How do I install GoodSender?

Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does GoodSender need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: GOODSENDER_API_KEY, GOODSENDER_TELEMETRY, GOODSENDER_DISABLE_ACTION_GUARDS.

What transport does GoodSender use?

GoodSender is reached over HTTP.

GoodSender MCP server

Q: When was GoodSender last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-09. Publish blog posts, send newsletters and emails from Claude, Claude Code, Codex and ChatGPT.

GoodSender MCP Server

Publish blog posts, send newsletters and emails from Claude, Claude Code, Codex and ChatGPT. Send consent-based email and transactional email (OTP and MFA codes), and publish blog posts on your own domain. Connect to the hosted server with OAuth and nothing to install, or run it locally with an API key.

What you can do

Ask your assistant things like:

"Write a post about our new release, publish it on my blog and email it to subscribers."
"Draft a post from these notes and show me the preview before anything goes live."
"Connect blog.example.com to my blog and tell me which DNS records to add."
"Create a custom design for my blog that matches our logo, and show me a preview first."
"Send a password reset code to [email protected] with the OTP template."
"Email the March update to the beta-users group."

Posts are always created as drafts. Before publishing, the assistant shows where the post will go (your blog, the newsletter, connected social accounts) and asks you to confirm, unless you turned action confirmation off. The newsletter email carries the subject, the cover image when one is set, a summary and a link to the published post, not the full post body. Transactional templates such as OTP codes send right away. Other emails wait until the recipient consents. See Email sending.

Quick start (hosted, OAuth)

Hosted server URL:

https://mcp.goodsender.com/

You sign in to GoodSender in the browser the first time the client connects. To use blog tools, you need a GoodSender workspace with a blog. To send the optional newsletter, set up its sender identity and a public blog address first.

Claude Desktop

On Free, Pro or Max: open Customize → Connectors, choose Add → Add custom connector, and enter https://mcp.goodsender.com/. Keep the sign-in option so the OAuth flow runs the first time you use the connector.

On Team or Enterprise, an organization owner first adds GoodSender in Organization settings → Connectors → Add → Custom → Web. Members can connect it after that.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http goodsender https://mcp.goodsender.com/
claude mcp login goodsender

Complete the OAuth flow in the browser. Check the connection with claude mcp get goodsender, or run /mcp in an interactive session.

Codex

codex mcp add goodsender --url https://mcp.goodsender.com/
codex mcp login goodsender

The Codex CLI and IDE extension share this configuration. The login command completes the browser flow.

ChatGPT

Turn on developer mode under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings. Create an app with the server URL https://mcp.goodsender.com/ and OAuth authentication, then sign in to GoodSender when prompted. Pick the app from the + menu in a new chat.

Publishing needs MCP apps with write actions. OpenAI offers these as a beta on Business, Enterprise and Edu workspaces, and an admin may have to allow developer mode. Other plans may connect read-only. Menu names change between ChatGPT releases.

Full guide: goodsender.com/docs/mcp.

Local install

The local server uses an API key. Create one on the API keys page of your GoodSender dashboard. Treat the key as a secret: never commit or share it.

Grab the goodsender.mcpb file from the latest release.
Double-click the goodsender.mcpb file to open it in your AI client.

Note: Not every AI client supports MCP bundles or local MCP servers yet. Use a different installation method if nothing happens on double-click.

Run via

docker run -d -e GOODSENDER_API_KEY=<Your API Key> -v goodsender-mcp-data:/data ghcr.io/good-sender/mcp:latest

If your goal is to run the agent using this MCP fully autonomously, set GOODSENDER_DISABLE_ACTION_GUARDS=true to skip all action confirmations completely. See Action confirmation.

or add to docker-compose.yaml on your home server

services:
  goodsender-mcp:
    image: ghcr.io/good-sender/mcp:latest
    ports:
      - "9889:9889"
    environment:
      GOODSENDER_API_KEY: <Your API Key>
      # GOODSENDER_DISABLE_ACTION_GUARDS: "true"  # skip all action confirmations
    volumes:
      - goodsender-mcp-data:/data
    restart: unless-stopped

volumes:
  goodsender-mcp-data:

and run via

docker compose up -d

Grab the binaries.zip file from the latest release (includes MCP goodsender-mcp-* and CLI goodsender-* binaries).
Unzip it somewhere you can easily reference.
Modify your AI client config file, adding the MCP server configuration (example for Claude Desktop and Cursor on macOS):
```
{
  ...
  "mcpServers": {
    "GoodSender": {
      "command": "<path to the unzipped binaries>/goodsender-mcp-darwin-arm64",
      "env": {
        "GOODSENDER_API_KEY": "<Your API key>"
      }
    }
  }
  ...
}
```
For other platforms you must reference a corresponding binary instead of darwin (macOS)

If your goal is to run the agent using this MCP fully autonomously, set GOODSENDER_DISABLE_ACTION_GUARDS=true to skip all action confirmations completely. See Action confirmation.

