Lenny's PodcastSAFE
MCP server for searching Lenny's Podcast transcripts - 284 episodes of product wisdom
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
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
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](https://twitter.co
755c0f4b0720OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control.
claude mcp add lenny-mcp -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"lenny-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
]
}
}
}Exposed tools (3)
3 read · 0 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
get_episode | read | Get the full transcript for a specific episode by guest name. |
list_episodes | read | List all available episodes/guests in Lenny |
search_transcripts | read | Search across all of Lenny |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (3 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (1)
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, express, flexsearch, @types/express, @types/node, typescript
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
755c0f4b0720full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/akshayvkt__lenny-s-podcast.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 755c0f4b0720 | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Lenny's Podcast MCP server?
MCP server for searching Lenny's Podcast transcripts - 284 episodes of product wisdom
What tools does Lenny's Podcast expose?
3 in total: 3 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Lenny's Podcast safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Lenny's Podcast need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Lenny's Podcast run?
It speaks stdio and streamable-http, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as lenny-mcp at 1.0.0.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (755c0f4b0720), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.