Post to Tumblr from Claude Code

Claude Code drafts it. You approve it. PostDelegate posts it.Tumblr: Text, image or video posts on your blog.

How to post to Tumblr from Claude Code

Add PostDelegate to Claude Code. Add the PostDelegate MCP server with the command below. Run /mcp inside Claude Code and authenticate the postdelegate server. Your browser opens to sign in.
Terminal
```
claude mcp add postdelegate --transport http "https://app.postdelegate.com/mcp-oauth-dynamic"
```
Connect Tumblr in PostDelegate. On the calendar page choose Add Channel, then Tumblr. Sign in with Tumblr and approve the permissions PostDelegate asks for: posting to your blogs and staying signed in.
Ask Claude Code for a draft. Describe the post in plain words. Claude Code checks your Tumblr channel's rules, creates the post and sends back a preview link.

Teach Claude Code the posting rules

Save the PostDelegate skill to ~/.claude/skills/postdelegate/SKILL.md. Call it with /postdelegate, or just ask for a post and Claude Code loads it. Agent files has the steps.

What to ask Claude Code

Mention any Tumblr setting in plain words and Claude Code fills it in. Claude Code can also read text files in your project, such as a changelog or a draft in Markdown.

Draft a Tumblr text post titled “Behind the scenes” about how we design our covers, with the tags design and process.
Schedule this image post from my media library on my Tumblr blog for Sunday at 12:00, and credit the source URL.
Turn posts/studio-tour.md into a Tumblr post with a title and tags, saved as a draft.

What Claude Code can do on your Tumblr channel

Check the rules first. Before writing, it reads your Tumblr channel's length limit (32,768 characters) and required settings.
Draft, schedule or post. It creates a draft, a scheduled post or an immediate post, and runs the same checks as the app.
Use your media. It attaches files from your media library or adds one from a public link.
Review and fix. It lists what is scheduled, changes the Tumblr settings of a post that has not gone out, and deletes posts you no longer want.

Tumblr is a blogging platform, and a PostDelegate post becomes one post on the blog you connected. It can hold long text, up to 30 images or a single MP4 video, with an optional title, a link, a source credit and tags.

Tumblr settings Claude Code can fill in

Setting	Notes
Title	Optional. Shown as a heading at the top of the post.
Link URL	Optional. Added to the post as a link.
Source URL	Optional. Credits where the content came from.
Tags	Optional. Separate tags with commas.

Before you start

Each post is published straight away on the blog, not saved as a draft on Tumblr. Keep a draft in PostDelegate to hold it back.
Tumblr caps how many posts, uploads and videos a blog can publish each day. A post over the cap fails with Tumblr's reason.

The Tumblr channel guide has every field, and MCP tools lists exactly what an assistant can and cannot do.

Questions

Will Claude Code publish to Tumblr without asking me?

Not unless you ask it to. Ask for a draft and the post waits on your calendar until you schedule it, and your workspace's approvals apply as usual. Tools that change data are marked as such, so Claude Code can ask you before it schedules or deletes anything.

Do I need an API key to connect Claude Code?

No. Claude Code signs in with your PostDelegate account through your browser. An API key is only for clients that cannot sign in, as described in MCP clients.

Does it cost extra to use Claude Code with PostDelegate?

No. The MCP server is on every plan, and Claude Code runs on your own Claude Code account, so PostDelegate never charges for AI. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial with no card.

Can Claude Code attach images or video to a Tumblr post?

It can use files already in your media library, or add one from a public link. It cannot fetch files from your computer, so upload those in the app first. See MCP tools.

Can I schedule posts to more than one Tumblr blog?

Yes. Each connection is one blog. To post to another blog on the same Tumblr account, add it as a second channel from Add Channel.

What happens if I hit Tumblr's daily limit?

Tumblr caps how many posts, uploads and videos a blog can publish each day. A post that goes over the cap fails with Tumblr's reason shown on the calendar. Schedule it for the next day.

Tumblr from other assistants

Other networks from Claude Code

Prefer to plan Tumblr posts yourself? See the Tumblr scheduler.