Step-by-step guides for setting up Specter and editing your Ghost blog with AI — plus honest comparisons with the tools people usually reach for.
From first sync to bulk AI edits across your whole archive.
How to activate your Specter Pro license, use it on a second Mac, deactivate a machine, and what happens to your license offline. A short setup guide.
GuideAdd 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.
GuideBulk 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.
GuideConnect 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.
GuideKeep 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.
GuideUpdate outdated blog content at scale: sync your Ghost posts to local markdown with Specter, run an AI audit to flag stale facts and dates, review, and sync back.
GuideGenerate 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.
GuideBulk 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.
GuideGhost 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.
GuideHow 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.
GuideLearn 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.
GuideBulk 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.
GuideCreate 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.
GuideA 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.
GuideFind 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.
GuideInstall Specter on your Mac in a few minutes: download the DMG, drag to Applications, launch the menu-bar app, and connect to Ghost.
GuideA Ghost sync conflict means a post changed on both sides. Here's what Specter's conflict prompt does and how to choose keep local, keep remote, or skip.
GuideA 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.
GuideHow 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.
GuideGhost Obsidian sync the local-first way: edit your live Ghost CMS posts as plain markdown notes inside your vault, two ways, with Specter.
GuideNeed to undo a change to a Ghost post? Ghost's revisions are limited. Sync to local markdown with Specter and use git to recover any earlier version.
GuideGhost 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.
GuideAn 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.
GuideUse git for Ghost version control: sync your blog to local markdown with Specter, then track every post change with commits, branches, diffs, and rollbacks.
GuideRun 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.
GuideRepurpose 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.
How Specter stacks up against the usual alternatives.
A Ghost AI writer alternative: instead of autogenerating content, bring your own AI to edit your existing Ghost posts locally, keep your voice and control.
ComparisonGhost markdown editing in your own tools vs the browser editor. A fair comparison of when each wins, and how to get local markdown with Ghost.
ComparisonObsidian Publish turns your vault into a website; Ghost is a full publishing platform with newsletters and memberships. Here's how they compare — and how to keep writing in Obsidian while publishing to Ghost.
ComparisonThe Obsidian Ghost Publish plugin pushes notes to Ghost one way. Specter syncs your whole Ghost blog with local markdown both ways — with conflict prompts and a dry-run preview. Here's the honest comparison.
ComparisonLooking for a Ulysses Ghost alternative or iA Writer Ghost sync that round-trips existing posts? Here is where each app stops and where Specter fits.
ComparisonYou can script the Ghost Admin API to sync posts to markdown yourself. Here's the honest build-vs-buy on what a robust two-way ghost api sync actually takes.