Apple Podcasts MCP Server MCP Server

Name: Apple Podcasts MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.conorbronsdon

io.github.conorbronsdon/apple-podcasts-mcp

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What is the Apple Podcasts MCP Server MCP server?

Apple Podcasts Connect owner analytics over Reporter: plays, followers, episodes. Read-only.

How to install Apple Podcasts MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN
required
Reporter access token from Apple Podcasts Connect (Settings > Access Token). Expires 180 days after it is generated.
APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID
required
Vendor number from Apple Podcasts Connect Settings, e.g. 87654321
APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID
Apple account number. Only needed when the access token can read more than one account, which Reporter reports as error 214.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-podcasts-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@conorbronsdon/apple-podcasts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID>",
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-podcasts-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@conorbronsdon/apple-podcasts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID>",
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apple-podcasts-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@conorbronsdon/apple-podcasts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID>",
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "apple-podcasts-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@conorbronsdon/apple-podcasts-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN>",
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID>",
        "APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID": "<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add apple-podcasts-mcp --env APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN=<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCESS_TOKEN> --env APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID=<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_VENDOR_ID> --env APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID=<YOUR_APPLE_PODCASTS_ACCOUNT_ID> -- npx -y @conorbronsdon/apple-podcasts-mcp