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Podcast Index MCP Server

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Search the Podcast Index: podcasts, episodes, person appearances, trending, feed health.

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Add it to your MCP client. The catalogue lists this config verbatim from its source — it does not run, download, or vouch for the server. Review the command before you run it.

Transportstdio (runs a local command)
Env varsPODCASTINDEX_API_KEY PODCASTINDEX_API_SECRET
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --env PODCASTINDEX_API_KEY= --env PODCASTINDEX_API_SECRET= podcastindex-mcp -- npx podcastindex-mcp
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If the button doesn't open Cursor, use the JSON below — Cursor accepts the same mcpServers config.

VS Code 
code --add-mcp '{"name":"podcastindex-mcp","command":"npx","args":["podcastindex-mcp"],"env":{"PODCASTINDEX_API_KEY":"","PODCASTINDEX_API_SECRET":""}}'
JSON 
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "podcastindex-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "podcastindex-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PODCASTINDEX_API_KEY": "",
        "PODCASTINDEX_API_SECRET": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables are listed by name only — fill in your own values. Entries never carry secrets.