PodCrawlerMCP

by infinitimeless

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PodCrawlerMCP is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI assistants to discover podcast episodes on specific topics by crawling the web for RSS feeds. It crawls podcast directories, parses feeds, filters episodes by topic or domain, and exposes this functionality as MCP tools.

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License: MIT license

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- 🕸️ Crawls podcast directories to discover RSS feeds
- 🎙️ Parses RSS feeds to extract episode data
- 🔍 Filters episodes by topic or domain
- 🔌 Exposes functionality through MCP tools
- 🤖 Seamlessly integrates with AI assistants like Claude

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below

Plugin Name PodCrawlerMCP

Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

From the repository

pip install podcrawler-mcp

Or with Poetry:

poetry add podcrawler-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "podcrawlermcp": {
            "podcrawler-mcp": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "-m",
                    "podcrawler.server"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "podcrawler-mcp": {
        "command": "python",
        "args": [
            "-m",
            "podcrawler.server"
        ]
    }
}

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for podcast discovery through web crawling. PodCrawlerMCP enables AI assistants to find podcast episodes on specific topics by crawling the web for RSS feeds.

Features

Installation

pip install podcrawler-mcp

Or with Poetry:

poetry add podcrawler-mcp

Quick Start

Run the server directly:

python -m podcrawler.server

Or in your Python code:

from podcrawler import PodCrawlerServer
server = PodCrawlerServer()

server.run()

Integrating with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "podcrawler": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "podcrawler.server"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

discover_podcasts

Discovers podcasts on a specific topic.

Parameters:

- topic (string): The topic to search for (e.g., "technology", "history")
- max_results (integer, optional): Maximum number of results to return (default: 10)

Example Usage:

What are some science podcasts about black holes?

Project Structure

podcrawler-mcp/
├── podcrawler/                # Main package
│   ├── __init__.py            # Package initialization
│   ├── server.py              # MCP server implementation
│   ├── tools/                 # MCP tools
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   └── discovery.py       # Podcast discovery tool
│   ├── crawler/               # Web crawling components
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── spider.py          # Web crawler implementation
│   │   └── parser.py          # RSS feed parser
│   └── utils/                 # Utility functions
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── filtering.py       # Topic filtering utilities
│       └── formatting.py      # Output formatting utilities
├── tests/                     # Tests
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── test_server.py         # Server tests
├── examples/                  # Usage examples
│   └── basic_discovery.py     # Basic discovery example
├── pyproject.toml             # Project configuration
├── README.md                  # Project documentation
├── LICENSE                    # MIT License
└── CONTRIBUTING.md            # Contribution guidelines

Development

1. Clone the repository

    git clone https://github.com/infinitimeless/podcrawler-mcp.git

    cd podcrawler-mcp

2. Install dependencies using Poetry

    poetry install

3. Run tests

    poetry run pytest

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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