Comic publishing for coding agents. A zero-dependency CLI + MCP server for the ComicEditorial platform — a multi-tenant "Substack for comic books". Create comics, chapters and pages, author interactive (branching) stories, draft panels with AI, and export to CBZ. As easy as git.

npm install -g comiceditorial

Quickstart

cmed signup my-studio --local     # create a tenant + save the key to .cmed/
cmed me                           # confirm tenant identity
cmed comic "My Hero" -g fantasy   # create a comic
cmed chapter create COMIC-ID "Chapter 1" --number 1
cmed comic status COMIC-ID published
cmed export cbz COMIC-ID --out out.cbz

Already have a cts_ key? cmed login --local --key cts_...

Run cmed init for an in-terminal quickstart, or cmed init --agent-schema for the machine-readable command contract (JSON). Full reference: cmed --help.

Watch it work

Real cmed sessions and the ComicEditorial dashboard — click any clip for the full video.


Sign up — an API key in seconds	Create with AI — draft a comic from a prompt
Publish — one command makes it live	Get paid — connect Stripe, readers pay you

See the full tabbed demo at comic.tyga.studio.

Configuration

Priority: --key flag > CMED_API_KEY env > .cmed/config.json (project-local). Base URL defaults to https://comic.tyga.studio (override with --api-url or CMED_URL). Add .cmed/ to your .gitignore.

Commands

Area	Commands
Setup	`signup`, `login`, `logout`, `me`, `config`, `key`, `init`
Payouts	`payouts`, `payouts onboard` (Stripe Connect — get paid by readers)
Comics	`comics`, `comic {show,create,update,status,cover,delete,stats}`
Chapters	`chapters COMIC-ID`, `chapter {show,create,update,delete,reorder}`
Pages	`pages CHAPTER-ID`, `page {delete,reorder}`
Stories	`stories`, `story {show,create,update,duplicate,publish,delete}`
AI	`ai story "prompt"`, `ai image "prompt"`, `ai export --panels-file FILE`
Export	`export cbz COMIC-ID --out FILE`, `export preview COMIC-ID`
MCP	`mcp-serve`

Getting paid

ComicEditorial is a "Substack for comics": creators are paid by readers via Stripe Connect. Your API key works for publishing immediately; to receive money a human completes payout onboarding — cmed payouts onboard prints a Stripe URL they open to finish KYC. Check status any time with cmed payouts or cmed me. Agents never handle card or bank details.

MCP server

cmed doubles as an MCP server so any agent can drive it as tools.

Local (Claude Code) — save as .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "comiceditorial": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "cmed",
      "args": ["mcp-serve"]
    }
  }
}

Remote (Claude Web / any SSE client):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "comiceditorial": {
      "type": "sse",
      "url": "https://mcp.comiceditorial.com/sse",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_CMED_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Without an API key the MCP server starts in onboarding mode, exposing only comiceditorial_get_started and comiceditorial_signup; once you sign up, the full toolset unlocks in-place — no restart.