Listen Notes

liveMediaEntertainment

Listen Notes — search and browse 160M+ podcast episodes and shows, with genre lists and similarity recommendations.

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free tier50 calls/day
🔑Authentication

BYO key only — get a key from the Listen Notes API dashboard. Pass _apiKey on the gateway URL.

Config with credentials
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-listen-notes": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/listen-notes/mcp?_apiKey=your_listennotes_key"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Get an API key →

Tools

podcast

Fetch full details for a single podcast by Listen Notes `id`. Returns title, description, publisher, language, total episodes, latest episode date, and image URL.

No parameters required.

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episode

Fetch full details for a single podcast episode by Listen Notes `id`. Returns title, description, audio URL, duration, publish date, and parent podcast info.

No parameters required.

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genres

Return the full list of Listen Notes podcast genre categories with genre id and name. Use genre_id values to filter `best_podcasts` or `search` by genre.

No parameters required.

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best_podcasts

Fetch the Listen Notes curated list of top podcasts, optionally filtered by `genre_id`, `region`, or `sort`. Returns title, publisher, image URL, and Listen Notes id per podcast.

No parameters required.

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recommendations_for_podcast

Fetch podcast recommendations similar to a given podcast by Listen Notes `id`. Returns a list of similar podcasts with title, publisher, description, and image URL.

No parameters required.

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recommendations_for_episode

Fetch episode recommendations similar to a given episode by Listen Notes `id`. Returns a list of similar episodes with title, audio URL, duration, and parent podcast info.

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/listen-notes/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/listen-notes/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("listen notes — search and browse 160m+ podcast episodes and shows, with genre lists and similarity recommendations");