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Ghost MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Ghost CMS. Manage your Ghost blog content directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

Features

  • 📝 Create & Edit Posts - Draft and publish blog posts
  • 🔍 Search Posts - Find posts by status, tags, or query
  • 🏷️ Tag Management - List and organize your tags
  • 📊 Analytics - Basic analytics integration support
  • 🗑️ Delete Posts - Remove unwanted content
  • 📚 Resource Access - Browse posts as MCP resources

Installation

npm install -g ghost-mcp

From Source

git clone https://github.com/mcpanvil/ghost-mcp.git cd ghost-mcp npm install npm run build npm link

Configuration

  1. Get your Ghost API keys:
    • Log into your Ghost Admin
    • Go to Settings > Integrations
    • Create a new Custom Integration
    • Copy the Admin API Key and Content API Key
  2. Set up environment variables:
# Create a .env file or set these in your environment GHOST_URL=https://your-site.ghost.io GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY=your-admin-api-key GHOST_CONTENT_API_KEY=your-content-api-key

Usage

With Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "ghost": { "command": "npx", "args": ["ghost-mcp"], "env": { "GHOST_URL": "https://your-site.ghost.io", "GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY": "your-admin-key", "GHOST_CONTENT_API_KEY": "your-content-key" } } } }

With Claude Code

# Add to Claude Code with your Ghost credentials claude mcp add ghost \ -e GHOST_URL=https://your-site.ghost.io \ -e GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY=your-admin-key \ -e GHOST_CONTENT_API_KEY=your-content-key \ -- npx ghost-mcp

Get your API keys from Ghost Admin → Settings → Integrations.

With Cursor

Add to Cursor's MCP settings:

{ "ghost": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@mcpanvil/ghost-mcp"], "env": { "GHOST_URL": "https://your-site.ghost.io", "GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY": "your-admin-key", "GHOST_CONTENT_API_KEY": "your-content-key" } } }

Available Tools

create_post

Create a new blog post.

{ title: string; // Required content: string; // Required (HTML or Markdown) status?: 'draft' | 'published'; // Default: 'draft' - set to 'published' to make live tags?: string[]; excerpt?: string; featured?: boolean; }

⚠️ Important Notes:

  • Posts are created as drafts by default. To publish immediately, set status: 'published'
  • Ghost v5 uses Lexical format internally, but this MCP handles HTML/Markdown conversion automatically
  • When viewing draft posts in Ghost admin, they may appear empty due to format conversion - this is normal

update_post

Update an existing post.

{ id: string; // Required (post ID) title?: string; content?: string; status?: 'draft' | 'published'; tags?: string[]; excerpt?: string; featured?: boolean; }

search_posts

Search and list posts.

{ query?: string; status?: 'draft' | 'published' | 'all'; limit?: number; // 1-100, default 10 tags?: string[]; }

get_post

Get a specific post by ID or slug.

{ id: string; // Post ID or slug }

delete_post

Delete a post.

{ id: string; // Post ID }

list_tags

List all available tags.

{ limit?: number; // 1-100, default 20 }

get_analytics

Get analytics information (requires additional setup).

{ days?: number; // 1-365, default 30 }

Troubleshooting

Updates Not Working

If post updates don't seem to be applying:

  1. Check browser cache - Ghost aggressively caches content
  2. Verify the post status - drafts may not show updates immediately
  3. Ensure you're using ghost-mcp v0.1.6 or later (earlier versions had an update bug)

Empty Content in Ghost Admin

When viewing posts in Ghost admin, content may appear empty. This is because:

  • Ghost v5 uses Lexical format internally
  • The MCP creates posts in HTML format
  • The admin panel may not display HTML content in the editor
  • Your published posts will display correctly on your site

Common Issues

  • "Validation error, cannot save post": Usually means required fields are missing
  • "Cannot read post": The post ID may be incorrect or the post was deleted
  • Draft posts not visible: Check your Ghost admin's post filter settings

Example Workflows

Writing a New Blog Post

Human: Create a published blog post about building MCP servers

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How are these scores calculated?

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Manage your Ghost blog content directly from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client, allowing you to create, edit, search, and delete posts with support for tag management and analytics.

  1. Features
    1. Installation
      1. NPM (recommended)
      2. From Source
    2. Configuration
      1. Usage
        1. With Claude Desktop
        2. With Claude Code
        3. With Cursor
      2. Available Tools
        1. create_post
        2. update_post
        3. search_posts
        4. get_post
        5. delete_post
        6. list_tags
        7. get_analytics
      3. Troubleshooting
        1. Updates Not Working
        2. Empty Content in Ghost Admin
        3. Common Issues
      4. Example Workflows
        1. Writing a New Blog Post

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