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Specter + Ghost guides

Everything you can do with Specter on a Ghost blog — from first sync to bulk AI rewrites across your whole archive.

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Add a CTA or disclosure to every Ghost post at once

Add a CTA, affiliate disclosure, or footer to all your blog posts: sync to local markdown with Specter, append the block across the archive, preview, and sync back.

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Bulk edit Ghost tags: clean up your taxonomy with AI

Bulk edit Ghost tags and clean up a messy taxonomy: sync posts to local markdown with Specter, normalize tags across the archive with AI, preview, and sync back.

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Connect Specter to your Ghost blog (first sync)

Connect Ghost markdown sync in minutes: paste your site URL and Admin API key, test, pick a folder, and run your Ghost CMS first sync to pull posts.

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Enforce a style guide across your whole Ghost blog

Keep your blog style guide consistent at scale: sync Ghost posts to local markdown with Specter, apply voice and formatting rules with AI, review, and sync back.

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Find and fix outdated content across your Ghost blog

Update outdated blog content at scale: sync your Ghost posts to local markdown with Specter, run an AI audit to flag stale facts and dates, review, and sync back.

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Generate meta descriptions for every Ghost post in bulk

Generate Ghost meta descriptions in bulk with AI: sync posts to local markdown with Specter, fill in missing excerpts across the archive, preview, and sync back.

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Ghost internal linking: bulk update links across your blog

Bulk Ghost internal linking: sync your blog to local markdown, use AI to add contextual links and fix broken ones across every post, preview, and sync back.

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Ghost version history: real version control for your blog

Ghost version history is limited to a few recent edits per post. Sync your posts to local markdown with Specter and put the folder under git for real history.

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How Specter handles Ghost cards in markdown sync

How Specter handles Ghost lexical and markdown when syncing Koenig cards: what round-trips cleanly, what can flatten, and how the dry-run preview protects you.

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How to back up a Ghost blog as markdown files

Learn how to back up a Ghost blog by syncing every post down to local markdown with Specter, so your whole archive lives safely on disk you control.

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How to bulk edit Ghost posts for SEO (at scale)

Bulk edit Ghost posts for SEO: sync your whole blog to local markdown, run an AI or script pass across every post, preview the diff, and sync back.

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How to create a custom integration in Ghost

Create a custom integration in Ghost to get an Admin API key and URL. A step-by-step guide for connecting external tools like Specter to your blog.

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How to edit Ghost posts with Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini

A hands-on workflow to edit Ghost posts with Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini: sync your blog to local markdown with Specter, edit, preview the diff, and sync back.

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How to get your Ghost Admin API key (step by step)

Find or create your Ghost Admin API key in minutes. Make a custom integration, copy the key and API URL, and avoid the Content key mistake.

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How to self-host Ghost: the short version

A plain-language guide to self-host Ghost on your own server: what it takes, what it costs, the upkeep involved, and how to keep your posts as local markdown.

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How to set up a Ghost blog: Ghost Pro vs self-hosted

How to set up a Ghost blog, weighing Ghost Pro managed hosting against self-hosting, plus how to keep your posts as local markdown once it's running.

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How to use AI to edit your Ghost blog posts (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini)

Ghost has no built-in AI. Here's how to sync your Ghost posts to local markdown with Specter and edit them with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or any AI tool — then publish the changes back.

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Migrate from the Obsidian Ghost plugin to Specter

An Obsidian Ghost Publish alternative with two-way sync: pull existing Ghost posts to local markdown, edit on both sides, and migrate without losing a thing.

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Put your Ghost blog under version control with git

Use git for Ghost version control: sync your blog to local markdown with Specter, then track every post change with commits, branches, diffs, and rollbacks.

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Refresh old Ghost posts at scale for an SEO content refresh

Run a content refresh across your Ghost blog: sync posts to local markdown with Specter, update stale posts in bulk with AI, preview the diff, and sync back.

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Repurpose Ghost blog posts into newsletters and threads

Repurpose blog posts at scale: sync your Ghost archive to local markdown with Specter, then use AI to turn posts into newsletter issues, threads, and summaries.

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Translate a Ghost blog with AI, from local markdown

Translate your Ghost blog with AI: pull every post to local markdown, run a translation pass that preserves tags, slugs, images, and links, preview the diff, sync back.

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