Podgist

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How to connect

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "podgist": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.podgist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

40 tools

• list_services

  Lists the tools, which need an API key, and the current price per call. Free; no key needed.

• find_podcasts

  Public podcasts whose name contains the text, most-transcribed first, with their slug (for the podcast filter of search_transcripts). Free; no key needed. At most 20 results.

• search_transcripts

  Full-text search across transcripts: matching episodes with snippets, newest relevance first, 20 a page. Optional podcast slug and date range (YYYY-MM-DD). Needs an API key; billed per search (see list_services).

• ask_question

  Starts a cited answer drawn only from what was said on podcasts, or from one episode when episode_id (the pid of a search result) is given. Returns a job_id; call get_answer with it until status is complete (usually under a minute). Needs an API key; billed per question (see…

• get_answer

  The status and, once complete, the answer and its cited passages for a job from ask_question. Needs the API key that asked. Not billed.

• get_transcript

  One episode's transcript, with speaker turns and timestamps, by podcast and episode id (the sid and pid of a search result). Only what the key's account may read. Needs an API key; billed per transcript (see list_services).

• get_usage

  The key's account balance and monthly allowance, and its calls and cost per day over the last 30 days. Needs an API key. Not billed.

• get_podcast

  Description, links, how many episodes are transcribed, the latest episode, and the price to transcribe an episode or subscribe. Free; no key needed.

• list_episodes

  Episodes newest first, 25 a page: title, date, length, whether transcribed (with its link) and, if not, the price to transcribe it. Page 1 is free with no key; each later page needs a key and is billed at the catalog rate (list_services).

• analyze_feed

  Reads a public RSS feed (or Apple/Spotify link) and lists its episodes with which are already on Podgist and the price to transcribe the rest. Free; no key needed; at most 10 a minute.

• list_credit_tiers

  The AI-question credit packs and their prices. Free.

• get_topics

  This week's topics across podcasts, or one topic by slug. Free.

• get_news

  Podgist's own news posts. Free.

• find_people

  People podcasts talk to and talk about, by name: slug, one-line descriptor and appearance counts. Free.

• get_person

  One person's page data: bio, photo credit, counts, trend and the months with episodes; with month (YYYY-MM) and page, that month's episodes and how each names them. Free.

• quote_episode

  The price for this account to transcribe one episode (or, if transcribed, to read it), held 30 minutes. Needs a key with the "order" scope. Not billed; nothing is bought until order.

• quote_index

  The price to transcribe chosen episodes of a feed (episode ids from analyze_feed), with volume pricing. Needs a key with the "order" scope. Not billed until order.

• quote_credits

  A quote for one credit pack (tier from list_credit_tiers).

• quote_subscription

  A prepaid term of one month or year, paid from the balance, that never renews by itself: "podcast" (every transcript of one show), "all" (every transcript) or "professional" (all access plus the API).

• order

  Buys what a quote is for, charging its price to the account's prepaid API balance (never a card). At most $50 an order and $200 a day. Episodes that are never transcribed are refunded automatically. Needs the "order" scope.

• get_order

  One order and each episode's status (waiting, transcribed, refunded). Free.

• list_orders

  This account's orders paid from the API balance, newest first. Free.

• get_account

  Plan, subscriptions, AI credits, follows, purchases and summary-email settings, as the account page shows them. Free.

• list_follows

  The podcasts this account follows. Free.

• follow_podcast

  Follow a podcast (as the Follow button does). Needs the "account" scope. Free.

• unfollow_podcast

  Stop following a podcast. Needs the "account" scope. Free.

• list_people_follows

  The people, names and keywords this account follows, with their latest episodes and alert settings. Free.

• follow_person

  Follow a person by slug (find_people), as the Follow button does. The free plan follows up to 3. Needs the "account" scope. Free.

• unfollow_person

  Stop following a person. Needs the "account" scope. Free.

• set_email_settings

  Turn the summary email on or off, set daily or weekly and the weekly day, or include one followed podcast (podcast + enabled). Needs the "account" scope. Free.

• list_ask_history

  This account's questions, newest first, site and API alike. Free.

• delete_ask

  Remove a question from the Ask history (restore_ask puts it back). Needs the "account" scope.

• restore_ask

  Put a deleted question back in the Ask history. Needs the "account" scope.

• share_ask

  The public link to one of this account's answered questions.

• checkout_quote

  A checkout link for a person to pay this quote by card (when the balance or a cap stops order). The quote can then only be paid by that link; asking again returns the same link. Needs the "billing" scope.

• start_topup

  A checkout link for a person to add funds to the API balance by card; nothing is charged by the agent. The amount must be within the top-up limits list_services gives (orders.topup_min / topup_max). Needs the "billing" scope.

• billing_portal_link

  A link for a person to change the card, see invoices or cancel a card subscription. Needs the "billing" scope.

• cancel_subscription

  Cancel the account's card-paid Professional plan at period end (provider "stripe", undo to keep it), or its PayPal subscription (provider "paypal"), exactly as the account page does. Prepaid terms bought with the balance never renew, so need no cancelling. Needs the "billing"…

• request_password_reset

  Email the account's address a password-reset code, as "Forgot password" does; the person sets the new password. Needs the "account" scope.

• revoke_this_key

  Revoke the API key making this call, for good. Other keys are managed only by the person.

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