How to connect Intelliminds to Ghost

Use Ghost Admin API credentials to send reviewed articles as drafts or published posts and keep them connected for guarded updates.

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Connect Intelliminds with Ghost.

Review setup, capabilities, and current boundaries below.

How the Ghost integration works

The integration authenticates to Ghost's Admin API, converts approved Markdown into HTML, and creates or updates the linked post.

01
Add Ghost credentials
Provide the publication domain, Ghost admin URL, and an Admin API key from the intended Ghost site.
02
Review the payload
Confirm the title, slug, HTML, excerpt, metadata, feature image, tags, and publication state.
03
Publish and retain identity
Intelliminds stores the Ghost post identifier and update timestamp for later reads and conflict-aware updates.

What you can do with Intelliminds and Ghost

Create a Ghost draft or published post.
Update a linked post with remote-version conflict protection.
Send title, slug, HTML body, meta description, custom excerpt, and tags.
Upload a feature image and preserve its alt text.
Permanently delete a connected Ghost post when requested.

What moves between the tools

Ghost receives HTML and publishing metadata through its Admin API; Intelliminds retains the post ID and remote update version.

Post content: Title, slug, rendered HTML, custom excerpt, and meta description.
Taxonomy: Tags supplied by the full document publishing path.
Feature image: Ghost-hosted image URL and available alt text.
Remote state: Draft or published status, post URL, post ID, and update timestamp.

How to connect Ghost to Intelliminds

Create a dedicated Ghost custom integration and handle its Admin API key as a secret.

1Create or select a custom integration in Ghost Admin.
2Copy the Admin API key without exposing it in public documentation or content.
3Enter the publication domain, admin URL, and key in Intelliminds.
4Verify credentials and create one draft post for review.

Popular ways to use the Ghost integration

Independent publications

Run an SEO editorial pipeline while Ghost remains the delivery and membership platform.

Draft-first review

Send a post to Ghost Admin for a final editorial pass before it becomes public.

Conflict-aware refreshes

Stop an update when the Ghost post changed after Intelliminds captured its remote version.

Common Ghost integration checks

Ghost returns unauthorized

Confirm the Admin API key belongs to the correct publication and that its ID and secret were entered intact.

An update reports a conflict

Pull and reconcile the newer Ghost version rather than forcing a stale update.

The feature image is missing

Check the image upload response and verify that Ghost accepted the generated WebP asset.

Ghost integration questions

Can Intelliminds create Ghost drafts?

Yes. Choose draft status when the post needs a final review in Ghost Admin.

How does the Ghost connection authenticate?

It uses a Ghost Admin API key from a custom integration and generates short-lived signed tokens for API requests.

Will Intelliminds overwrite a newer Ghost edit?

Guarded updates compare Ghost's updated timestamp and stop on a stale version so the remote change can be reconciled.

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