MCP Medium Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to publish posts to Medium.

Features

• Publish Posts: Create and publish articles to Medium

• Draft Support: Publish as draft, unlisted, or public

• Tag Management: Add tags to your posts

• Canonical URLs: Set canonical URLs for SEO

• Follower Notifications: Optionally notify followers when publishing

Related MCP server: WordPress MCP Server

Installation

Via npx (Recommended)

npx mcp-medium

Local Development

git clone <repository-url>
cd mcp-medium
pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm start

Setup

1. Get Medium API Token

1. Go to Medium Settings

2. Scroll down to "Integration tokens"

3. Generate a new token

4. Copy the token for use in your environment

2. Set Environment Variable

export MEDIUM_TOKEN="your_medium_token_here"

3. Configure MCP Client

Add this server to your MCP client configuration:

Claude Desktop (config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "medium": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-medium"],
      "env": {
        "MEDIUM_TOKEN": "your_medium_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Other MCP Clients:

npx mcp-medium

Usage

Once configured, you can ask your AI assistant to publish posts to Medium:

"Please publish this article to Medium as a draft with the tags 'programming' and 'typescript'"

"Publish this post to Medium publicly and notify my followers"

Available Parameters

• title (required): The post title

• content (required): The post content (HTML format)

• tags (optional): Array of tags for the post

• canonicalUrl (optional): Canonical URL for SEO

• publishStatus (optional): "draft", "unlisted", or "public" (default: "draft")

Example

// The AI assistant can call this tool:
publishPost({
  title: "My First MCP Post",
  content: "<h1>Hello World</h1><p>This is my first post via MCP!</p>",
  tags: ["mcp", "automation"],
  publishStatus: "draft"
})

Development

Build

pnpm build

Development Mode

pnpm dev

Lint

pnpm lint
pnpm fix

Requirements

• Node.js 18+

• Medium account with API access

• Valid Medium integration token

License

MIT

Author

Jay Simons

• Website: https://yaa.bz

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file an issue on the repository.