MCP server

Pod Researcher

io.github.pipeworx-io/pod-researcher

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

pod-researcher — podcast prospecting for guest booking and sponsorship.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

50

Token cost

About 29,114 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http pod-researcher https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pod-researcher/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.pod-researcher]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pod-researcher/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"pod-researcher":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pod-researcher/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"pod-researcher":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pod-researcher/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"pod-researcher":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pod-researcher/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add pod-researcher https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pod-researcher/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"pod-researcher","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pod-researcher/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"pod-researcher","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pod-researcher/mcp"}

Tools

• find_podcast_contacts ~746 tokens
  Find ACTIVE podcasts whose recent episodes cover a topic, each with the best published contact route for booking a guest or buying sponsorship. Searches episode titles and show notes across ~740k podcasts that published in the last year (from the Podcast Index open directory plus each show's own RSS
• get_podcast_profile ~214 tokens
  One podcast in full: identity (title, feed URL, website, podcast:guid, Apple id), activity status and feed health, the latest episodes, and EVERY published contact route with holder_type (person / role / hosting_account_owner), purpose, source_url and last_observed. Accepts a show_id, an RSS feed UR
• get_podcast_topic_changes ~131 tokens
  Signed-in accounts: for your topic watches (or one, by watch_id), the podcasts that match now and did not at the last check, with their best contact route. Each call moves the baseline forward, so a show is reported once.
• list_podcast_transcripts ~349 tokens
  Which episodes of a podcast have a publisher-provided transcript, and where: reads the show's own RSS feed live and lists every episode's Podcasting 2.0 <podcast:transcript> links with their format (SRT, WebVTT, JSON, text, HTML), language and URL. Episodes without one are kept in the list and label
• record_podcast_outreach ~408 tokens
  Signed-in accounts: record what happened when you reached out to a podcast, so find_podcast_contacts stops suggesting it. outcome: contacted, replied, declined, booked, bounced, do_not_contact or clear (clear lifts an earlier do_not_contact). Name the show by show_id. For a PERSON-level record (e.g.
• refresh_podcast ~167 tokens
  Ask for one podcast's RSS feed to be read again now rather than at its next scheduled check. Returns the show's current state and when the refresh was queued; new episodes show up in get_podcast_profile once the feed has been read (normally within minutes). Contact routes are re-checked separately,
• search_podcast_transcript ~500 tokens
  What a podcast episode actually said about a topic, with timestamps: fetches the episode's publisher-provided transcript (Podcasting 2.0 <podcast:transcript>, as SRT, WebVTT, JSON, plain text or HTML) and returns the passages that match a query, each with start and end time, the speakers when the fi
• watch_podcast_topic ~296 tokens
  Signed-in accounts: save a topic x purpose search so get_podcast_topic_changes can report podcasts that newly match it. Records the current matches as the baseline, so get_podcast_topic_changes returns only shows that appear after now. Returns the watch_id.

Browse

• GitHub tools
• Email
• Booking and scheduling
• GitHub and code hosting
• Music and audio

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