Medium MCP. Publish stories and manage your entire writing ecosystem.
Medium MCP lets your AI agent manage your entire publishing workflow. You can publish stories directly, audit all associated publications, and query contributor lists—all without opening a dashboard. It treats content distribution like a natural conversation with your writing team.
Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access
Retrieve and list every publication associated with your Medium account.
Query any specific publication to get a detailed roster of its contributors.
Draft and publish new articles directly to your main profile feed.
Publish a story specifically under one of your existing publications, ensuring it reaches the right audience.
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What AI agents can do with Medium Publishing Tools (5)
These tools let you programmatically interact with Medium's core functions, from publishing new content to auditing entire publication rosters.
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Start using Medium MCPCreate Post
Publishes a brand-new article directly to your Medium profile feed.
Create Publication Post
Creates and publishes an article targeted under a specific, named publication.
Get Me
Retrieves your current user details and profile information from Medium.
List Contributors
Fetches the list of all people who contribute to a specific publication.
List Publications
Generates a complete list of every publication you are associated with on Medium.
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The Chore of Content Distribution
Every writer knows the drill. You finish a great article, but before you hit send, you have to stop and think: 'Where does this go?' Then you open your browser tabs—one for your main profile, one for Publication A, one for Journal B. You copy the text, paste it into three different interfaces, make sure the tags are right in each place, and manually check that the formatting didn't break anywhere.
With this MCP connected through Vinkius, you ditch the tabs. Your agent receives your finished content once. It then knows to perform a targeted publishing action, using tools like `create_publication_post` to distribute it accurately across every required destination in one conversation. You just get the published story; nothing else.
Get Full Control With the Medium MCP
You eliminate manual audits. Instead of clicking through menus to see who wrote for Publication X, you simply ask your agent to run `list_contributors` and get a clean list instantly. You also don't have to guess what content formats are best; the MCP handles publishing in both HTML and Markdown.
What changes now is that your writing workflow becomes linear. You write it once, and the system ensures it gets properly published everywhere without you touching a dashboard or worrying about copy-pasting errors.
What Medium MCP does for your AI
This connector turns Medium into something far more than just a blogging platform; it makes it an operational hub for writers and editors. By connecting this MCP to Vinkius, you give your agent the ability to handle publishing tasks that used to require multiple manual logins and complex forms. Your agent can instantly list every publication you own or contribute to, grab detailed user information, and create entirely new posts tailored for specific audiences.
When you're working on a high-traffic publication, this MCP acts like a real-time editorial assistant. It handles the technical formatting—whether you need Markdown or HTML—and ensures that content gets distributed exactly where it needs to go, whether that’s your profile or a dedicated section of a larger journal.
019d8456-2ee2-73ab-ab73-80e4ca0aabcd How to set up Medium MCP
The bottom line is that once connected, you just talk to your agent; it handles the Medium details for you.
Subscribe to this MCP and provide your Medium Integration Token.
Connect it via your preferred AI client (Claude, Cursor, or any compatible agent).
Ask your agent to perform a publishing task, like listing publications or creating a post.
Who uses Medium MCP
This MCP is built for content teams and solo writers who get frustrated by manual publishing checklists. It's perfect for the editor tired of cross-referencing contributor lists, or the marketing lead needing to rapidly audit tags across multiple published pieces.
Uses this MCP to publish drafts and stories directly from their writing workflow without switching tabs.
Audits publication statuses and verifies the full contributor list for a journal before a major content drop.
Creates new posts, ensuring the content is formatted correctly in both Markdown and HTML styles.
Benefits of connecting Medium MCP
You can instantly list all publications using the list_publications tool. You never have to remember which journal you contribute to; the agent handles that inventory check for you.
When you write a story, you don't just publish it. You use create_publication_post to ensure the article lands exactly where your audience expects it, under the right publication banner.
Need to verify who wrote what? The list_contributors tool gives you a clean roster of writers for any journal, so you always know who's on the team page.
Forget formatting headaches. You can publish content using either HTML or Markdown formats, ensuring your aesthetic stays perfect regardless of how it gets exported.
Start by calling get_me to pull your user data. This gives your agent a solid foundation of context before it starts drafting and publishing anything.
Medium MCP use cases
Updating the 'About Us' page for a new journal.
The editorial manager needs to verify all current writers. They ask their agent to run list_contributors for the main publication ID, quickly confirming that no team members were accidentally left off the roster.
Batch publishing evergreen content.
A marketing team has 10 finished articles and needs them published immediately. They use create_publication_post in a loop, ensuring each piece lands under the correct publication with custom tags.
Onboarding a new writer to the platform.
The content creator wants to show their agent all available publishing outlets. They call list_publications, getting a clean list they can use to write onboarding instructions for a new hire.
Medium MCP tradeoffs
What to watch out for, and the recommended way to handle each one.
Trying to publish everything manually.
Copying the same article text, changing the title, and hitting 'Publish' in multiple browser tabs for every publication you belong to. This takes forever.
Let your agent use create_publication_post. You give it the content and the target publication name once, and it handles the distribution across all necessary locations.
Forgetting who owns which piece of content.
When reviewing a journal's contributors, you have to manually scroll through profiles to confirm everyone listed is actually active or belongs there anymore.
Use the list_contributors tool. It immediately provides an accurate list of members for that specific publication, saving tedious manual verification.
Drafting content without knowing your profile status.
Starting to write a huge article but forgetting if you need to update your personal bio or check which publications are even active under your account.
First, run get_me to pull the latest user data. Then, use list_publications to confirm all available destinations for your new content.
When to use Medium MCP
Use this MCP if your primary bottleneck is the sheer volume and variety of publishing targets. If you need an AI agent to act like a digital assistant that knows every journal you contribute to, or needs to manage contributor lists across multiple publications, this is it. Don't use it if you only want basic writing assistance; for that, any general LLM will do fine. However, if your goal is just simple content generation without publishing oversight, then an advanced document drafting tool might be better. Remember, the power here is in orchestration: using tools like list_publications and create_publication_post together means you're automating a cross-platform editorial process that few other single connectors can touch.
Frequently asked questions about Medium MCP
How do I list all my publications using the Medium MCP? +
You run the list_publications tool. This command retrieves a comprehensive list of every publication you are associated with on your account, giving you immediate visibility into all your content destinations.
Can I publish a story to only one specific journal? +
Yes, use the create_publication_post tool. This allows you to target your new article specifically under a named publication, ensuring it doesn't get lost on your main profile feed.
What is the best way to check my user data? +
You should use get_me. Running this tool retrieves all necessary authenticated user details and confirms your current status, giving your agent a solid foundation for any publishing task.
Does Medium MCP help me manage contributor lists? +
Absolutely. You can run the list_contributors tool to query any publication and get a clear roster of all contributors associated with it, making team management simple.