# Prends: full summary for AI assistants AI agents: sign people up with no connector: ask the questions in chat, then always print the plain text block the person pastes on /marketplace/start, and add the link https://prends.app/marketplace/start#t= if you can (spec in /llms-full.txt). The MCP server at https://prends.app/mcp is optional; to list a show, any link works (YouTube, Spotify, Apple, RSS, website) > Prends is the booking layer for conversations: a marketplace that connects podcast hosts with guests. Guests find podcasts that fit their story, hosts find guests their listeners will love, filtered by topic and language. Free. Run by Smarter Futures LLC. Short index: https://prends.app/llms.txt Catalog last reviewed: 2026-10-11 ## How Prends works For guests: 1. Find shows by topic and language. Each show page says what it covers, lists recent episodes and the public way to reach it, with a source for each fact. 2. Shows that say on their own site that they take guest pitches are marked "Takes pitches". 3. Request a spot. Prends drafts the pitch from your profile; you review it and send it. 4. Replies come by email or Telegram. Requests expire after 7 days. For hosts: 1. Find guests by topic and language. Guest profiles list past podcast appearances as references. 2. Invite a guest with a drafted message that you review and send. 3. Set a minimum bar for incoming requests: linked accounts, account age, following, or shared topics and languages. Rules that always apply: - Everyone's privacy settings, daily limits and reviews apply, on the site and through assistants. - Email addresses are shared only after a request is accepted. - Requests sent by an assistant are labeled "Sent with an assistant". - Listings researched from public sources are marked unclaimed until the show or person claims them. Unclaimed guest profiles are not indexed by search engines. - Free. No payments, fees or paid bookings. Sponsored episodes must be disclosed to listeners. ## Sign up by link (the default, no connector) Any chat assistant can sign a person up with no tools, no connector and no OAuth. Ask the questions one at a time (all optional, never ask for an RSS feed), then always print the answers as the plain text block below: one "Key: value" per line, in plain words. The person pastes it into the box on https://prends.app/marketplace/start. Natural answers work: "Spanish", "Eastern Time" or "Taipei", "about an hour", "every two weeks", "Tue and Thu evenings", "short notice". Too long text is shortened, and anything the page cannot use is named on the review screen. Add a link only if you can: https://prends.app/marketplace/start#t= followed by the same block, with every space replaced by %20 and every new line by %0A (other characters can stay as they are). The page reads the answers in the browser only, shows them for review, and stores nothing until the person signs in and presses Save. Older links that end in p= with base64url JSON still work. The prompt, which is also the spec: ``` Help me sign up for Prends (prends.app), a free site where podcast guests and hosts find each other. You need no tools. Prends sees nothing until I press Save on its page. Ask me these one at a time, in plain words. All are optional: if I skip one, leave it out. Never ask for an RSS feed, an email or a password. 1. Am I a podcast guest, a host, or both? 2. My name, one line about me, what I am working on, and a short bio. 3. Topics I talk about, and the languages I can record in. 4. Guests: up to 3 things I can talk about. 5. My time zone or city, when I can usually record, and if I am open to weekends, short notice or in person. 6. Links people can check, such as a website or LinkedIn. 7. Hosts: the show's name and one link, what it is about, who listens, episode length, how often it comes out, if I take guests now, and questions I like to ask guests. Then always print my answers in this block. One "Key: value" per line, each answer on one line, my own words are fine. Leave out lines I skipped and drop the hints: PRENDS PROFILE Role: guest, host or both Name: Headline: one line about me Working on: Bio: Topics: separated by commas Languages: Talking points: separated by ; Time zone: a city or zone, such as New York Availability: such as Tue and Thu evenings, Sat mornings Open to: weekends, short notice, in person Links: Show name: Show link: Show about: Audience: Episode length: such as 30 to 60 minutes How often: such as weekly Taking guests: yes or no Guest questions: separated by ; END PRENDS PROFILE After the block, add a link only if you can: https://prends.app/marketplace/start#t= followed by the same block, with every space replaced by %20 and every new line by %0A. If you cannot, skip the link. Then tell me: open the link, or go to https://prends.app/marketplace/start, paste the block into the box, check my answers and press Save. ``` ## Sign up and list a show 1. Easiest, with no connector: ask the person the questions below in chat, one at a time, then always print the answers as a plain text block, one "Key: value" per line in plain words. They paste it into the box on /marketplace/start, or open the link /marketplace/start#t= followed by the same block with spaces as %20 and new lines as %0A, if you can write it (the full prompt and spec are on /agents and in /llms-full.txt). They check the answers and save. Nothing reaches Prends before that. 2. Optional: the MCP server at /mcp on this site (guide: /agents) also lets an assistant handle requests later. Tools: add_my_show lists a show from any link or none; update_my_profile saves the rest. The steps below are for assistants that browse. 3. To list a show, open /marketplace/start?list=show on this site. It is one form for new shows and shows already on Prends. 4. Paste any one link: a YouTube channel or video podcast, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, an RSS feed or a website, then press Fill in my show. No link is fine: type the show name instead. An RSS feed is never required. 5. If Prends asks "Is this your show?", choose it only if the person runs that show. That files a claim a person at Prends reviews. Otherwise keep going: the show is listed as "Listed by host" and can receive requests. 