Rephonic MCP is a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server used to let AI agents and large language models (LLMs) access podcast data from the Rephonic API. The materials state that it covers 4 million+ podcasts, including listener estimates, audience demographics, contact details, chart rankings, episodes, and other information. It connects AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor with the Rephonic API.
[Uses and Typical Scenarios] According to the official description, its uses and use cases include: reading, summarizing, and analyzing podcast transcripts (full transcripts can be obtained for almost any podcast episode); searching for and discovering podcasts by topic, category, or audience fit; conducting podcast research for guest invitations (viewing listener numbers, audience demographics, and contact details without leaving the AI workflow); monitoring brand mentions (tracking mentions of brands, competitors, or customers in podcasts); analyzing audience demographics (age, education, occupation, income, regional distribution); tracking chart rankings (daily Apple, Spotify, and YouTube chart data across countries and categories); monitoring sponsorships and promotions (viewing which shows are running ads, including ad copy and promo codes); building media lists in bulk (pulling verified email contact details, social accounts, and host/guest information).
[Main Tool Capabilities] The tools listed in the materials include: search_podcasts (search podcasts by topic, title, or publisher, with advanced filters); search_episodes (search episodes by keyword across titles, show notes, and transcripts); autocomplete (get suggested search keywords and matching podcasts); find_podcast (resolve a Rephonic podcast via Apple/iTunes ID, Spotify ID, YouTube channel ID, or RSS feed URL; use first when the above identifiers are available); lookup_podcast (query podcast metadata, chart rankings, and latest episodes via Rephonic ID); podcast_people (get podcast hosts and guests and their contact details and social profiles); podcast_demographics (get estimated audience demographics: age, education, occupation, income, region); podcast_promotions (get sponsorships and cross-promotions in podcast episodes); list_episodes (list all episodes of a podcast in chronological order); get_episode (query metadata for a single episode); episode_transcript (get the full transcript of an episode); contacts (get a podcast's email contact details, contact page, and social accounts); social_accounts (get social media accounts associated with a podcast and follower/engagement metrics); feedback (get a podcast's overall rating and AI-generated review summaries); reviews (get individual listener reviews from various apps); trends (get historical trends for podcast metrics); shared_audience_graph (get podcasts with overlapping audiences); chart_categories (list available chart categories and countries for Apple, Spotify, or YouTube); chart_rankings (get the latest chart rankings for a platform, country, or category); list_categories, list_countries, list_languages, list_sponsors, list_professions, list_interests (list categories, countries, languages, common sponsors, common listener professions, and common listener interests, respectively, for search filtering); api_quota (view API request quota and usage).
[How to Use] A Rephonic API key is required (the official source provides an entry point to obtain one). Claude: Go to Settings → Apps → Advanced settings to enable Developer mode, then click Create app, enter Name as Rephonic, MCP Server URL as https://mcp.rephonic.com，点击 Create and enter the Rephonic API key when prompted. ChatGPT: Go to Settings → Connectors, click Add custom connector, enter the name Rephonic and the MCP server URL https://mcp.rephonic.com，点击 Add and enter the Rephonic API key when prompted. Claude Desktop: add to the configuration file and restart Claude Desktop. The macOS path is ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json; the Windows path is %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json. Cursor: add to the project's .mcp.json. VS Code: go to Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server, set type to URL, and enter https://mcp.rephonic.com。
[Self-deployment and local running] If you want to fork or customize this MCP server, the materials provide a way to run or deploy it, which requires a Cloudflare account (for deployment). The server runs on http://localhost:8788，可使用 MCP Inspector for testing. After modifying wrangler.jsonc, the Cloudflare types need to be regenerated.
[Limitations] Usage requires a Rephonic API key; the above features depend on the Rephonic API's data and quota (which can be viewed via api_quota). Information such as pricing, plans, specific quota values, and data coverage boundaries beyond the total number of supported podcasts is not currently provided in the materials.
