A side-by-side look at the Audivo and Podcast Commerce MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Audivo for podcasts work as a local process; choose Podcast Commerce MCP for podcasts as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
AUDIVO_API_KEY, AUDIVO_API_BASE_URL, AUDIVO_YTDLP_PATH, AUDIVO_CACHE_DIR.transcribe, search_shows, chart_shows.OPENAI_API_KEY.extract_podcast_products, analyze_episode_sponsors, track_product_trends.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Podcasts | Podcasts |
| Quality signal | 57/100 · Good | 48/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | AUDIVO_API_KEYAUDIVO_API_BASE_URLAUDIVO_YTDLP_PATHAUDIVO_CACHE_DIR | OPENAI_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 13 | 5 |
| Full listing | View Audivo | View Podcast Commerce MCP |
transcribeThe default.** One episode in, its transcript out, a page at a timesearch_showsFind shows by name, host, or topicchart_showsThe current chart for a categorylist_episodesA show's episodes, newest firstquotePrice a selection of many episodes before anything runsconfirmTurn a quote into a job groupgroup_statusWhere a group's jobs are, and which transcripts are readylist_groupsYour recent groupscancel_groupStop what has not started and release its creditsread_transcriptA job's transcript, a page at a time; waits for a running joblist_transcriptsYour recent transcripts, with their titlesupload_audioAnnounce and upload a file from this machineextract_podcast_productsExtract products/brands from a transcript with confidence scoresanalyze_episode_sponsorsIdentify sponsor segments and estimate read-through ratestrack_product_trendsCompare product mentions across multiple episodescompare_products_across_showsCross-show product ranking with entity resolution across multiple showsgenerate_show_notes_sectionFormat extracted products as a shoppable show notes sectionPaste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"audivo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@audivo/mcp@latest"
],
"env": {
"AUDIVO_API_KEY": "YOUR_AUDIVO_API_KEY_HERE",
"AUDIVO_API_BASE_URL": "YOUR_AUDIVO_API_BASE_URL_HERE",
"AUDIVO_YTDLP_PATH": "YOUR_AUDIVO_YTDLP_PATH_HERE",
"AUDIVO_CACHE_DIR": "YOUR_AUDIVO_CACHE_DIR_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"podcast-commerce-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"podcast-commerce-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}