AAAbanoub Ashrafinabanoubashraf.hashnode.dev·Mar 28 · 1 min readI Wanted This MCP to Help Me Learn, Not Just PublishPart 9 of 9 The last piece I cared about was making this useful for learning, not just publishing. That’s where these came in: study_topic_on_substack extract_coding_lessons I wanted Substack to become more than a place to publish. I wanted it to b...00
AAAbanoub Ashrafinabanoubashraf.hashnode.dev·Mar 28 · 1 min readSubstack Is Weirdly Good as a Research Surface, So I Turned It Into OnePart 6 of 9 The project got a lot more interesting when it stopped being just a publishing tool. That’s where the research layer came in: research_substack research_substack_post research_substack_publication Now the MCP can help discover writers, ...00
AAAbanoub Ashrafinabanoubashraf.hashnode.dev·Mar 27 · 1 min readA Substack MCP Should Show You More Than Just DraftsPart 5 of 9 I didn’t want this to be a write-only Substack MCP. If I’m using a tool to publish, I also want it to help me understand what’s happening inside the publication. So I added: get_post_analytics get_sections get_subscriber_count That made...01M
AAAbanoub Ashrafinabanoubashraf.hashnode.dev·Mar 27 · 1 min readThe Boring Substack Workflows Are the Real Test of Whether a Tool Is GoodPart 4 of 9 The fastest way to tell whether a tool is real or just demo bait is to try the unglamorous parts. That’s why this batch focused on: upload_image duplicate_post delete_draft These are not flashy features. They’re the things that decide w...00
AAAbanoub Ashrafinabanoubashraf.hashnode.dev·Mar 27 · 1 min readMost MCP Demos Stop at Drafts. I Wanted the Whole Publishing FlowPart 3 of 9 A lot of MCP demos stop at “draft created successfully” and then quietly hand the real work back to the dashboard. That always felt fake to me. If the promise is “operate this product from an AI client,” then the workflow has to continue ...00