Get a post
Read one post with its content, tags, authors and email status.
MCP tool ghost_read → get_post
read
Returns the full post: title, content, excerpt, access, tags, authors, status and published_at. A post that was sent as a newsletter also carries the email status, with the delivered and opened counts Ghost holds for it. Needs a role that can see the post.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| post_id string required | string | Post ID from list_posts. |
| format string | string | html or lexical. Default html. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "ghost_read",
"arguments": {
"operation": "get_post",
"arguments": {
"post_id": "post_8c41d2"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"post": {
"id": "6710a1c2f3e4d500a1b2c3d4",
"title": "Issue 42: pricing notes",
"status": "draft",
"access": "Public",
"tags": [
"Weekly"
],
"authors": [
"Sam Rivera"
],
"excerpt": "Three pricing changes we tried this month.",
"published_at": null,
"updated_at": "2026-10-17T08:12:44.000Z"
}
},
"isError": false
}