Beehiiv for AI agents

beehiiv is a newsletter platform for writing, sending, and growing publications, used by creators and media teams to manage subscribers, posts, and automations. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

MarketingAPI keyMCP + RESTbeehiiv.com
AUDIT LOG · BEEHIIVPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
beehiiv.list_posts
List Posts✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
beehiiv.list_segments
List Segments✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
beehiiv.create_segment
Create Segment✓ approved · approved by user
EVERY BEEHIIV CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Beehiiv.

01

Draft a newsletter post

Create a draft post for a publication and leave it ready for an editor to review before sending.

02

Segment subscribers for a campaign

Create a segment of subscribers based on custom fields to target a specific group with the next issue.

03

Check a subscriber's segments

List a subscriber's segment memberships as a read-only check before deciding whether to include them in a send.

02 · ACTIONS

11 Beehiiv actions, graded by risk.

Every Beehiiv action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

6

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • beehiiv.list_posts
    List Posts
  • beehiiv.list_segments
    List Segments
  • beehiiv.list_publications
    List Publications
  • beehiiv.list_custom_fields
    List Custom Fields
  • beehiiv.list_subscriptions
    List Subscriptions
  • beehiiv.list_segment_members
    List Segment Members

write

5

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

  • beehiiv.create_segment
    Create Segment
  • beehiiv.create_draft_post
    Create Draft Post
  • beehiiv.update_draft_post
    Update Draft Post
  • beehiiv.create_subscription
    Create Subscription
  • beehiiv.update_subscription_custom_fields
    Update Subscription Custom Fields

destructive

0

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

  • No destructive actions.
03 · HOW IT WORKS

Beehiiv in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect BeehiivThey add their Beehiiv api key on Arc0 Connect, under your brand. It goes straight into the vault.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, and writes like “create Segment” can wait for the user to approve.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Beehiiv through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
POLICY.TS
await arc0.policies.set('beehiiv', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_segment
  destructive: 'deny',  
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Beehiiv connects.

Users add their Beehiiv api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

The same Beehiiv connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH
API key
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use Beehiiv from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
07 · FAQ

Beehiiv and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Beehiiv with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Beehiiv to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Beehiiv actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Beehiiv?

Users add their Beehiiv api key on Arc0 Connect. It is encrypted in the vault, never shown to the model, and each user can rotate or revoke it at any time.

Q03

Which Beehiiv actions can my agent take?

11 in total: 6 read, 5 write and 0 destructive, such as “create Segment”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I make my agent read-only in Beehiiv?

Yes. Allow read actions and deny writes in the Beehiiv policy. Your agent can still look things up, and any write it attempts is blocked and logged.

Q05

Can my own backend call Beehiiv too?

Yes. The same Beehiiv connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug Beehiiv into your agent.

Your users connect Beehiiv once, under your brand. Your agent gets 11 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan