Recast MCP

Turn any URL into platform-ready social media content. LinkedIn posts, Twitter threads, Reddit posts, and newsletter snippets — generated by your AI assistant.

How it works

Recast MCP gives your AI assistant (Claude, Cursor, etc.) two capabilities:

1. fetch_content tool — Fetches any URL and extracts clean, readable text (strips ads, navigation, boilerplate)
2. 4 prompt templates — Platform-specific content generation for LinkedIn, Twitter, Reddit, and Newsletter

Your AI does the writing. Recast handles the extraction and formatting rules.

Install

npx recast-mcp

Claude Desktop config

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "recast": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "recast-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor / VS Code

Add to your MCP settings:

{
  "recast": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "recast-mcp"]
  }
}

Usage

Once installed, just tell your AI:

"Fetch https://example.com/article and turn it into a LinkedIn post"

Or use the tools directly:

1. Call fetch_content with a URL
2. Use any of the 4 prompt templates with the fetched content:
   • repurpose_linkedin — Professional post with hook, CTA, and hashtags
   • repurpose_twitter — Thread of 3-7 tweets, each under 280 chars
   • repurpose_reddit — Authentic post with TLDR and discussion question
   • repurpose_newsletter — Personal snippet with insight on why it matters

Tone options

Each prompt accepts a tone parameter:

• professional (default) — Polished, business-ready
• casual — Relaxed, conversational
• technical — Detailed, assumes domain expertise

Supported sources

Works with any public URL. Automatically detects source type:

• Articles and blog posts
• YouTube pages (extracts description/metadata)
• Reddit threads
• Medium and Substack posts
• News articles

Privacy

100% local. Content is fetched directly by your machine. No data is sent to any third-party service. Your AI assistant generates the content — no external API calls.

License

MIT