# `io.github.conorbronsdon/chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.conorbronsdon/chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.conorbronsdon/chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp
- Version: 0.1.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.conorbronsdon (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/conorbronsdon/chain-of-thought-podcast-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:28:01.280Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Chain of Thought podcast archive
Search and cite Chain of Thought podcast transcripts and episodes.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:07:22.345Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 4 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 | 4 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (4)

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

### `get_episode`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns one episode by number or slug (a full chainofthought.show episode URL also works): title, date, duration, guests with companies, summary, chapters with timestamps, and links to the episode page, YouTube and audio. Does not return the transcript; use search_transcripts or get_transcript_excerpt for passages. Cite the url.
```

### `get_transcript_excerpt`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns up to 16 consecutive transcript segments from one episode around a timestamp (m:ss or h:mm:ss), a segment_index from search results, or a passage url or its #t- anchor. Defaults: 2 segments before and 5 after. Each segment has its own url to cite.
```

### `search_episodes`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Finds Chain of Thought episodes by topic, guest name, company, title or chapter title. Returns up to 20 episodes ranked by relevance with number, title, date, guests, a short summary, matching chapter titles and the episode page url to cite.
```

### `search_transcripts`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Full-text search over Chain of Thought transcripts. Returns up to 20 passages ranked by relevance, each with episode number and title, guests, speaker, timestamp, a snippet of about 600 characters, and a url for that moment on the episode page (#t-N). Cite that url. Optional `episode` limits the search to one episode. Use get_transcript_excerpt for context. Transcripts are machine-generated; check exact quotes against the recording.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__chain-of-thought-podcast__search_transcripts",
      "mcp__chain-of-thought-podcast__search_episodes",
      "mcp__chain-of-thought-podcast__get_episode",
      "mcp__chain-of-thought-podcast__get_transcript_excerpt"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```