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Meaning
`GOODSENDER_API_KEY`	Yes	Your GoodSender API key.
`GOODSENDER_DISABLE_ACTION_GUARDS`	No	`true` makes mutating tools run without a confirmation step. See Action confirmation.
`GOODSENDER_TELEMETRY`	No	`false` opts out of usage and reliability telemetry. See Telemetry & privacy.

Action confirmation

By default, tools that publish, send, delete or change the live blog design do not run immediately. They return a confirmation token. The agent must call confirm_action after you approve.

Set GOODSENDER_DISABLE_ACTION_GUARDS=true in the MCP server environment to skip that step. Tools then run when the client calls them. Use this for unattended loops (scheduled agents, CI). Leave it unset if you want every send and publish to wait for your approval in the chat.

Email sending

GoodSender sends email as well as blog posts. Permission protects deliverability, so cold outreach is not supported. Email tools work with the hosted server and with a local server.

🤝 Consent handling. Recipients you add get a consent request by email. Custom emails to a recipient without consent wait in a queue. Emails to recipients who already consented go out right away.
🔁 Automatic consent flow. You do not track consent yourself. Queued emails are sent on the next tool call that refreshes consent state, such as check_sender_domain_stats or list_recipients, after the recipient consents. Nothing is sent while the server is idle.
✅ Transactional templates. Built-in templates send right away, without a consent step: OTP code, MFA enrollment, new device login, password changed, email changed, order receipt and order completed.
✉️ Formats. Send plain text, HTML or Markdown to one or more addresses, or to whole groups.
📝 Custom templates. Create and edit templates with dynamic variables. Preview them in the chat with sample data, send a test email, then save and send by template name.
👥 Recipient groups. Organize recipients into groups and address a whole group by name.
🏷️ Sender identities. Manage From: identities on a verified domain and refer to them by name.
📊 Health metrics. Check email health metrics for each sender domain.
🛡️ Where data lives. Pending emails, custom templates, recipient groups and sender identities are stored in the MCP server's database: on your machine for a local server, on the server host for the hosted connection. Sending uses the GoodSender API. Blog posts, settings and designs are stored on GoodSender servers.

Add 'John Doe <[email protected]>' and 'Jane Doe <[email protected]>' to the AI newsletter subscribers group

ℹ️ This will:

Create/update the recipients in the database

Add them to the "AI newsletter subscribers" recipient group, creating it if needed

Create a GoodSender template for a weekly AI news digest sent to the AI newsletter subscribers group

ℹ️ This will:

Create a draft email template in GoodSender format following best practices for email template creation

Display interactive preview of this template draft (if AI client supports it)

Increase the number of news in the digest to 5

ℹ️ Done during the template draft creation/editing, this will:

Modify the template accordingly

Display interactive preview of this template draft (if AI client supports it)

Send a test email to me: 'Good Sender <[email protected]>'

ℹ️ Done during the template draft creation/editing, this will:

Send an email with mocked data generated from the current template draft only to you

Save the template as "Weekly AI news"

ℹ️ Done during the template draft creation/editing, this will:

Convert the current template draft to a persistent template stored in the MCP server's database

Allow sending emails just by mentioning the template name

Gather this week's AI news and send them using the "Weekly AI news" template

ℹ️ This will:

Create and enqueue a personalized template-based email for each recipient in the AI newsletter subscribers group

For all recipients who haven't received an email with consent request, will request their consent for receiving emails from you

Send emails to all recipients who granted their email consent

Keep the other emails queued; they go out on a later tool call after the recipient consents

Tools

Blog and newsletter

Tool	What it does
Posts and newsletter
`list_posts`	List all posts, drafts and published, with the blog's byline and taxonomy.
`get_post`	Get one post, including its markdown body.
`create_post`	Create a draft post. It never publishes or sends.
`edit_post`	Change a draft or published post.
`delete_post`	Permanently delete a post.
`create_post_preview`	Create a signed preview URL for a draft or published post.
`upload_post_image`	Upload an image (JPEG, PNG, GIF or WebP) for a post and get back its URL.
`get_post_distribution`	Show where a post goes when published: the newsletter and the dev.to, X, LinkedIn, Bluesky and Mastodon destinations.
`set_post_distribution`	Choose those destinations and review their text, newsletter subject and summary.
`publish_post`	Publish the post to the public blog, then act on its distribution plan.
`send_post_test`	Send a test email of the post to one inbox.
`broadcast_post`	Email a published post's newsletter to consented subscribers, at most once per post.
`reannounce_post`	Post a published post to one announce destination (X, LinkedIn, Bluesky or Mastodon) again.
Blog settings and custom domain
`get_blog`	Get blog settings (title, description, sender, theme, custom domain) and whether a custom design is live.
`update_blog`	Create or change blog settings, including SEO title and description.
`connect_blog_domain`	Claim a custom hostname for the blog and get the DNS records to add.
`get_blog_custom_domain`	Check custom domain status and DNS targets.

