# Podgist (remote · api.podgist.com)

Search, ask and order podcast transcripts; answers cite the episode and minute.

- Trust score: 61/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

> **Recent critical change**: Authorization (2026-11-01). See the changelog below before you install this server.

## Components

- remote · `api.podgist.com`: 61/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-podgist-podgist/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-podgist-podgist/api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.podgist.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.1.1`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation check failed: no authorisation is required to call this server, and it exposes a tool marked destructive (cancel_subscription).
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 65/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 2327 tokens (~58/item across 40 items; 40 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 74/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 21% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - All 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.
  - An AI judge read all 41 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Podgist MCP server?

Podgist is a hosted endpoint at https://api.podgist.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-podgist-podgist 'https://api.podgist.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-podgist-podgist": {
      "url": "https://api.podgist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "com-podgist-podgist": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.podgist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-podgist-podgist]
url = "https://api.podgist.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-podgist-podgist": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.podgist.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-podgist-podgist --url 'https://api.podgist.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-podgist-podgist:
    url: "https://api.podgist.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "com-podgist-podgist": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://api.podgist.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add com-podgist-podgist -t streamable-http -u 'https://api.podgist.com/mcp'
```

### Other

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

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-04 (score 61, +1)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: 2114 → 2327
- [functional] New tool “find_people”
- [functional] New tool “follow_person”
- [functional] New tool “get_person”
- [functional] New tool “list_people_follows”
- [functional] New tool “unfollow_person”

### 2026-11-03 (score 60, 0)

- [security] Tool “ask_question” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [security] Tool “start_topup” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [cosmetic] “ask_question” added an optional parameter “episode_id”

### 2026-11-02 (score 60, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 59, 0)

- [critical regression] Authorization: unverified → fail
- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [security] New tool “cancel_subscription”, which the server declares destructive
- [security] New tool “revoke_this_key”, which the server declares destructive
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: 81 → 59
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: 10% → 24%
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03
- [functional] Destructive annotations: pass → 100
- [functional] Server version: 1.0.0 → 1.1.0
- [functional] New tool “analyze_feed”
- [functional] New tool “billing_portal_link”
- [functional] New tool “checkout_quote”
- [functional] New tool “delete_ask”
- [functional] New tool “follow_podcast”
- [functional] New tool “get_account”
- [functional] New tool “get_news”
- [functional] New tool “get_order”
- [functional] New tool “get_podcast”
- [functional] New tool “get_topics”
- [functional] New tool “list_ask_history”
- [functional] New tool “list_credit_tiers”
- [functional] New tool “list_episodes”
- [functional] New tool “list_follows”
- [functional] New tool “list_orders”
- [functional] New tool “order”
- [functional] New tool “quote_credits”
- [functional] New tool “quote_episode”
- [functional] New tool “quote_index”
- [functional] New tool “quote_subscription”
- [functional] New tool “request_password_reset”
- [functional] New tool “restore_ask”
- [functional] New tool “set_email_settings”
- [functional] New tool “share_ask”
- [functional] New tool “start_topup”
- [functional] New tool “unfollow_podcast”

### 2026-10-31 (score 59)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (40)

### `list_services` (~31 tokens)

What Podgist offers, and the price of each call

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

### `find_podcasts` (~55 tokens)

Find podcasts by name

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.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required)

### `search_transcripts` (~97 tokens)

Search every transcript

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).

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string)
- `date_to` (string)
- `page` (integer)
- `podcast` (string): A slug from find_podcasts.
- `query` (string, required)

### `ask_question` (~87 tokens)

Ask the transcripts a 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 list_services).

Input parameters:

- `episode_id` (string)
- `question` (string, required)

### `get_answer` (~46 tokens)

Get an 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.

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required)

### `get_transcript` (~73 tokens)

Read one 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).

Input parameters:

- `episode_id` (string, required)
- `podcast_id` (string, required)

### `get_usage` (~39 tokens)

Balance and 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` (~58 tokens)

A podcast's page

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

Input parameters:

- `podcast` (string, required): A slug or podcast_id from find_podcasts.

### `list_episodes` (~103 tokens)

A podcast's 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).

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer)
- `podcast` (string, required): A slug or podcast_id from find_podcasts.
- `transcribed_only` (boolean)

