Rephonic 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. Its 26 documented tools cover podcast, episodes, episode, chart. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.
Teams that want a hosted media endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in TypeScript.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-08-20 · ★ 2 · #143 OF 155 MAINTAINED MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-08-25
MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Rephonic
Claude Code
claude mcp add getrephonic-rephonic-mcp --transport http https://mcp.rephonic.comClaude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config
{
"mcpServers": {
"getrephonic-rephonic-mcp": {
"url": "https://mcp.rephonic.com"
}
}
}Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.
Using another client? Same JSON, different key
Claude Desktop · mcpServers
Cursor · mcpServers
VS Code · servers
Windsurf · mcpServers
Zed · context_servers
Cline · mcpServers
Roo Code · mcpServers
Continue · mcpServers
LibreChat · mcpServers
Gemini CLI · mcpServers
Codex CLI · mcp_servers
Full setup guides: every client.
02 · Evidence
https://mcp.rephonic.com
transport: streamable-http
endpoint alive - authentication required · probed 2026-08-25
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as remote - your agent's requests go to mcp.rephonic.com
endpoint auth requires authentication - rejected our unauthenticated MCP initialize
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry vendor namespace com.rephonic - domain-verified with the official MCP registry
03 · What Rephonic can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
What you can build
With this server connected, an agent can search for podcasts by topic, title, or publisher with advanced filters, search for episodes by keyword across titles, show notes, and transcripts, get suggested keywords and matching podcasts for a search query, and get hosts and guests of a podcast with contact details and social profiles.
Capability map
Tools grouped from the project's README - what Rephonic lets an agent do.
read & search
7 tools - e.g. Search for podcasts by topic, title, or publisher with advanced filters.; List podcast categories (for use with search filters).; List countries (for use with search filters).
search_podcasts · list_categories · list_countries · list_languages · list_sponsors · list_professions…
Podcast
5 tools - e.g. 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 identifie; Look up a podcast's metadata, chart…
find_podcast · lookup_podcast · podcast_people · podcast_demographics · podcast_promotions
Episodes
2 tools - e.g. Search for episodes by keyword across titles, show notes, and transcripts.; List all episodes for a podcast in chronological order.
search_episodes · list_episodes
Episode
2 tools - e.g. Look up metadata for an individual episode.; Get the full transcript for an episode.
get_episode · episode_transcript
Chart
2 tools - e.g. List available chart categories and countries for Apple, Spotify, or YouTube.; Get the latest chart rankings for a platform, country, and category.
chart_categories · chart_rankings
Autocomplete
1 tool - e.g. Get suggested keywords and matching podcasts for a search query.
autocomplete
Contacts
1 tool - e.g. Get email contacts, contact pages, and social accounts for a podcast.
contacts
Social
1 tool - e.g. Get social media accounts linked to a podcast with follower/engagement metrics.
social_accounts
04 · Who maintains Rephonic
Rephonic is maintained by getrephonic. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/getrephonic/rephonic-mcp
- website
- https://rephonic.com/
- category
- media - ranked #143 of 155 actively-maintained media servers as of 2026-08-25.
- registry
- com.rephonic/rephonic (active, first published 2026-08-04)
06 · Rephonic FAQ
Is Rephonic still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-20. We re-verify nightly.
What can Rephonic do?
With this server connected, an agent can search for podcasts by topic, title, or publisher with advanced filters, search for episodes by keyword across titles, show notes, and transcripts, get suggested keywords and matching podcasts for a search query, and get hosts and guests of a podcast with contact details and social profiles.
How do I install Rephonic?
Run `claude mcp add getrephonic-rephonic-mcp --transport http https://mcp.rephonic.com`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.
Does Rephonic require authentication?
Yes - when we probed the endpoint on 2026-08-25, it rejected an unauthenticated MCP initialize; you'll need credentials to connect.
07 · Alternatives to Rephonic
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