# `com.podgist/podgist` on anlyon.dev

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> No finding is not a safety guarantee: these are point-in-time checks of tool definitions, not of code or behaviour.

- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.podgist/podgist
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.podgist/podgist
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.podgist (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-31T05:17:37.795Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Podgist
Search and ask 236,000+ podcast transcripts; answers cite the episode and minute.
```

Scanned 2026-10-31T05:18:28.687Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 1 change things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `ask_question`

- The description's first verb is "start": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Starts a cited answer drawn only from what was said on podcasts. Returns a job_id; call get_answer with it until status is complete (usually under a minute). Needs an API key; billed per question (see list_services).
```

## Only reads (6)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `find_podcasts`

- The name "find_podcasts" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Public podcasts whose name contains the text, most-transcribed first, with their slug (for the podcast filter of search_transcripts). Free; no key needed. At most 20 results.
```

### `get_answer`

- The name "get_answer" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The status and, once complete, the answer and its cited passages for a job from ask_question. Needs the API key that asked. Not billed.
```

### `get_transcript`

- The name "get_transcript" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
One episode's transcript, with speaker turns and timestamps, by podcast and episode id (the sid and pid of a search result). Only what the key's account may read. Needs an API key; billed per transcript (see list_services).
```

### `get_usage`

- The name "get_usage" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The key's account balance and monthly allowance, and its calls and cost per day over the last 30 days. Needs an API key. Not billed.
```

### `list_services`

- The name "list_services" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Lists the tools, which need an API key, and the current price per call. Free; no key needed.
```

### `search_transcripts`

- The name "search_transcripts" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full-text search across transcripts: matching episodes with snippets, newest relevance first, 20 a page. Optional podcast slug and date range (YYYY-MM-DD). Needs an API key; billed per search (see list_services).
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `podgist`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__podgist__list_services",
      "mcp__podgist__find_podcasts",
      "mcp__podgist__search_transcripts",
      "mcp__podgist__get_answer",
      "mcp__podgist__get_transcript",
      "mcp__podgist__get_usage"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__podgist__ask_question"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```