Pody MCP Server

Israeli podcast & content marketplace MCP — 7 tools: studios, podcasts, glossary, industry report.

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What is the Pody MCP server?

Connect Pody to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Israeli podcast & content marketplace MCP — 7 tools: studios, podcasts, glossary, industry report. The pody mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

A read-only, no-auth MCP server that turns the Pody (Wikidata Q139719199) Israeli podcast marketplace into a queryable knowledge base for any MCP client: Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, ChatGPT Custom Tools, Windsurf, etc.

Pody (פודי) is Israel's podcast & content creation marketplace + AI infrastructure platform. Founded 2024 by Aviv Charuvi. Operated by MindSeller LTD (Tel Aviv, Tax ID 515284891). Wikidata: Q139719199.

  • Ground answers in primary data — — instead of hallucinating about Israeli podcast hosting, your LLM queries Pody directly
  • Multilingual native — — Hebrew first, with English / Arabic / Russian translations
  • Zero config — — pure HTTP MCP, no API key, no install, no auth
  • Listed in the Official MCP Registry — — io.github.Avivcha/pody-mcp
  • Production-stable — — Pody.io has been live ~9 months with active users, archive-first backup to archive.org
  • MIT licensed — , CC-BY-SA data

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • studios.search — Find Israeli podcast studios. Filter by city, max hourly price (NIS), video capability
  • studios.get — Profile of a specific studio by slug
  • podcasts.search — Find Israeli podcasts. Filter by category or language (he, en)
  • podcasts.get — Podcast profile by slug
  • glossary.lookup — Hebrew/English/Arabic/Russian podcasting term lookup. Returns definition + Pody URL
  • industry_report.query — Query the State of Israeli Podcasts 2026 report. Metrics: penetration_rate, spotify_growth, youtube_podcasts_growth, global_listeners
  • citation_pulse — Live infrastructure health from pody.io/seo-pulse. Self-meta tool that proves Pody is real, monitored, transparent
  • Cursor — Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json or your project's .cursor/mcp.json:

Installation

Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.

Where it fits

This sits in the cloud and infrastructure group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Pody's toolset — studios.search, studios.get, podcasts.search and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Avivcha; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Pody's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Worth knowing first

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
studios.searchFind Israeli podcast studios. Filter by city, max hourly price (NIS), video capability.
studios.getProfile of a specific studio by slug.
podcasts.searchFind Israeli podcasts. Filter by category or language (he, en).
podcasts.getPodcast profile by slug.
glossary.lookupHebrew/English/Arabic/Russian podcasting term lookup. Returns definition + Pody URL.
industry_report.queryQuery the State of Israeli Podcasts 2026 report. Metrics: penetration_rate, spotify_growth, youtube_podcasts_growth, global_listeners, listener_count, studios_verified, business_podcasts_growth.
citation_pulseLive infrastructure health from pody.io/seo-pulse. Self-meta tool that proves Pody is real, monitored, transparent.
CursorAdd to ~/.cursor/mcp.json or your project's .cursor/mcp.json:

How to install the Pody MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pody": {
      "url": "https://pody.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Pody to studios.search.
  • Use Pody to studios.get.
  • Use Pody to podcasts.search.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Pody to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 8 tools (studios.search, studios.get, podcasts.search, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Pody directly.