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Ghost Publisher

io.github.BlogFactoryHQ/ghost-publisher ยท v0.10.1

Local-first MCP server for safe Ghost authoring, diagnostics, scheduling, and publishing.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add ghost-publisher -e GHOST_URL=<GHOST_URL> -e GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY=<GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY> -e GHOST_API_VERSION=<GHOST_API_VERSION> -e GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE=<GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE> -e GHOST_READ_ONLY=<GHOST_READ_ONLY> -e GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS=<GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS> -e GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL=<GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL> -e GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE=<GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE> -e GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE=<GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE> -- npx -y [email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghost-publisher": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GHOST_URL": "<GHOST_URL>",
        "GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY": "<GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY>",
        "GHOST_API_VERSION": "<GHOST_API_VERSION>",
        "GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE": "<GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE>",
        "GHOST_READ_ONLY": "<GHOST_READ_ONLY>",
        "GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS": "<GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS>",
        "GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL": "<GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL>",
        "GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE": "<GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE>",
        "GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE": "<GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghost-publisher": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GHOST_URL": "<GHOST_URL>",
        "GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY": "<GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY>",
        "GHOST_API_VERSION": "<GHOST_API_VERSION>",
        "GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE": "<GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE>",
        "GHOST_READ_ONLY": "<GHOST_READ_ONLY>",
        "GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS": "<GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS>",
        "GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL": "<GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL>",
        "GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE": "<GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE>",
        "GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE": "<GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "ghost-publisher": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GHOST_URL": "<GHOST_URL>",
        "GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY": "<GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY>",
        "GHOST_API_VERSION": "<GHOST_API_VERSION>",
        "GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE": "<GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE>",
        "GHOST_READ_ONLY": "<GHOST_READ_ONLY>",
        "GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS": "<GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS>",
        "GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL": "<GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL>",
        "GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE": "<GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE>",
        "GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE": "<GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
GHOST_URL
Required
URL of the Ghost site.
GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY
Required, secret
Admin API key from a Ghost custom integration.
GHOST_API_VERSION
Optional
Ghost Admin API compatibility version; defaults to v5.0.
GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE
Optional
Permission profile: read-only, draft-editor, scheduler, or publisher. Defaults to publisher.
GHOST_READ_ONLY
Optional
Legacy alias for the read-only profile. Do not combine with GHOST_PERMISSION_PROFILE.
GHOST_UPLOAD_ROOTS
Optional
Allowed absolute directories for local image uploads.
GHOST_DEPLOY_HOOK_URL
Optional, secret
Optional deployment hook called once after a completely successful publish or unpublish batch.
GHOST_PUBLIC_POST_URL_TEMPLATE
Optional
Optional public post URL containing {slug} for live checks.
GHOST_PUBLIC_PAGE_URL_TEMPLATE
Optional
Optional public page URL containing {slug} for headless live checks.

Details

Package[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published25 Aug 2026
Last updated25 Aug 2026
Registry nameio.github.BlogFactoryHQ/ghost-publisher

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