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Summary
Drive Ghost (open-source publishing platform) from any AI agent: posts, pages, tags, members, newsletters. 12 tools, Admin API JWT auth.
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Example prompts for Ghost
Click any prompt to copy it. Paste into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Gemini, Copilot or OpenClaw to run it against this connector.
Claude is AI and can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.
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git clone, no local server.
Ghost + Cursor
Drive Ghost (open-source publishing platform) from any AI agent: posts, pages, tags, members, newsletters. 12 tools, Admin API JWT auth.
Prerequisites
See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:
GHOST_ADMIN_API_URL, GHOST_ADMIN_JWT
Step 1 — Get credentials
Setup:
- Sign in to Ghost Admin → Settings → Advanced → Integrations → Add custom integration.
- Copy the Admin API Key — format is
<id>:<secret>(e.g.5f3a...c4:b9d8...e2). - Set:
GHOST_ADMIN_API_URL= your Ghost site's admin API base, e.g.https://yoursite.com/ghost/api/adminGHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY= the fullid:secretkey from step 2
…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)
Step 2 — Install the adapter
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d
Step 3 — Add the connector in Cursor
Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (
https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide showsYOUR_SERVER_ID.
Cursor reads MCP servers from ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Add this entry:
{
"mcpServers": {
"anythingmcp": {
"url": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
"headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
}
}
}
- Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
- Save the file and restart Cursor.
- Open Cursor → Settings → MCP to verify
Ghostis listed and "Connected". - Start chatting — all
Ghosttools are now invokable.
Available tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
ghost_list_posts | List posts |
ghost_get_post | Fetch a post by ID (or by slug with /slug/{slug}/) |
ghost_create_post | Create a post |
ghost_update_post | Update a post |
ghost_delete_post | Delete a post permanently |
ghost_list_pages | List static pages (separate from posts) |
ghost_list_tags | List tags with member/post counts |
ghost_list_members | List members (subscribers, both free and paid) |
ghost_create_member | Create a member (subscribe email) |
ghost_update_member | Update a member |
ghost_list_newsletters | List newsletters on the site (Ghost supports multiple newsletters per site since v5) |
ghost_site | Return site info (title, description, version, url) |
FAQ
Does Cursor support custom MCP servers on the free tier? Yes — MCP is available on Hobby, Pro and Business plans.
Next steps
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