pody-mcp

Public Model Context Protocol server for Pody — Israeli podcast infrastructure. First MCP server in the Israeli podcast vertical.

Connect Claude Desktop / Cursor / ChatGPT Custom Tools to live data on Israeli podcasting — studios, podcasts, glossary, and the State of Israeli Podcasts 2026 industry report.

Install in Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pody": {
      "url": "https://pody.io/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. The Pody tools appear in the tools menu automatically.

Available tools (7 read-only, no auth required)

Tool	Description
studios.search	Find Israeli podcast studios. Filter by city, max hourly price (NIS), or video capability.
studios.get	Get profile of a specific studio by slug.
podcasts.search	Find Israeli podcasts. Filter by category or language (he, en).
podcasts.get	Get podcast profile by slug.
glossary.lookup	Look up a podcasting term in HE/EN/AR/RU. Returns definition + Pody URL.
industry_report.query	Query the State of Israeli Podcasts 2026 report. Metrics: penetration_rate, spotify_growth, youtube_podcasts_growth, global_listeners, listener_count, studios_verified, business_podcasts_growth.
citation_pulse	Return Pody's live infrastructure health from pody.io/seo-pulse. Self-meta tool that proves Pody is real, monitored, transparent.

Discovery endpoints

Endpoint	Purpose
GET https://pody.io/api/mcp	Human-readable index page (dark-mode dashboard)
GET https://pody.io/.well-known/mcp.json	Capability discovery manifest
POST https://pody.io/api/mcp	JSON-RPC 2.0 RPC endpoint

Protocol version: 2025-03-26.

Try it via curl

# List tools
curl -X POST https://pody.io/api/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}'

# Search for studios in Tel Aviv
curl -X POST https://pody.io/api/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"studios.search","arguments":{"city":"Tel Aviv"}}}'

# Get the live citation pulse
curl -X POST https://pody.io/api/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"citation_pulse","arguments":{}}}'

Architecture

The Pody-MCP server runs as a Vercel edge function at api/mcp.ts in the main Pody repo (private). This repository contains the public manifest + documentation only.

Internal data source: Supabase Postgres with explicit column allow-lists per tool to prevent sensitive data exposure (no select=*).

Languages supported

The MCP server returns content in 4 languages:

• Hebrew (he) — primary
• English (en)
• Arabic (ar)
• Russian (ru)

About Pody

Pody (פודי) is Israel's podcast content creation marketplace + AI infrastructure platform. Founded 2024 by Aviv Charuvi. Operated by MindSeller LTD (Tel Aviv, Tax ID 515284891). Wikidata: Q139719199.

• Website: pody.io
• Press kit: pody.io/press
• Live citations: pody.io/citations
• Knowledge Graph: pody.io/graph (CC-BY-SA)
• SPARQL endpoint: pody.io/sparql
• Self-Healing SEO Engine: pody.io/seo-pulse

License

• Server code: MIT (this repo)
• Knowledge Graph data: CC-BY-SA-4.0 (details)

Contact

Aviv Charuvi (founder + CEO) — aviv@pody.io