diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/PublishToLemmyCommand.php b/app/Console/Commands/PublishToLemmyCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8538a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/PublishToLemmyCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Console\Commands;
+
+use App\Models\Article;
+use App\Services\Article\LemmyService;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+class PublishToLemmyCommand extends Command
+{
+    protected $signature = 'article:publish-to-lemmy';
+
+    protected $description = 'Publish an article to Lemmy';
+
+    public function handle(): int
+    {
+        $article = Article::all()->firstOrFail();
+
+        LemmyService::publish($article);
+
+        return self::SUCCESS;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Listeners/PublishArticle.php b/app/Listeners/PublishArticle.php
index 5afd219..bba0651 100644
--- a/app/Listeners/PublishArticle.php
+++ b/app/Listeners/PublishArticle.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Listeners;
 
 use App\Events\ArticleReadyToPublish;
+use App\Services\Article\LemmyService;
 
 class PublishArticle
 {
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ public function handle(ArticleReadyToPublish $event): void
         $article = $event->article;
 
         logger('Publishing article: ' . $article->id . ' : ' . $article->url);
-        // TODO: Add actual publishing logic here
+
+        LemmyService::publish($article);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Services/Article/LemmyService.php b/app/Services/Article/LemmyService.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca24538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Services/Article/LemmyService.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\Article;
+
+use App\Models\Article;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
+use Exception;
+
+class LemmyService
+{
+    public static function publish(Article $article): bool
+    {
+        $jwt = self::getJwtToken();
+        dd(['jwt' => $jwt]);
+
+//        $instance = config('lemmy.instance');
+//        $community = config('lemmy.community');
+//
+//        $response = file_get_contents("https://$instance/api/v3/community?name=$community");
+//        $data = json_decode($response, true);
+//
+//        dd($data);
+////        return $data['community_view']['community']['id'] ?? null;
+//
+//        logger('publishing ' . $article . ' - ' . $article->url);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    private static function getJwtToken(): ?string
+    {
+        return Cache::remember('lemmy_jwt_token', 3600, function () {
+            return self::login();
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static function login(): ?string
+    {
+        $username = config('lemmy.username');
+        $password = config('lemmy.password');
+        $instance = config('lemmy.instance');
+
+        if (!$username || !$password || !$instance) {
+            logger()->error('Missing Lemmy configuration');
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $response = Http::post("https://$instance/api/v3/user/login", [
+                'username_or_email' => $username,
+                'password' => $password,
+            ]);
+
+            if (!$response->successful()) {
+                logger()->error('Lemmy login failed', [
+                    'status' => $response->status(),
+                    'body' => $response->body()
+                ]);
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            $data = $response->json();
+            return $data['jwt'] ?? null;
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            logger()->error('Lemmy login exception', ['error' => $e->getMessage()]);
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config/lemmy.php b/config/lemmy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49b3fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/lemmy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    'username' => env('LEMMY_USERNAME'),
+    'password' => env('LEMMY_PASSWORD'),
+    'instance' => env('LEMMY_INSTANCE'),
+    'community' => env('LEMMY_COMMUNITY'),
+];