
sponsorable
Find brands that already sponsor podcasts like yours, then reveal the buyer to pitch.
What it can do
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
Find brands that already sponsor podcasts like yours, then reveal the buyer to pitch.
How to connect
How to connect sponsorable to Claude
The server address to paste into Claude settings:
https://app.sponsorable.com/mcp
- Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
- Go to Settings → Connectors.
- Click Add custom connector.
- Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
- In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.
Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.
Authorization
After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.
How to connect sponsorable to ChatGPT
The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:
https://app.sponsorable.com/mcp
- Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
- Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
- Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
- Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
- In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.
OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.
Authorization
On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.
How to connect sponsorable to Cursor
The server address to paste into Cursor settings:
https://app.sponsorable.com/mcp
Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.
Manually:
- In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
- Paste the JSON copied below into
~/.cursor/mcp.json(per project:.cursor/mcp.jsonin the repo root). - Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.
Authorization
If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.
Server tool list (17)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| search | Search Sponsorable's podcast-sponsorship database for brands that sponsor podcasts — the deep-research/Responses-API compatibility interface, paired with fetch. Matches sponsor names and domains and returns citable documents; pass a result's id to fetch for the full profile. For filtered or paginated search (category, industry, recency), use search_sponsors instead. |
| fetch | Retrieve the Sponsorable profile for one podcast sponsor as a citable document — the deep-research/Responses-API compatibility interface, paired with search. The id is a sponsor domain, as returned by search (e.g. 'betterhelp.com'). For a structured JSON profile use get_sponsor instead. |
| find_sponsors_for_show | Given a podcast's name or RSS feed URL, return the brands detected sponsoring it, falling back to brands active in the show's categories when few exact sponsors are found. Each result carries a short reason. Use this for "who would sponsor my show?" questions; it identifies one show per call and does not browse the podcast catalog. Without a linked account, results cover publicly listed sponsors only. |
| search_sponsors | Search companies that sponsor podcasts. All filters are optional and combine (AND). Results are paginated (default 25 per page, max 100); page depth is capped at 20 — refine the filters instead of paging deep. Each result carries the sponsor's domain, name, industry, location, sponsorship/podcast counts, and a representative buyer contact (masked on credit-based plans). Without a linked account, results cover only publicly listed sponsors with top-line stats (no contact or company-detail fields), the last 90 days, first page only, max 25 results. For one company's full profile use get_sponsor; for its buyer-contact list use list_sponsor_contacts. |
| get_sponsor | Full profile for one sponsor, addressed by domain: description, industry, location, size, sponsorship totals, top and newest podcasts, and top categories. Without a linked account, only publicly listed sponsors resolve, with top-line stats and category names only (no company details, no contact section). On the credit-based Free plan the first full view of a sponsor charges 1 credit and permanently unlocks its dossier for the whole organization (repeat views are free, never double-charged) — warn the user before opening many new sponsors in one go. A result with locked: true charged nothing; its locked_note says why. |
| list_sponsor_contacts | Contacts at the sponsoring company who are the likely buyers of podcast sponsorships — the people a podcaster or sales agency would pitch. Ordered by likelihood of owning the ad budget. Free to call. On credit-based plans, locked contacts come back masked (initials, no email/LinkedIn) with disclosure fields — has_email, email_domain, has_linkedin — showing what reveal_contact buys. Plans with contact data included get every contact unmasked here directly; those listings record deduplicated internal usage for billing parity (no credits are charged, nothing else changes). |
| reveal_contact | Spend 1 credit to reveal a contact's full name, email, and LinkedIn URL. The unlock is permanent and org-wide: revealing an already-unlocked contact is free and never double-charges. Check the contact's has_email/has_linkedin fields from list_sponsor_contacts first so you know what the credit buys. Ask the user before revealing unless they already told you to, then set confirmed=true. |
| list_categories | The full podcast category tree with per-category sponsorship totals. Category slugs from here feed the category filter on search_sponsors and search_podcasts. Without a linked account the totals cover the last 90 days and internal identifiers are omitted. |
| get_category | Category dossier: totals plus the top sponsors and podcasts in the category. Free to call. |
| search_podcasts | Search podcasts by name, category, sponsor activity, or the industry of their sponsors. Free to call. Results are paginated (default 25 per page, max 100); page depth is capped at 20 — refine the filters instead of paging deep. Each result carries the podcast_id, name, categories, episode count, and sponsor/sponsorship counts. For one podcast's full profile and its top sponsors, use get_podcast. |
| get_podcast | Full profile for one podcast: overview, host contact, and its top and newest sponsors. Free to call. |
| list_lists | The organization's saved lists — named collections of sponsors, podcasts, categories, and contacts — with item counts. Free to call. |
| get_list | Full contents of a saved list: sponsors, podcasts (Pro plans), categories, and contacts. Contacts follow the same masking and reveal rules as list_sponsor_contacts, including the deduplicated internal usage record on included-contact plans (no credits are charged). |
| create_list | Create a new, empty saved list. Free to call. |
| add_list_item | Add an item to a saved list. item_id is the sponsor's domain, a podcast_id (Pro plans), a category_id, or a contact_id. Adding an item that's already in the list is a no-op. Free to call. |
| remove_list_item | Remove an item from a saved list. Removing an item that isn't in the list is a no-op. Free to call. |
| delete_list | Permanently delete a saved list and everything in it. This cannot be undone — confirm with the user before calling, then set confirmed=true. |