The Podcaster MCP

MCP server to interact with The Podcaster API.
Allows AI agents to list, search, add and read podcasts, as well as manage categories.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18
• A Podcaster API token (Bearer)

Configuration

Add to your Cursor / Claude Desktop MCP config:

"podcaster-mcp": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "the-podcaster-mcp"],
  "env": {
    "PODCASTER_ENV": "PROD",
    "PODCASTER_API_TOKEN": "your_bearer_token_here"
  }
}

Environment variables

| Variable | Values | Description | | :-------------------- | :-------------- | :----------------------------------- | | PODCASTER_ENV | DEV | PROD | Target environment (default: DEV) | | PODCASTER_API_TOKEN | string | Bearer token for API authentication |

Available tools

Podcasts

| Tool | Description | | :--- | :--- | | list_podcasts | List processed (COMPLETED) podcasts, with optional pagination and category filtering | | search_podcasts | Search podcasts by title, description or author | | add_podcast | Add a YouTube or France Culture podcast to the processing queue | | get_podcast_status | Check the processing status of a podcast (QUEUED, PROCESSING_AUDIO, PROCESSING_TRANSCRIPTION, COMPLETED, ERROR) | | get_podcast_content | Retrieve the text content of a podcast tab (summary, transcription, etc.) |

Categories

| Tool | Description | | :--- | :--- | | list_categories | List all categories in hierarchical form | | search_categories | Search categories by name | | create_category | Create a new category | | update_category | Rename a category or change its parent | | delete_category | Delete an empty category | | add_podcast_to_category | Associate a podcast with a category | | remove_podcast_from_category | Remove a podcast from a category |

License

ISC