### `analyze_feed` (~60 tokens)

Analyze a podcast feed for indexing

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.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required)

### `list_credit_tiers` (~21 tokens)

AI credit packs

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

### `get_topics` (~29 tokens)

Topics

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

Input parameters:

- `topic` (string)

### `get_news` (~17 tokens)

Podgist news

Podgist's own news posts. Free.

### `find_people` (~37 tokens)

Find people

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

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required)

### `get_person` (~68 tokens)

A 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.

Input parameters:

- `month` (string)
- `page` (integer)
- `person` (string, required)

### `quote_episode` (~84 tokens)

Price one 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.

Input parameters:

- `episode` (string, required): An episode_id from list_episodes.
- `podcast` (string, required): A slug or podcast_id from find_podcasts.

### `quote_index` (~60 tokens)

Price indexing a podcast

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.

Input parameters:

- `episode_ids` (array, required)
- `feed_url` (string, required)

### `quote_credits` (~30 tokens)

Price an AI credit pack

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

Input parameters:

- `tier` (integer, required)

### `quote_subscription` (~89 tokens)

Price a subscription term

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).

Input parameters:

- `interval` (string, required)
- `podcast` (string): A slug or podcast_id from find_podcasts.
- `product` (string, required)

### `order` (~90 tokens)

Pay a quote from the API balance

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.

Input parameters:

- `idempotency_key` (string, required): Any unique string; retrying with the same one never pays twice.
- `quote_id` (string, required)

### `get_order` (~33 tokens)

An order

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

Input parameters:

- `order_id` (integer, required)

### `list_orders` (~30 tokens)

Orders

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

Input parameters:

- `before` (integer)

### `get_account` (~32 tokens)

The account

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

### `list_follows` (~17 tokens)

Followed podcasts

The podcasts this account follows. Free.

### `follow_podcast` (~45 tokens)

Follow a podcast

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

Input parameters:

- `podcast` (string, required): A slug or podcast_id from find_podcasts.

### `unfollow_podcast` (~41 tokens)

Unfollow a podcast

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

Input parameters:

- `podcast` (string, required): A slug or podcast_id from find_podcasts.

### `list_people_follows` (~30 tokens)

Followed people

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

### `follow_person` (~48 tokens)

Follow a 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.

Input parameters:

- `person` (string, required)

### `unfollow_person` (~30 tokens)

Unfollow a person

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

Input parameters:

- `person` (string, required)

### `set_email_settings` (~91 tokens)

Summary-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.

Input parameters:

- `enabled` (boolean)
- `frequency` (string)
- `podcast` (string): A slug or podcast_id from find_podcasts.
- `points` (integer)
- `start` (string)

### `list_ask_history` (~39 tokens)

Ask history

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

Input parameters:

- `before` (string)
- `q` (string)

### `delete_ask` (~39 tokens)

Delete a question

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

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required)

### `restore_ask` (~34 tokens)

Restore a question

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

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required)

### `share_ask` (~29 tokens)

Share an answer

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

Input parameters:

- `job_id` (string, required)

### `checkout_quote` (~63 tokens)

Pay a quote by card instead

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.

Input parameters:

- `quote_id` (string, required)

### `start_topup` (~91 tokens)

Add funds (a link for a person)

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.

Input parameters:

- `amount` (number, required)
- `idempotency_key` (string, required): Any unique string; retrying with the same one never pays twice.

### `billing_portal_link` (~35 tokens)

Card billing portal

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

### `cancel_subscription` (~82 tokens)

Cancel a card 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" scope.

Input parameters:

- `provider` (string, required)
- `undo` (boolean)

### `request_password_reset` (~40 tokens)

Password reset email

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` (~30 tokens)

Revoke this key

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

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-podgist-podgist/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 61
- 2026-11-04: 61
- 2026-11-03: 60
- 2026-11-02: 60
- 2026-11-01: 59
- 2026-10-31: 59

## Common questions

### What is the Podgist MCP server?

Podgist is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.podgist/podgist. Search, ask and order podcast transcripts; answers cite the episode and minute. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.podgist.com/mcp).

### Is the Podgist MCP server safe to use?

Podgist scores 61 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Podgist MCP server expose?

Podgist exposes 40 tools: list_services, find_podcasts, search_transcripts, ask_question, get_answer, and 35 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,053 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Podgist MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Podgist without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Podgist MCP server still maintained?

Podgist is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.podgist.com/mcp
- Website: https://www.podgist.com/api-docs
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-podgist-podgist/api.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-podgist-podgist/api.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-podgist-podgist/api