PodLexicon
Search and read AI summaries of 75,000+ podcast episodes across 130+ mostly long-form shows.
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Quality & Safety
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
Context Cost
This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.
Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"podlexicon": {
"url": "https://podlexicon.com/mcp/"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://podlexicon.com/mcp/streamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (6)
🟢search_episodes(query, limit)
Find podcast episodes about a topic. Returns a ranked shortlist with a one-line hook per episode - call `get_episode_summary` to read one in full.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"title": "Query",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"default": 10,
"title": "Limit",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"title": "search_episodesArguments"
}🟢get_episode_summary(episode_id, detail)
Read an AI-generated summary of one episode. `detail` is "brief" (~400 tokens), "detailed" (~2,500 tokens), or "topics".
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"episode_id": {
"title": "Episode Id",
"type": "string"
},
"detail": {
"default": "detailed",
"title": "Detail",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"episode_id"
],
"title": "get_episode_summaryArguments"
}🟢get_episode(episode_id)
Get an episode's metadata: title, show, date, duration, audio URL.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"episode_id": {
"title": "Episode Id",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"episode_id"
],
"title": "get_episodeArguments"
}🟢find_similar_episodes(episode_id, limit)
Find episodes covering similar ground to a given one. Nearest-neighbour over the episodes' summary embeddings.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"episode_id": {
"title": "Episode Id",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"default": 10,
"title": "Limit",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"episode_id"
],
"title": "find_similar_episodesArguments"
}🟢browse_catalogue(kind, query, limit)
List what PodLexicon covers. `kind` is "podcasts", "topics", or "guests". `query` filters by name.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"title": "Kind",
"type": "string"
},
"query": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Query"
},
"limit": {
"default": 20,
"title": "Limit",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"kind"
],
"title": "browse_catalogueArguments"
}🟢get_episodes_by(kind, slug, limit)
List the episodes belonging to one podcast, topic, or guest. `kind` is "podcast", "topic", or "guest"; `slug` comes from `browse_catalogue`.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"kind": {
"title": "Kind",
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"title": "Slug",
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"default": 20,
"title": "Limit",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"kind",
"slug"
],
"title": "get_episodes_byArguments"
}Community
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