# `com.trackpodcasts/podcast-sponsors` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.trackpodcasts/podcast-sponsors
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.trackpodcasts/podcast-sponsors
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.trackpodcasts (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:09:56.381Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Track Podcasts
Podcast sponsorship data from transcribed audio: who sponsors which shows, brand ad history, trends.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:56:51.496Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 5 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (5)

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

### `get_brand_podcasts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Which podcasts a brand advertises on. Returns the shows where that brand's ad reads were detected, newest first, with the exact total even when the list itself is truncated for the plan. Accepts a brand name, slug or domain (a domain is the most reliable). Returns candidate brands when the name is ambiguous.
```

### `get_busiest_categories`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Which advertiser categories are buying the most podcast ads right now, by ad reads detected, with the number of brands and shows behind each. Aggregate only — it does not list the brands in a category.
```

### `get_coverage_info`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
How much of podcasting this dataset actually covers: shows indexed, episodes transcribed, and the real number of brands and shows with detected ad reads. Call this before stating any sponsor finding as complete, and to explain why a show or brand might be missing.
```

### `get_show_sponsors`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Who sponsors a given podcast. Returns every brand whose ad read was detected in that show's transcribed episodes, with how many reads, whether they were host-read or network-inserted, and when they were first and last heard. Accepts a show title, a trackpodcasts.com slug or a URL. If the title is ambiguous it returns candidate shows to choose from instead of guessing. Detected ad reads only — brands that were merely mentioned are not included.
```

### `get_sponsor_activity_summary`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
How a brand’s podcast advertising has moved month by month: shows reached, ad reads detected and organic mentions, for up to 36 months. Use this for trend questions ("is this brand spending more?", "when did they start?"). Months with no detections are returned as zero, which means nothing was detected rather than that the brand stopped.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `podcast-sponsors`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__podcast-sponsors__get_show_sponsors",
      "mcp__podcast-sponsors__get_brand_podcasts",
      "mcp__podcast-sponsors__get_sponsor_activity_summary",
      "mcp__podcast-sponsors__get_coverage_info",
      "mcp__podcast-sponsors__get_busiest_categories"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```