Ghost MCP. Manage posts, authors, and pages with AI.
Ghost MCP connects your AI agent directly to your Ghost CMS, letting you manage and retrieve content without logging into a dashboard. List posts, check authors, pull taxonomy tags, or view site settings—all through natural conversation. Stop copy-pasting from admin panels; start working with live publication data instantly.
Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access
Fetch details for specific posts by their slug, or list every article currently marked as published.
List all available categorization tags and retrieve global site settings to understand how your content is organized.
Pull author profile details and list active writers across the entire publication.
Retrieve the full content and metadata for non-blog pages using their slugs.
List all active subscription tiers, helping you understand your paywall structure.
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What AI agents can do with Ghost CMS MCP: 11 Tools for Publishing Data
Use these tools to read structured data from your Ghost CMS, whether you need to list posts, check author details, or pull global site settings.
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Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.
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Checks if the connection between your AI agent and Ghost is working correctly.
Get Post By Slug
Fetches all details for a specific blog post using its unique URL slug.
Get Author Details
Retrieves the full profile information and bio for a specified author.
Get Page By Slug
Gets details about non-blog pages (like 'About Us') by their slug.
Get Site Settings
Accesses global site configurations, such as routing rules and title schemas.
Get Tag Details
Retrieves metadata for a specific content category or tag.
List Subscription Tiers
Provides a list of all active membership levels and their associated pricing details.
List Blog Authors
Lists every author who has contributed content to the publication.
List Static Pages
Retrieves a list of all pages that are not blog posts, including their slugs and...
List Published Posts
Lists metadata for every article currently live on the site.
List Content Tags
Retrieves a comprehensive list of all available content categories and tags used...
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Content publishing relies on endless clicks and copy/paste.
Today, gathering basic data means logging into Ghost, navigating through the posts section to list published articles. Then you jump over to the 'Authors' tab to find contributor bios. If you want a full picture of site structure, you have to manually check the global settings page and cross-reference taxonomy tags one by one.
With this connection, your AI agent handles all those steps for you. You just ask it to list published posts or pull author details. The data appears clean and structured right inside your chat window. It removes the tedious multi-tab manual process completely.
The Ghost MCP gives you full visibility into content structure.
You never have to manually check if a new post uses an existing tag or if the site's primary title schema has changed. You can call list_content_tags and get_site_settings in rapid succession, building your data model on demand without leaving your current workspace.
Your agent now sees Ghost as one cohesive data layer. It’s not a series of tabs; it's a single source of truth you can query.
What Ghost MCP does for your AI
This connection lets your AI agent read and write to your Ghost CMS directly. You can ask it to list all published blog posts, pulling the full HTML content and metadata for each one. Need to know what categories exist? Just ask it to retrieve all available taxonomy tags. It also helps you track who's writing by fetching profile details for active authors.
Even site-level data is accessible; you can get global settings or list current membership tiers to understand your paywall rules. By using this MCP on Vinkius, your AI client keeps the entire publishing stack live and available without requiring you to switch apps or navigate complex menus.
019d75a4-4cfb-7318-bb5e-a6e7e9d6ea0c How to set up Ghost MCP
The bottom line is that you treat your entire CMS like one accessible data source within your AI workflow.
Subscribe to this MCP on the Vinkius Marketplace and provide your Ghost Base URL and Content API Key.
Connect your preferred AI client (like Cursor or Claude) to the Vinkius catalog, granting access to the Ghost tools.
Start by asking a natural language question—for example, 'List all authors and their profiles'—and watch your agent execute the required tool calls.
Who uses Ghost MCP
Any content professional who spends too much time clicking through Ghost's administrative dashboard to gather simple pieces of information. This helps editorial leads and developers get critical site data instantly, right where they are working.
You need to pull a list of all published articles or check if an author's profile is up-to-date without leaving your writing environment.
You have to automate the retrieval of taxonomy tags and site configuration data to build new features into a client application.