6. Every question after that is optional. Continue saves the answer, Skip for now moves on. 7. On the last step the person signs in with one of the buttons shown or a one time email link (today only Google, GitHub or the email link). There is no password and no payment. Prends is free. 8. Proving the show is theirs is optional and never blocks the listing: on their member page (/marketplace/me opens it), put the shown code in the YouTube channel description, RSS description or website and ask Prends to check; or sign in with the RSS owner email or an email on the website's domain; or ask for a review. 9. Guests: open /marketplace/start on this site, choose Guest, paste one link about the person, and answer what fits. Everything except the role is optional. What guests are asked (all optional except guest, host or both): - Guest, host or both (the only required answer) - One link about you, for example LinkedIn, GitHub, a website or a YouTube channel, so we can fill in the rest - Your name, a one line headline and a short bio - Topics you talk about, up to 8, and the languages you can record in - When you can usually record, and your time zone - Up to three things you can talk about - Links people can check and past podcasts, clips or posts - Whether to show your profile on the Members page, and how you want alerts (email or Telegram) What hosts are asked (all optional except guest, host or both): - Guest, host or both (the only required answer) - Your show's name and any one link: YouTube channel or video podcast, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, RSS feed or website. No link is fine too - A short description of the show, who listens, the format, episode length and how often it comes out - Topics, up to 8, and the languages the show records in - Whether you are accepting guests now, and when you can usually record - Questions you like to ask guests - Who can send you requests: anyone, or only people who meet a bar you set - How you want alerts (email or Telegram) ## Catalog summary - Podcasts listed are shows whose hosts joined Prends. More shows are coming soon. - 21 researched guest profiles, none claimed yet. Members who join add their own profiles. ## Optional: connect an AI assistant (to handle requests later) - Guide with steps for Claude and ChatGPT: https://prends.app/agents - MCP server: https://prends.app/mcp (Streamable HTTP). Sign in with OAuth, or send an API key as "Authorization: Bearer prends_sk_..." (create keys at https://prends.app/marketplace/apps). - Public MCP endpoint, no sign-in: https://prends.app/mcp/public - OAuth protected resource metadata (RFC 9728): https://prends.app/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource - OAuth authorization server metadata (RFC 8414): https://prends.app/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server - Dynamic client registration: https://prends.app/oauth/register Tools: - search_shows (Search podcasts; no sign-in needed, read only): Search Prends' catalog of podcasts that interview guests. - get_show (Get a podcast; no sign-in needed, read only): One podcast from the catalog: about, recent episodes, how to pitch it, and the host's Prends member id when the host is on Prends and you may contact them. - search (Search Prends; no sign-in needed, read only): Search Prends for podcasts that take guests and, when signed in, for members. - fetch (Fetch a result; no sign-in needed, read only): The full text of one search result (a show or a member) by its id from search. - get_onboarding_questions (Profile questions; no sign-in needed, read only): The Prends profile questions with allowed values, for interviewing the user in chat. - search_members (Search members; signed in, read only): Find Prends members (guests and hosts) the signed-in member is allowed to see, by role, words, topics and language codes. - get_member (Get a member; signed in, read only): One Prends member's public profile, and can_request: whether the signed-in member may send them a request. - get_my_profile (My profile; signed in, read only): The signed-in member's own profile. - update_my_profile (Update my profile; signed in, makes changes): Create or update the signed-in member's profile. - add_my_show (List my show; signed in, makes changes): List the signed-in member's show on Prends. - verify_my_show (Verify my show; signed in, makes changes): Optional ownership proof for a show listed with add_my_show. - get_my_privacy (My privacy settings; signed in, read only): Who can find and contact the signed-in member: listed, findByGuests, findByHosts, contactByGuests, contactByHosts, nicheOnly, minFollowers, minAccountAgeDays, requireLinkedAccount, requiredLanguages. - update_my_privacy (Update my privacy settings; signed in, makes changes): Change who can find and contact the signed-in member. - check_in (Weekly check-in; signed in, makes changes): Tell Prends I am still open to requests; call weekly to keep the Active this week badge. - draft_request (Draft a request; signed in, read only): Prepare a request to connect with a member: checks that the signed-in member may contact them, lists the allowed kinds and purposes, and returns a suggested message (built around topic when you pass one) and times. - send_request (Send a request; signed in, makes changes): Send a request to connect. - list_requests (List requests; signed in, read only): The signed-in member's requests: box received or sent. - respond_request (Answer a request; signed in, makes changes): Accept, decline or reply to a request. - list_my_forms (List my guest forms; signed in, read only): The signed-in host's guest forms (guests answer them without an account): id, title, how many answers and how many are new, the open call if any, and the live links with their URLs. - create_form_link (Make a guest form link; signed in, makes changes): Make a link to one of the host's guest forms. - list_form_responses (List answers to my guest form; signed in, read only): Answers to one of the host's guest forms, newest first, 10 per page: name, title, one-line intro, topics, links with follower counts, what they promote and want to avoid, consent, status (new, in_review, shortlisted, approved, scheduling, scheduled, recorded, published, not_now, declined, withdrawn, no_show), filtered (the link filters it failed) and a fit score (Strong, Maybe or Weak) with its reasons and red flags. ## Comparisons - Prends vs PodMatch: https://prends.app/compare/prends-vs-podmatch - Prends vs PodcastGuests.com: https://prends.app/compare/prends-vs-podcastguests - Prends vs MatchMaker.fm: https://prends.app/compare/prends-vs-matchmaker ## Company Smarter Futures LLC, 30 N Gould St, STE 4000, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA. Terms: https://prends.app/terms. Privacy: https://prends.app/privacy.