About Rephonic
Rephonic is a remote podcast research server for AI agents and assistants, providing searchable show and episode data alongside audience, contact, chart, and sponsorship information.
Key features
- 01Search podcasts and episodes
- 02Retrieve episode transcripts
- 03View listener demographics
- 04Find contacts and social accounts
- 05Track charts, sponsors, and trends
Use cases
- 01Find podcasts for guest pitching
- 02Analyze episode transcripts
- 03Monitor brand mentions and sponsorships
- 04Build podcast media lists
MCP support
The remote MCP server connects compatible AI clients to Rephonic data through tools for searching, lookup, audience research, contacts, transcripts, and charts.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://mcp.rephonic.comclaude mcp add --transport http com-rephonic-rephonic https://mcp.rephonic.com{"mcpServers":{"com-rephonic-rephonic":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.rephonic.com"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"com-rephonic-rephonic":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.rephonic.com"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"com-rephonic-rephonic":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.rephonic.com"}}}{"mcpServers":{"com-rephonic-rephonic":{"serverUrl":"https://mcp.rephonic.com"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMERephonic MCP Server
Give AI agents and LLMs access to podcast data from Rephonic — covering 4+ million podcasts with listener estimates, demographics, contact details, chart rankings, episodes, and more.
This is a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor to the Rephonic API.
Ideas and Use Cases
- Read, summarise and analyse transcripts — grab a full-text transcript for almost any podcast episode
- Search and discover podcasts — find shows by topic, category, or audience fit
- Research podcasts for guest pitching — see listener numbers, audience demographics, and contact details without leaving your AI workflow
- Monitor brand mentions — track when your brand, competitors, or clients are mentioned across podcasts
- Analyze audience demographics — age, education, profession, income, and location breakdowns for any podcast
- Track chart rankings — daily Apple, Spotify, and YouTube chart data across countries and categories
- Monitor sponsorships and promotions — see who's advertising on which shows, with ad copy and promo codes
- Build media lists — pull verified email contacts, social accounts, and host/guest info at scale
Tools
- search_podcasts — Search for podcasts by topic, title, or publisher with advanced filters.
- search_episodes — Search for episodes by keyword across titles, show notes, and transcripts.
- autocomplete — Get suggested keywords and matching podcasts for a search query.
- find_podcast — Resolve a Rephonic podcast from an Apple/iTunes ID, Spotify ID, YouTube channel ID, or RSS feed URL. Use this first when you already have one of those identifiers.
- lookup_podcast — Look up a podcast's metadata, chart rankings, and latest episodes by its Rephonic ID.
- podcast_people — Get hosts and guests of a podcast with contact details and social profiles.
- podcast_demographics — Get estimated listener demographics (age, education, profession, income, location).
- podcast_promotions — Get sponsors and cross-promotions from a podcast's episodes.
- list_episodes — List all episodes for a podcast in chronological order.
- get_episode — Look up metadata for an individual episode.
- episode_transcript — Get the full transcript for an episode.
- contacts — Get email contacts, contact pages, and social accounts for a podcast.
- social_accounts — Get social media accounts linked to a podcast with follower/engagement metrics.
- feedback — Get overall ratings and AI-generated review summaries for a podcast.
- reviews — Get individual listener reviews from various apps.
- trends — Get historical trends for podcast metrics over time.
- shared_audience_graph — Get podcasts with overlapping listeners.
- chart_categories — List available chart categories and countries for Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.
- chart_rankings — Get the latest chart rankings for a platform, country, and category.
- list_categories — List podcast categories (for use with search filters).
- list_countries — List countries (for use with search filters).
- list_languages — List languages (for use with search filters).
- list_sponsors — List commonly seen sponsors (for use with search filters).
- list_professions — List common listener professions (for use with search filters).
- list_interests — List common listener interests (for use with search filters).
- api_quota — Check your API request quota and usage.
Setup
You need a Rephonic API key. Get one here.
ChatGPT
- Go to Settings → Apps → Advanced settings and enable Developer mode
- Then click Create app
- Enter Name: Rephonic
- Enter MCP Server URL:
https://mcp.rephonic.com - Click Create and enter your Rephonic API key when prompted
Claude.ai
- Go to Settings → Connectors
- Click Add custom connector and enter name
Rephonicand MCP server URLhttps://mcp.rephonic.com - Click Add and enter your Rephonic API key when prompted
Claude Desktop
Add to your config file and restart Claude Desktop:
- macOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json - Windows:
%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"rephonic": {
"url": "https://mcp.rephonic.com"
}
}
}
Claude Code
Add to your project's .mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"rephonic": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.rephonic.com"
}
}
}
Cursor
Go to Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server. Set type to URL and enter https://mcp.rephonic.com.
Development
If you want to fork or customize this MCP server for your own needs, here is how you can run or deploy it.
Prerequisites
- Node.js
- A Cloudflare account (for deployment)
Local dev
npm install
npm start
The server runs at http://localhost:8788. Test with the MCP Inspector:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@latest
Type-check
npm run type-check
Regenerate Cloudflare types
After changing wrangler.jsonc:
npm run cf-typegen
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