📅 Day 10 of 30 · Week 2: Connect & Create · ⏱ 15 minutes
The Newsletter Problem
Most publishers send daily or weekly newsletters by manually curating links and writing summaries. It’s 30-60 minutes of work — often the last thing on a busy editor’s plate, which means it’s the first thing to get cut or rushed. With MCP, Claude can draft a newsletter from your published content in under 2 minutes.
Step 1: Tell Claude What to Pull
Look at all posts published on our site today.
For each one, give me:
- The headline
- A 2-sentence summary
- The URL
- The category
Sort them by category, then by publication time.Claude reads your WordPress site via MCP and returns a structured list of today’s content.
Step 2: Generate the Newsletter Draft
Now draft an email newsletter from this content. Use this format:
Subject line: [Publication Name] Daily Briefing — [Date]
Opening: A 2-3 sentence editorial intro that connects today's top stories
thematically (don't just list them).
Sections: Group stories by topic. Each story gets:
- A bold headline (linked to the full article)
- A 2-sentence summary that hooks the reader to click through
- Keep the tone conversational but informed
Closing: "That's your briefing for today. Reply to this email if a story
caught your eye — we read every response."
Total length: Under 400 words.Step 3: Refine the Draft
The first draft will be solid but generic. Refine it with follow-up prompts:
The opening feels too formal. Make it sound more like how our editor-in-chief
talks in the morning standup — casual authority, maybe a wry observation
about the news cycle.
Also, the climate story should lead — it got the most engagement on social today.Step 4: Save as a Draft Post
Once you’re happy with the newsletter, tell Claude to save it:
Create this as a draft post on our site with:
- Post type: post (or "newsletter" if we have a custom post type)
- Category: Newsletter
- Title: the subject line
- Status: draftThis saves the newsletter as a WordPress draft that your team can review, edit, and send through your email platform (Mailchimp, Beehiiv, ConvertKit, etc.).
💡 Tip: The power here isn’t replacing your newsletter editor — it’s giving them a 90% draft to start from instead of a blank page. The editorial voice and judgment still come from your team.
✅ Key Takeaway: Newsletter drafting via MCP turns 45 minutes of curation into a 5-minute review. The AI reads your entire site’s output and produces a structured, on-brand first draft. Your editor polishes and sends.