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name: ghost description: Create drafts and publish or update posts on a self-hosted Ghost site through the official Admin API. Use when the user mentions Ghost, a Ghost publication, newsletters, or publishing an article to their own Ghost site. when_to_use: | Trigger when the user wants to list, create, update, draft, or publish posts on a self-hosted Ghost site. Public writes require explicit confirmation. connections: [ghost] allowed_tools: [Bash, publish_artifact] license: Apache-2.0 metadata: author: acedatacloud version: "1.0"

Ghost Admin API

Use the bundled standard-library client. The connector injects:

• $GHOST_SITE_URL — site root, such as https://blog.example.com
• $GHOST_ADMIN_API_KEY — Ghost custom integration key (id:hexsecret)

The key grants administrative publishing access. Never print, log, or place it in command arguments.

G="$SKILL_DIR/scripts/ghost.py"
[ -f "$G" ] || G=$(find /tmp -maxdepth 8 -path '*/skills/*/ghost/scripts/ghost.py' 2>/dev/null | head -1)
[ -f "$G" ] || { echo "ghost script not found" >&2; exit 1; }

python3 "$G" posts --limit 10

Create a private draft

python3 "$G" create --title "Title" --html-file article.html --status draft --confirm

Ghost's Admin API accepts HTML through ?source=html. Convert Markdown to HTML first. create is a dry run unless the trailing argument is --confirm.

Publish

python3 "$G" create --title "Title" --html-file article.html --status published
python3 "$G" create --title "Title" --html-file article.html --status published --confirm

The first command only prints the proposed operation. Before the confirmed call, show the final title and body and obtain explicit approval. Use the returned .posts[0].url; never construct or guess a URL.

Update an existing post

Ghost requires the current updated_at value for conflict detection:

python3 "$G" update --id POST_ID --updated-at "2026-07-21T12:00:00.000Z" \
  --title "Revised title" --html-file revised.html
python3 "$G" update --id POST_ID --updated-at "2026-07-21T12:00:00.000Z" \
  --title "Revised title" --html-file revised.html --confirm

Errors

HTTP	Meaning	Action
401	Invalid/revoked Admin API key	Reconnect Ghost with a current custom-integration key
403	Integration lacks access	Check the integration and site permissions
409	Stale updated_at	Re-read the post, review changes, and retry with its latest timestamp
422	Invalid post payload	Surface Ghost's validation message and fix the content

If a confirmed create/update ends with a network error, the result is unknown: do not repeat the write. Run posts, compare title/status/updated time, and only retry after proving Ghost did not accept the original request.

After a confirmed publish returns a real URL, record it once with publish_artifact(kind="article", channel="ghost", ...).