Fetch and read the latest subscriber-only Trade Companion articles by Adam Mancini from Substack in plain text format with preserved structure, enabling seamless integration with Claude AI via Model Context Protocol.
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A tool to fetch and read articles from Trade Companion by Adam Mancini on Substack.
Install uv package manager if you don't have it already:
curl -sSf https://install.ultraviolet.dev | sh
Create and activate a virtual environment:
uv venv source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
Install dependencies using the pyproject.toml file:
uv pip install -e .
To access subscriber-only content, you'll need to provide your Substack cookies:
Install the Cookie-Editor extension for your browser:
Log in to your Substack account at tradecompanion.substack.com
Click on the Cookie-Editor extension icon
Click "Export" and select "Export as JSON" (This copies the cookies to your clipboard)
Create a file named substack_cookies.json
in the root directory of this project
Paste the copied cookies into this file and save
This tool is designed to be used with Claude AI assistant. To set it up:
{ "mcpServers": { "substack_reader": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/path/to/substack_reader", "run", "substack_reader.py" ] } }, "globalShortcut": "Ctrl+Space" }
Replace /path/to/substack_reader
with the actual path to your substack_reader directory.
When properly configured, Claude will automatically connect to this MCP server when launched.
You can then ask Claude to fetch the latest Trade Companion article.
Your Substack cookies are stored locally in the substack_cookies.json
file and are only used to authenticate requests to Substack. They are not sent anywhere else or exposed in any way.
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