Email

Tool	What it does
Sending
`enqueue_email`	Queue an email in plain text, HTML or Markdown to addresses or groups. It is sent once the recipient consents.
`enqueue_template_email`	Queue a template-based email. It is sent once the recipient consents.
`send_consentless_email`	Send a built-in transactional template (OTP code, MFA enrollment, new device login, password or email changed, order receipt or completion) right away.
`send_template_draft_test_email`	Send a test email from a template draft to one recipient.
Templates
`template_format`	Documentation for the email template format.
`create_template_draft`	Start a new template draft.
`edit_template`	Edit a template or draft with search-and-replace changes.
`get_template`	Get a saved template by name.
`get_template_content`	Get a template's current content, including unsaved edits.
`render_template_preview`	Render a template preview with sample data.
`save_template`	Save a template draft.
`list_templates`	List email templates.
`delete_template`	Delete a template and the emails created from it.
Recipients and groups
`create_recipients`	Add recipients and request their consent.
`list_recipients`	List recipients with group memberships and consent status.
`edit_recipient`	Change a recipient's display name.
`delete_recipients`	Permanently delete recipients and their emails.
`create_group`

confirm_action runs an action you approved, for both blog and email tools. It is present only while action confirmation is on.

FAQ

Is there a blog platform with an official MCP server? Yes. GoodSender publishes this server for its blog platform. Connect the hosted server at https://mcp.goodsender.com/ with OAuth, or run it locally. See the MCP connection guide.

How do I publish a blog post from Claude Code? Add the server with claude mcp add --transport http goodsender https://mcp.goodsender.com/ and sign in with claude mcp login goodsender. Then ask Claude Code to draft the post, show the preview and publish it. The MCP connection guide walks through your first publish.

Can Codex publish posts to my blog on my own domain? Yes. Connect Codex with codex mcp add goodsender --url https://mcp.goodsender.com/, then ask it to connect your domain. It returns the DNS records you add at your DNS provider, and published posts appear at that address. Setup steps are in the MCP connection guide.

Can it send the post as a newsletter at the same time? Yes. Select the newsletter in the post's distribution, and publishing emails it to subscribers who have given consent. The blog needs a sending domain, a From: address and a public address first. The email has the subject, the cover image when one is set, a summary and a link to the post, not the full body. See how publishing from Claude and ChatGPT works.

How do I send email from Claude or Claude Code? Connect the server as in Quick start, then ask for the email in plain words, for example "Email the March update to the beta-users group." Recipients who already consented get it right away. Anyone else gets a consent request, and the email goes out after they consent.

Which emails skip consent (transactional/OTP)? Only the built-in transactional templates: OTP code, MFA enrollment, new device login, password changed, email changed, order receipt and order completed. send_consentless_email sends them right away. Custom emails and custom templates always wait for consent.

How it compares

For side-by-side comparisons with other blog and newsletter platforms, see GoodSender vs WordPress, Ghost, beehiiv and Hashnode.

Telemetry & privacy

Telemetry is enabled by default. MCP server sends aggregate usage and reliability metrics to GoodSender to help improve the product.

Typical signals include:

MCP tool names, call counts, and latency.
Success and error rates.
Short error excerpts on failures.
Background job error codes and frequency.

We do not intentionally collect email bodies, recipient addresses, or template contents as part of this telemetry.

You can opt out of telemetry collection by setting GOODSENDER_TELEMETRY=false in the MCP server environment.

See the GoodSender Privacy Policy for how personal data is handled by the service.

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Questions

How do I install GoodSender?

Does GoodSender need an API key?

What transport does GoodSender use?

When was GoodSender last checked?

Documentation

GoodSender MCP Server

What you can do

Quick start (hosted, OAuth)

Claude Desktop

Claude Code

Codex

ChatGPT

Local install

Environment variables

Action confirmation

Email sending

Add 'John Doe <[email protected]>' and 'Jane Doe <[email protected]>' to the AI newsletter subscribers group

Create a GoodSender template for a weekly AI news digest sent to the AI newsletter subscribers group

Increase the number of news in the digest to 5

Send a test email to me: 'Good Sender <[email protected]>'

Save the template as "Weekly AI news"

Gather this week's AI news and send them using the "Weekly AI news" template

Tools

Blog and newsletter

Email

FAQ

How it compares

Telemetry & privacy

Links