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Connect VO
with Claude
Open Claude, start a new chat and paste this prompt to begin:
Or add it by URL in Settings, Connectors:
https://mcp.vo.fm/mcpNew to VO?
You do not need an account first. The first time you connect, a free VO account is created from the email you sign in with. It starts empty: listen to an episode in the VO iOS app with that same email, and Claude can recall it.
Get the VO appAlready use VO?
Sign in to the connector with the same email you use in the VO app, so Claude reaches your listening. A different email lands you in a new, empty account.
01 / Scope
What Claude can and cannot do here
All eight tools are read-only. The only thing the connector creates is your free VO account, on the first connection.
Claude can
- Search what you heard and what you saved, by topic, with every moment cited to the second.
- Summarise a stretch of your listening, such as the last week or month.
- List the episodes you listened to, with how much of each you heard.
- Read the moments you saved and your listening notes: the recap VO writes and emails you when you finish an episode, built around your moments and its key points.
- Give you the gist of any episode, chapter by chapter: what you heard, what you have not heard yet, and where to pick up.
- Read back the exact words you heard in an episode.
- Search the VO podcast catalog to find an episode, show or guest.
- Tell you which VO account it is connected to.
Claude cannot
- Play, queue or download an episode. Listening happens in the VO app.
- Save, edit or delete moments or anything else in your account.
- Share anything on your behalf, or buy anything.
- Manage your account, subscription or API keys.
- Read out the word-for-word text of parts you did not hear (it gives only their gist), or anyone else's listening.
02 / Tools
The tools
What Claude sees under the VO connector, in the order it lists them.
Search my listening memory
Readsearch_memorySearch what you heard and what you saved by topic. Returns the matching moments, each with a link to the second it was said.
Digest of a listening period
Readget_memory_digestA digest of a listening window: every episode you played in it, with detail for the ones that mattered most.
List episodes I have listened to
Readlist_listening_historyEpisodes you listened to, most recent first, with how much of each you heard and a link to resume.
List my saved moments
Readlist_saved_momentsThe moments you saved, newest first, across everything or for one episode.
Get one episode, heard or not
Readget_episodeThe whole episode chapter by chapter, each marked heard or not yet heard, where to pick up, how much you heard, your saved moments and your listening notes.
Get the exact words I heard
Readget_heard_transcriptThe exact words of the parts of an episode you heard, with timestamps.
Search the VO catalog
Readsearch_catalogSearch the public VO podcast catalog for an episode, show, guest or topic. The only tool that looks beyond your own listening.
Which VO account is connected
ReadwhoamiThe VO account this connection is signed in as, and whether it has any listening yet.
03 / Setup
How to connect
About two minutes, and only the first time. VO is in Claude's connector directory, so the quickest way is to add it from there. These steps add it with the endpoint URL instead and work the same way.
Open VO in Claude's connector directory and add it from there, or follow these steps.
- 01
Open Settings
In Claude, open the menu with your name on it and choose Settings.
- 02
Go to Connectors
In the settings panel, select Connectors.
- 03
Add a custom connector
Click Add custom connector.
- 04
Configure it
Name it VO and set the URL to https://mcp.vo.fm/mcp. Leave the advanced options at their defaults, then click Add.
- 05
Connect
Click Connect next to VO. Claude opens the VO sign-in page in your browser.
- 06
Sign in with Google
Choose Continue with Google and pick the Google account with the same email you use in the VO app. Sign in with Apple is not available yet. If you have no VO account, a free one is created from that email.
- 07
Set permissions
Back in Claude, the eight read-only tools appear under VO. Claude asks before it uses a tool unless you choose Always allow, and each tool can be switched off on its own.
- 08
Ask
Turn VO on in a chat and ask about something you listened to. Claude answers with the quote and a link to the exact moment.
04 / Try it
Ask Claude things like
Copy one into Claude once the connector is on. Claude also shows three ready-made prompts under the connector.
Recall what was said
“Search my VO listening for what was said about [topic]. Quote the three strongest moments word for word, each with the episode, the podcast and the link to the second. End by telling me which one to replay first.”
Recap my week
“Recap my last week of listening in VO: which episodes I played, what I kept coming back to, and the two or three ideas worth remembering, each with a link to the moment.”
Share a moment
“Pull the moments I saved in VO from the episode I listened to most recently and draft a short message I can send a friend, with links to the two best moments.”
05 / Security
Sign in
Claude opens a VO sign-in page in your browser. No password is shared with Claude, and you never paste a key or password into the chat.
Sign in with Apple is not available yet, so use the Google account with the same email as your VO account. After you approve access, Claude receives a short-lived access token that only works on the read-only connector tools. You can disconnect at any time from Settings, Connectors in Claude.
06 / FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What can Claude do with my VO account?
It reads. Claude can search what you heard and saved, summarise a period of listening, list your listening history and saved moments, read your listening notes and the exact words of the parts you heard, give the gist of a whole episode with what you have not heard yet, search the public VO catalog, and confirm which account is connected. It cannot play, save, edit, delete, share or buy anything, and it cannot manage your account or subscription. The one thing the connector creates is your free VO account, on the first connection.
Do I need a VO account first?
No. The first time you connect, a free VO account is created from the email you sign in with. It starts empty: download the VO app, sign in with that same email and listen to an episode, and Claude can recall it straight away. If you already use VO, sign in with that same email.
Which email do I sign in with?
The one you use in the VO app, because the connector matches you to your listening by email. Sign-in is with Google, so pick the Google account with that email. If you sign in with a different email you land in a new, empty account. To fix that, remove the connector in Claude, add it again, and sign in with the right Google account.
Can I sign in with Apple?
Not yet. For now the connector signs you in with Google only, and Sign in with Apple is coming. If you use Apple in the VO app, sign in to the connector with a Google account that has the same email as your VO account. If you chose Hide My Email when you signed up, email contact@vo.fm and we will help you link the connector to your account.
What if Claude finds nothing?
That is normal for a new account. Claude only sees what you listened to in the VO app with the same email. Play an episode in the app, save a moment if you like, and ask again. You do not need to reconnect anything.
Why does Claude ask before using a tool?
Claude asks before it uses a connector tool, unless you choose Always allow for that tool. All eight VO tools are read-only, and each one can be switched off on its own in Claude's connector settings.
Do I paste anything into the chat?
No. Sign-in happens in your browser on the VO sign-in page. You never paste a key or password into the conversation.
What does VO log?
For each connector request we log whether sign-in succeeded, which tool was called, whether it worked, how long it took, and the name and version of the assistant. We do not log what you asked, what the tools returned, or any episode text, note or saved-moment content. Details are in section 4 of our privacy policy.
How do I disconnect?
Remove VO in Claude, under Settings then Connectors. The access token is short-lived and expires on its own. To have the authorization revoked on our side, or to delete an account created through the connector, email contact@vo.fm.
Where do I get help?
Email contact@vo.fm. Our privacy policy at vo.fm/privacy-policy explains how connector data is handled.
Support and privacy
Questions or trouble connecting? Write to us. Our privacy policy explains how connector data is handled, in section 4.