interconnect-mcp

MCP server for The Interconnect, Sam Prodger's publication on AI governance, APIs and agentic systems.

Exposes the blog's Ghost Content API as MCP tools so agents can read, search and cite the articles directly.

There is no public instance of this server. Run your own against any Ghost publication.

Tools

Tool	What it does
get_publication_info	Who Sam is, what the publication covers, citation guidance
list_articles	List published articles with title, excerpt, tags, reading time. Supports pagination.
get_article	Full text of a specific article by slug
search_articles	Search titles and excerpts by keyword, server-side

Run locally

1. Get your Ghost Content API key

Go to your Ghost admin, then Settings, Integrations, Custom Integration, and copy the Content API Key.

2. Configure

cp .env.example .env
# edit .env and paste your key

3. Install and run

npm install
npm start

The server detects the PORT environment variable. If set, it runs in HTTP/SSE mode for hosting. Without it, it runs over stdio for local use with Claude Code or Claude Desktop.

Add to Claude Code

Point Claude Code at your local checkout. Stdio, so no token and no hosting needed:

"interconnect": {
  "command": "node",
  "args": ["/absolute/path/to/interconnect-mcp/server.js"],
  "env": {
    "GHOST_API_KEY": "your_content_api_key"
  }
}

Add to Claude Desktop

In ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "interconnect": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/interconnect-mcp/server.js"],
      "env": {
        "GHOST_API_KEY": "your_content_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Deploy your own

fly launch
fly secrets set GHOST_API_KEY=your_key_here
fly secrets set TRUST_PROXY=1
fly deploy

Set PORT so the server comes up in HTTP/SSE mode, and put your own auth in front of it.

Environment

Variable	Default	Purpose
GHOST_API_KEY	—	Required. Ghost Content API key. The server exits without it.
PORT	unset	Set for HTTP/SSE mode. Unset for stdio.
TRUST_PROXY	0	Number of proxy hops in front of the server.
GHOST_URL	the publication	Ghost base URL. Override to point at another site.
GHOST_TIMEOUT_MS	10000	How long to wait on Ghost before giving up (1s–120s).

TRUST_PROXY matters more than it looks. Behind a reverse proxy every request arrives from the proxy's address, so at the default of 0 the rate limiter sees a single client and its 100-per-15-minutes becomes a global budget shared by everyone — one busy agent locks out the rest. Set it to the real hop count (1 for Fly.io and most PaaS) and the limit applies per client.

Set it to the real number, not a large one. Each hop you claim is a header the server will believe, so over-trusting lets a caller supply their own X-Forwarded-For and mint a fresh identity per request, evading the limiter entirely. If you are not behind a proxy, leave it at 0.

This publication is MCP-enabled

The Interconnect is designed to be read by agents. The get_publication_info tool returns structured citation guidance so agents can attribute content correctly.