Lenny's Podcast
Provides searchable access to 284 episodes of Lenny's Podcast transcripts, letting you quickly find product management insights from guests like Shreyas Doshi, Julie Zhuo, and Brian Chesky.
Provides searchable access to Lenny's Podcast transcripts for product management insights, using FlexSearch for fast full-text search across topics like pricing strategies, growth tactics, and product leadership advice.
What it does
- Search across all podcast transcripts by topic or keyword
- Get full transcripts for specific episodes by guest name
- List all available episodes and guests
- Find relevant excerpts with guest attribution
Best for
About Lenny's Podcast
Lenny's Podcast is a community-built MCP server published by akshayvkt that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Search Lenny's Podcast transcripts and product management podcast transcripts—fast full text search of pricing, growth, It is categorized under other, ai ml. This server exposes 3 tools that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.
How to install
You can install Lenny's Podcast in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server supports remote connections over HTTP, so no local installation is required.
License
Lenny's Podcast is released under the NOASSERTION license.
Tools (3)
Search across all of Lenny's Podcast transcripts for insights on a topic. Returns relevant excerpts from episodes with guest names. Use this to find what product leaders and experts have said about specific topics like pricing, growth, product management, hiring, etc.
Get the full transcript for a specific episode by guest name. Use this when you want to dive deeper into a specific conversation.
List all available episodes/guests in Lenny's Podcast archive. Use this to see what guests and topics are available to search.
Lenny's Podcast MCP
Search 284 episodes of Lenny's Podcast transcripts directly from Claude. Get instant access to product wisdom from guests like Shreyas Doshi, Julie Zhuo, Brian Chesky, and hundreds more.
Quick Start
Option 1: Claude Desktop / Claude.ai
- Open Claude Desktop or go to claude.ai
- Go to Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- Enter the URL:
https://lenny-mcp.onrender.com/mcp - Click Add and enable the connector
- Start asking questions!
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2865089c-027b-46f2-9301-82aeb3e5c16c
Option 2: ChatGPT
- Go to Settings → Apps → Enable Developer Mode
- Click Create App
- Add a name and paste the URL:
https://lenny-mcp.onrender.com/mcp - Save and start using it!
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b494f1d8-6091-4e14-adb5-82bd3f02958f
Option 3: Claude Code CLI
claude mcp add -t http -s user lenny-transcripts https://lenny-mcp.onrender.com/mcp
Then restart Claude Code.
What You Can Ask
Once connected, try asking Claude things like:
- "What do product leaders say about pricing strategy?"
- "How should I think about user onboarding?"
- "What has Shreyas Doshi said about prioritization?"
- "Search Lenny's podcast for advice on building growth teams"
- "What do guests say about the transition from IC to manager?"
Available Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
search_transcripts | Search all 284 episodes by topic/keyword |
get_episode | Get full transcript for a specific guest |
list_episodes | List all available episodes |
How It Works
The server downloads Lenny's publicly shared transcripts from Dropbox on startup, indexes them using FlexSearch for fast keyword search, and exposes three MCP tools that Claude can use to search and retrieve content.
Credits
- Transcripts from Lenny Rachitsky's public archive
- Built with Model Context Protocol
License
MIT - See LICENSE for details.
The podcast transcripts are property of Lenny Rachitsky and are used with his public permission.
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