You need an instant overview of all static pages and active subscription tiers to plan marketing copy or check revenue streams.
Benefits of connecting Ghost MCP
Access article content instantly: Instead of visiting the post in your browser to copy text, you can ask your agent to get post details by slug. This is faster and keeps your workflow contained.
Build a full site map programmatically: You don't have to click through multiple sections. Use list_static_pages and list_content_tags together to build an inventory of everything on the site via simple AI commands.
Understand your audience revenue: List subscription tiers instantly tells you what paywall rules are in place, letting you draft content that matches your pricing structure without manual checks.
Keep track of contributors easily: Use list_blog_authors and get_author_details to generate an up-to-date roster of writers and their professional bios for a newsletter sendout.
Get global site context on demand: Need to know how the site handles routing or what its primary title schema is? The get_site_settings tool gives you that data instantly, allowing developers to build against known standards.
Ghost MCP use cases
Need a quick content audit for SEO
A developer needs to verify if all static pages have proper metadata. They instruct their agent to list_static_pages, then loop through the results, calling get_page_by_slug on each one to pull the full text and check for missing H1 tags.
Drafting a contributor spotlight
The Content Manager wants to write an announcement about a new writer. They ask their agent to list_blog_authors, identify the target author, and then use get_author_details to pull the necessary bio text for immediate inclusion in the draft.
Planning a premium feature rollout
The Editorial Lead needs to know how many paid tiers exist. They prompt their agent to list_subscription_tiers, allowing them to confirm the current pricing structure before announcing changes on social media.
Generating an index of all topics
A user wants a master list of everything published. They ask for list_published_posts and list_content_tags, getting two clean lists that they can then combine to create an exhaustive site index.
Ghost MCP tradeoffs
What to watch out for, and the recommended way to handle each one.
Manually copying post data
Opening the Ghost dashboard, finding a specific article, and manually copying its content or metadata into a spreadsheet for analysis. This is slow and prone to formatting errors.
Ask your agent to get_post_by_slug using the article's slug. The tool pulls all clean, structured data directly from the source into your AI client.
Guessing site capabilities
Assuming that a certain feature, like global routing rules or subscription limits, exists because it seems logical, but failing to confirm its actual implementation.
Use get_site_settings. This tool provides the authoritative data on how your entire publication is configured.
Treating content tags as a single list
Trying to figure out if 'tech' and 'development' are separate categories or just different ways of tagging the same thing, requiring multiple clicks through the dashboard.
First, run list_content_tags to see all options. Then use get_tag_details on a specific tag name to understand its exact metadata.
When to use Ghost MCP
Use this MCP if your core workflow revolves around reading, listing, or pulling structured data from published content, authors, and site settings. Specifically, if you need to know the full list of available taxonomy tags (list_content_tags) or verify post details by slug (get_post_by_slug), this is what you want.
Don't use it if your main goal is writing new content drafts from scratch, or managing user accounts that aren't related to authorship. If you are only trying to generate text and don't need access to existing publication data, a general-purpose LLM will suffice. Also, if you just want a list of all authors without their profile details, the list_blog_authors tool is sufficient; you won't need get_author_details.
Frequently asked questions about Ghost MCP
How do I use the Ghost MCP to list all published posts? +
You ask your agent to list_published_posts. It will return a list of metadata for every article, including titles and publication dates.
Can I find out which tags are available using Ghost MCP? +
Yes. Use the list_content_tags tool. This gives you a complete inventory of all categorization tags applied across your site.
How does get_author_details work with the Ghost MCP? +
You provide the author's name or unique identifier, and the tool retrieves their full profile details, including bio and contribution history.
Do I need to manually enter my API key after connecting the Ghost MCP? +
No. The connection process requires you to provide your Base URL and Content API Key once during setup. After that, your agent handles authentication automatically.
What is the difference between list_static_pages and list_published_posts? +
list_published_posts only lists articles (blog posts). list_static_pages lists non-article pages like 'Contact' or 'About Us'.
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