beehiiv MCP connector
Connect beehiiv to Elaichi and Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client can read and edit your posts, subscribers, segments, automations and podcast episodes, with each person signed in as themselves and every call logged.
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How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.
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One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.
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Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.
How to connect
How to connect beehiiv to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
Two steps, about a minute.
In Elaichi
Connect beehiiv once
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Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick beehiiv.
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Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.
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Approve it in beehiiv. beehiiv's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.
The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.
Add connection
Choose a connector.
In your AI client
Point it at one endpoint
Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.
beehiiv MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
beehiiv MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
beehiiv MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Connect beehiiv to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
Use cases
What teams do with beehiiv through Elaichi
Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.
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Editorial
Draft next week's post from a brief
Turn a page of notes into a post draft in beehiiv, then open it in the beehiiv app to polish and publish.
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Growth
See which segments grew this week
Ask how subscriber counts moved by segment since Monday and which signup sources brought the new readers in.
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Marketing
Build a segment for the launch campaign
Set up a beehiiv segment of readers who opened the last three issues, ready for the automation that follows.
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Support
Fix a reader's record after a reply
Look up a subscriber by email, update their status or tags, and check which automations they are sitting in.
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Sales
Pull numbers for a sponsor call
Get opens and clicks on the last sponsored posts before the call, without digging through the beehiiv dashboard.
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Leadership
Get a weekly publication summary
Ask for subscriber growth, open rates, top posts and podcast episodes across every publication, summarized in one place.
Try asking
- “Which segments grew the most this week?”
- “Draft a post from these notes about the pricing change”
- “Show open rates for last month's sponsored posts”
Compare
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for beehiiv
All three can connect beehiiv to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over beehiiv tools | Allow or restrict single beehiiv tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per beehiiv call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | $15 per user per month. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |
Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.
Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.
See it in Elaichi
What connecting beehiiv gets you
5 screens from the product, each doing one job for your beehiiv account.
The agent
Ask about your subscribers in plain language.
Get answers from live beehiiv posts, segments and analytics without opening a dashboard.
- posts
- subscribers
- segments
- automations
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Which segments grew the most this week?
Draft a post from these notes about the pricing change
Show open rates for last month's sponsored posts
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
MCP clients
One governed endpoint for every AI client.
Use beehiiv from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor over OAuth, with no SDK or shared key.
ElaichiMCP clientsClaude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Copy the endpoint
Toolboxes
Each team gets its own beehiiv toolbox.
Editorial works with posts, growth with segments, support with subscribers, scoped per team.
- Editorial
- Growth
- Marketing
- Support
ElaichiToolboxesShared connections
Share a beehiiv connection, never a credential.
One person connects beehiiv, teammates work through it, and nobody handles a key.
- Editorial
- Growth
- Support
- Sponsorships
ElaichiConnectionsAudit log
Every beehiiv call answers who did what.
When, who, what happened and which post or subscriber, in an append-only log.
- When
- Who
- What happened
- Type
ElaichiAudit logLaunching soon
From answering questions to doing the work
A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.
Automations
A schedule starts the work, a person approves.
New beehiiv subscribers are fetched, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back.
beehiiv digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch posts
beehiiv
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Michael Brennan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
beehiiv
Queued
Collections and dashboards
Subscriber and post numbers, with no model involved.
Four beehiiv metrics, a 14 day chart of posts created, and a breakdown by team.
beehiiv health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the posts collection
Posts
1,284 ↓ 12%
Subscribers
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Posts created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Editorial 34%
Growth 27%
Support 21%
Sponsorships 18%
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I connect beehiiv to Claude?
Connect beehiiv in Elaichi first: click connect, sign in to beehiiv in the window that opens, and approve the access. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. There is no client ID or secret to generate for beehiiv, and no OAuth application to register.
Does beehiiv work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once beehiiv is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect beehiiv once and every client uses it.
What can an AI agent actually do with my beehiiv data?
It can read and edit your beehiiv posts, subscribers, segments, automations and podcast episodes, and pull analytics such as opens and clicks. You can ask it to draft a post, find a subscriber, build a segment or report on last month's issues. Publishing still happens in the beehiiv app, and short concrete asks work better than long sentences.
Does connecting beehiiv give the AI every publication and subscriber list?
No. Access follows the person who signed in to beehiiv, so someone who can see one publication only gets that publication's posts and subscribers through the AI. Elaichi can narrow that access further for a team, and it never widens it beyond what beehiiv already allows.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in beehiiv?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading beehiiv posts and subscribers while blocking edits or deletions. A restricted action is never advertised to the AI client, so no prompt can reach it.
What happens to a beehiiv connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to beehiiv through every client at once. A beehiiv connection they shared keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you want it gone entirely, disconnecting beehiiv once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client.
Does the beehiiv MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. beehiiv is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.
Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for beehiiv?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use beehiiv. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every beehiiv call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for beehiiv?
Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to beehiiv: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put beehiiv in front of your team
14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
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and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
- When the trial ends
- Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.