyCommand.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Console\Commands;
-
-use App\Jobs\PublishToLemmyJob;
-use App\Models\Article;
-use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-
-class PublishToLemmyCommand extends Command
-{
-    protected $signature = 'article:publish-to-lemmy';
-
-    protected $description = 'Queue an article for publishing to Lemmy';
-
-    public function handle(): int
-    {
-        $article = Article::whereDoesntHave('articlePublication')->firstOrFail();
-
-        $this->info('Queuing article for publishing: ' . $article->url);
-
-        PublishToLemmyJob::dispatch($article);
-
-        $this->info('Article queued successfully');
-
-        return self::SUCCESS;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/Models/FeedPlatformChannel.php b/app/Models/FeedPlatformChannel.php
index a12c097..9bf99bd 100644
--- a/app/Models/FeedPlatformChannel.php
+++ b/app/Models/FeedPlatformChannel.php
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@
  * @property array $filters
  * @property Carbon $created_at
  * @property Carbon $updated_at
+ * @method static create(array $array)
  */
 class FeedPlatformChannel extends Pivot
 {
     protected $table = 'feed_platform_channels';
-    
+
     public $incrementing = false;
-    
+
     protected $fillable = [
         'feed_id',
         'platform_channel_id',
@@ -50,4 +51,4 @@ public function keywords(): HasMany
         return $this->hasMany(Keyword::class, 'feed_id', 'feed_id')
             ->where('platform_channel_id', $this->platform_channel_id);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/database/factories/ArticleFactory.php b/database/factories/ArticleFactory.php
index f62004c..dbe1074 100644
--- a/database/factories/ArticleFactory.php
+++ b/database/factories/ArticleFactory.php
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ class ArticleFactory extends Factory
     public function definition(): array
     {
         return [
-            //
+            'feed_id' => \App\Models\Feed::factory(),
+            'url' => $this->faker->url(),
+            'title' => $this->faker->sentence(),
+            'description' => $this->faker->paragraph(),
+            'is_valid' => null,
+            'is_duplicate' => false,
+            'validated_at' => null,
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/ArticleDiscoveryCommandTest.php b/tests/Feature/ArticleDiscoveryCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12f9d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/ArticleDiscoveryCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Feature;
+
+use App\Console\Commands\FetchNewArticlesCommand;
+use App\Jobs\ArticleDiscoveryJob;
+use App\Jobs\ArticleDiscoveryForFeedJob;
+use App\Models\Feed;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class ArticleDiscoveryCommandTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RefreshDatabase;
+
+    public function test_command_runs_successfully_when_feeds_exist(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        Feed::factory()->create(['is_active' => true]);
+
+        // Act & Assert
+        $exitCode = $this->artisan('article:refresh');
+        $exitCode->assertSuccessful();
+        
+        // The command should complete without the "no feeds" message
+        $exitCode->assertExitCode(0);
+    }
+
+    public function test_command_does_not_dispatch_jobs_when_no_active_feeds_exist(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        Queue::fake();
+        // No active feeds created
+
+        // Act
+        $exitCode = $this->artisan('article:refresh');
+
+        // Assert
+        $exitCode->assertSuccessful();
+        Queue::assertNotPushed(ArticleDiscoveryJob::class);
+    }
+
+    public function test_command_does_not_dispatch_jobs_when_only_inactive_feeds_exist(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        Queue::fake();
+        Feed::factory()->create(['is_active' => false]);
+
+        // Act
+        $exitCode = $this->artisan('article:refresh');
+
+        // Assert
+        $exitCode->assertSuccessful();
+        Queue::assertNotPushed(ArticleDiscoveryJob::class);
+    }
+
+    public function test_command_logs_when_no_feeds_available(): void
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        Queue::fake();
+
+        // Act
+        $exitCode = $this->artisan('article:refresh');
+
+        // Assert
+        $exitCode->assertSuccessful();
+        $exitCode->expectsOutput('No active feeds found. Article discovery skipped.');
+    }
+}
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