Talk Python for AI

Query our real-time podcast data directly from your AI assistant

Access 533+ episodes, transcripts, and guest information through AI-friendly interfaces. We support both the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and llms.txt.

MCP Server

AI assistants like Claude can directly query Talk Python data using our MCP server. Search episodes, get transcripts, find guests, and explore our course catalog with 12 tools available.

View full MCP documentation

Claude Web (claude.ai)

Go to Settings → Connectors
Click Add custom connector
Enter the MCP endpoint: https://talkpython.fm/api/mcp

Claude Code or Claude Desktop

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "talk-python": {
      "url": "https://talkpython.fm/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Configuration file locations:

Claude Code: ~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Claude Desktop (macOS): ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Example Questions

Once connected, you can ask questions like:

"What episodes discuss FastAPI?"
"Get the transcript for episode 400"
"Who has been a guest on Talk Python?"
"What Python courses are available?"

llms.txt

Following the llms.txt specification, we provide markdown-formatted documentation optimized for AI assistants to understand our site structure.

Site overview at /llms.txt
Episode markdown via .md suffix (e.g. /episodes/show/400.md)
Direct transcript access via .vtt suffix