Connect BTT Publisher to Claude Code

Who this is for

Anyone at BTT who needs to draft, edit, or review content on our staging WordPress site at staging2.bristechtonic.co.uk. Time needed: about 5 minutes. Requires SOP 0 (Claude Code installed).

What this does

BTT Publisher lets Claude draft, search, and update posts on our own WordPress staging site. You can ask things like:

Create a draft blog post titled Our case study with XYZ Ltd with this content: ...
Find a stock image of a Bristol harbour at sunset, import it into BTT Publisher, and use it as the featured image of draft 42.
List the last 10 posts on the staging site.

Important: BTT Publisher only ever creates draft posts. Nothing goes live until Chris reviews and clicks Publish in WordPress.

Before you start

You need an access token from Chris. Slack him: Hi -- I am setting up BTT Publisher per SOP 4. Can I get my access token?

He will send a long random string. Store it in 1Password under BTT Publisher token -- [your name]. Treat it like a password.

Step 1 - Open Terminal

Press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, press Enter.
A window opens with a $ prompt. You only need to paste one line.

Step 2 - Paste the connection command

Paste this into Terminal, replacing PASTE_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE with the token Chris gave you:

claude mcp add --transport http btt-publisher "https://ops.bristechtonic.co.uk/api/btt-publisher-mcp?token=PASTE_YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"

Press Enter. You should see: Added MCP server: btt-publisher. Then close Terminal.

Step 3 - Restart Claude Code

Quit Claude completely: Cmd + Q.
Reopen: Cmd + Space, type claude, Enter.

Step 4 - Test it works

Use BTT Publisher to ping the server and tell me what it responds.

Claude should return a short pong or OK message. Then try:

Use BTT Publisher to list the last 10 posts on the staging site.

You should see recent posts on staging2.bristechtonic.co.uk.