generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://docs.ghost.org/ghost-cli and
  https://github.com/TryGhost/ghst/blob/main/README.md
provider: Ghost
providerId: ghost-org
description: >-
  Ghost ships two first-party command-line tools with different jobs. `ghost-cli` is the
  long-standing installer and operations CLI for a self-hosted Ghost server — it never
  touches the HTTP APIs. `ghst` is the newer API-facing CLI: everything the Ghost Admin
  API can do, plus an embedded MCP server. Binaries are catalogued in
  packages/ghost-org-packages.yml.
clis:
- name: ghost
  package: ghost-cli
  version: 1.31.0
  published: '2026-08-11'
  docs: https://docs.ghost.org/ghost-cli
  repository: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost-CLI
  scope: server-operations
  api_facing: false
  install:
  - npm install ghost-cli@latest -g
  commands:
  - group: install
    commands: [install, 'install local', 'install <version>']
    note: Provisions Ghost, MySQL, NGINX, SSL (Let's Encrypt) and systemd.
  - group: lifecycle
    commands: [start, stop, restart, ls, run]
  - group: maintenance
    commands: [update, backup, doctor, log, config, setup, uninstall, migrate, version, help]
  key_flows:
  - name: Production install
    steps: [ghost install, ghost setup, ghost start]
  - name: Upgrade in place
    steps: [ghost backup, ghost update, ghost doctor]
- name: ghst
  package: '@tryghost/ghst'
  version: 0.16.5
  published: '2026-08-10'
  repository: https://github.com/TryGhost/ghst
  homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tryghost/ghst
  scope: admin-api
  api_facing: true
  stability: beta
  stability_note: Ghost's own README states the tool is pre-1.0 and not yet stable.
  install:
  - npm install -g @tryghost/ghst
  - npx @tryghost/ghst
  - pnpm add -g @tryghost/ghst
  - yarn global add @tryghost/ghst
  auth:
    interactive: ghst auth login
    non_interactive: ghst auth login --non-interactive --url https://myblog.ghost.io --staff-token "{id}:{secret}" --json
    credential: Ghost staff access token (id:secret), exchanged for a short-lived JWT
    multi_site: ghst auth list / ghst auth switch <site-alias>
  safety:
    destructive_flag: --enable-destructive-actions
    note: Destructive commands additionally require --yes in non-interactive scripts.
  output:
    json: --json
    jq: --jq
  commands:
  - resource: auth
    actions: [login, status, list, switch, logout, link, token]
  - resource: post
    actions: [list, get, create, update, delete, publish, schedule, unschedule, copy, bulk]
  - resource: page
    actions: [list, get, create, update, delete, copy, bulk]
  - resource: tag
    actions: [list, get, create, update, delete, bulk]
  - resource: member
    actions: [list, get, create, update, delete, import, export, bulk]
  - resource: newsletter
    actions: [list, get, create, update, bulk]
  - resource: tier
    actions: [list, get, create, update, bulk]
  - resource: offer
    actions: [list, get, create, update, bulk]
  - resource: label
    actions: [list, get, create, update, delete, bulk]
  - resource: comment
    actions: [list, get, thread, replies, likes, reports, hide, show, delete]
  - resource: webhook
    actions: [create, update, delete, events, listen]
  - resource: user
    actions: [list, get, me]
  - resource: image
    actions: [upload]
  - resource: theme
    actions: [list, upload, activate, validate, dev]
  - resource: site
    actions: [info]
  - resource: socialweb
    actions: [status, enable, disable, profile, 'profile-update', search, notes, reader,
      notifications, posts, likes, followers, following, post, thread, follow, unfollow,
      like, unlike, repost, derepost, delete, note, reply, block, unblock, 'block-domain',
      'unblock-domain', upload]
  - resource: stats
    actions: [overview, web, growth, posts, email, post]
  - resource: setting
    actions: [list, get, set]
  - resource: migrate
    actions: [wordpress, medium, substack, csv, json, export]
  - resource: config
    actions: [show, path, list, get, set]
  - resource: api
    actions: ['ghst api <endpointPath>']
    note: Raw authenticated request against any Admin API path.
  - resource: mcp
    actions: [stdio, http]
    note: See mcp/ghost-org-mcp.yml.
  - resource: completion
    actions: [bash, zsh, fish, powershell]
  key_flows:
  - name: Publish a markdown file
    steps:
    - ghst auth login
    - ghst post create --title "Launch" --markdown-file ./launch.md
    - ghst post publish <id>
  - name: Script against the API
    steps:
    - ghst post list --limit 5 --json
    - ghst post list --jq '.[].title'
  - name: Serve the Admin API to an agent
    steps:
    - ghst mcp stdio --tools all
summary:
  cli_count: 2
  api_facing_cli_count: 1