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Track Podcasts MCP

An official MCP server providing five read-only tools to query podcast sponsorship data detected from transcribed audio. It allows AI assistants to identify sponsors of specific shows, track brand advertising across podcasts, analyze sponsor activity over time, check data coverage completeness, and view busiest advertiser categories.

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Track Podcasts MCP logo, by Track PodcastsVendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Operated by Track Podcasts
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MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp
Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

  • Identify sponsors of a specific podcast show
  • Find all podcasts a specific brand advertises on
  • Analyze a brand's advertising activity over the last 36 months
  • Check the completeness of the sponsorship data coverage

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.0.0

Protocol and capabilities

Server
trackpodcasts 1.0.0
MCP protocol
2025-06-18
Tools
5 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
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Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Podcast sponsorship data detected from transcribed audio. Use get_show_sponsors for "who sponsors X", get_brand_podcasts for "where does brand Y advertise", get_sponsor_activity_summary for trends over time, and get_busiest_categories for the market view. Coverage is partial and growing: every response carries a coverage note, and you should pass that caveat on rather than presenting a list as complete. Each response also carries a source link — include it so the reader can check the data.

Tools

5 advertised

get_show_sponsors — Sponsors of a podcast
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Who sponsors a given podcast. Returns every brand whose ad read was detected in that show's transcribed episodes, with how many reads, whether they were host-read or network-inserted, and when they were first and last heard. Accepts a show title, a trackpodcasts.com slug or a URL. If the title is ambiguous it returns candidate shows to choose from instead of guessing. Detected ad reads only — brands that were merely mentioned are not included.

get_show_sponsors input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "show"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "show": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Podcast title, slug or trackpodcasts.com URL, e.g. \"The Glenn Beck Program\"."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_brand_podcasts — Podcasts a brand sponsors
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Which podcasts a brand advertises on. Returns the shows where that brand's ad reads were detected, newest first, with the exact total even when the list itself is truncated for the plan. Accepts a brand name, slug or domain (a domain is the most reliable). Returns candidate brands when the name is ambiguous.

get_brand_podcasts input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "brand"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "brand": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Brand name, slug or domain, e.g. \"Squarespace\" or \"squarespace.com\"."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_sponsor_activity_summary — A brand’s advertising over time
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

How a brand’s podcast advertising has moved month by month: shows reached, ad reads detected and organic mentions, for up to 36 months. Use this for trend questions ("is this brand spending more?", "when did they start?"). Months with no detections are returned as zero, which means nothing was detected rather than that the brand stopped.

get_sponsor_activity_summary input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "brand"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "brand": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Brand name, slug or domain."
    },
    "months": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 36,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Months of history to return. Defaults to 12."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_coverage_info — What this dataset covers
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

How much of podcasting this dataset actually covers: shows indexed, episodes transcribed, and the real number of brands and shows with detected ad reads. Call this before stating any sponsor finding as complete, and to explain why a show or brand might be missing.

get_coverage_info input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_busiest_categories — Busiest advertiser categories
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Which advertiser categories are buying the most podcast ads right now, by ad reads detected, with the number of brands and shows behind each. Aggregate only — it does not list the brands in a category.

get_busiest_categories input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "days": {
      "enum": [
        30,
        90,
        365
      ],
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Lookback window in days. Defaults to 30."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

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No resource definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
504 ms
95th percentile latency
504 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 504 ms · metadata changed · 5 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http track-podcasts-mcp https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add track-podcasts-mcp --url https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable track-podcasts-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "track-podcasts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "track-podcasts-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start track-podcasts-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "track-podcasts-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http track-podcasts-mcp https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.
Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "track-podcasts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "track-podcasts-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://trackpodcasts.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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