The Daily FM has a remote MCP server so AI agents (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes, etc.) can manage your account for you: create pods, track shows, combine feeds, and fire episodes, all by conversation.
Tell your agent "find the top influencers in physical AI and robotics and give me a 2-minute recap of what they are saying every day" and it can set the whole thing up.
Create an access token #
In Account → Agent Access, name a token (e.g. claude-code
) and create it. The token is shown once — copy it right away. Check read-only if the agent should only look, never change anything. You can hold up to 20 active tokens and revoke any of them at any time; the Account page shows when each was last used.
Connect your agent #
The endpoint is https://mcp.thedaily.fm/mcp
(streamable HTTP), authenticated with your token as a bearer header.
Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user thedailyfm \
https://mcp.thedaily.fm/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
Any other MCP client, in its JSON config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"thedailyfm": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.thedaily.fm/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}
What your agent can do #
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
list_my_pods |
|
| List your pods: config, episode counts, combined pods, feed URLs, and show-tracking progress. | |
get_latest_episodes |
|
| Latest episodes for one pod or across all of them, including generation status. | |
search_library |
|
| Browse or search the public pod library. | |
list_shows |
|
Real-world podcasts already tracked, with ready-to-paste pod: source tokens. |
|
create_pod |
|
| Create a pod: custom sources, combined feeds, or a private fork of a public pod. | |
edit_pod |
|
| Change a pod's title, sources, cadence, length, prompt, or visibility. | |
add_to_pod / remove_from_pod |
|
| Combine a pod into one of your feeds, or take it back out. | |
generate_episode_now |
|
| Fire an episode immediately (plan limits apply). |
Read-only tokens expose just the first four.
Things to try #
"What's in my Daily FM feed lately?""Find the RSS feed for the Lex Fridman podcast and set up a daily recap pod.""Combine all my pods into one morning feed I can put in Overcast."