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Create Podscan Search Feed

User Intent

"How do I search for podcast episodes using Podscan? Show me podcast search feed configuration."

Note: Podscan API key is not required. Graphlit provides Podscan access by default and bills you for usage.

Operation

SDK Method: createFeed() with FeedTypes.Search Auth: None required (Graphlit provides Podscan access, bills you for usage)

Code Example (TypeScript)

import { Graphlit } from 'graphlit-client';
import { FeedTypes, SearchServiceTypes } from 'graphlit-client/dist/generated/graphql-types';

const graphlit = new Graphlit();

const feed = await graphlit.createFeed({
  name: 'AI Podcast Episodes',
  type: FeedTypes.Search,
  search: {
    type: SearchServiceTypes.Podscan,
    text: 'artificial intelligence machine learning',
    readLimit: 25,
  },
  // Optional: add workflow for content processing
  // workflow: { id: workflow.createWorkflow.id }
});

console.log(`Created Podscan feed: ${feed.createFeed.id}`);

Configuration

text: Podcast topic search query readLimit: Number of podcast episodes per execution type: SearchServiceTypes.Podscan

What Gets Indexed

  • Podcast episode titles and descriptions

  • Episode transcripts (when available)

  • Show names and hosts

  • Publication dates

  • Audio file URLs

Use Cases

Topic Monitoring:

text: 'startup fundraising venture capital'

Guest Appearances:

text: 'Sam Altman OpenAI'

Industry News:

text: 'cryptocurrency regulation 2024'

Interview Research:

text: 'YC founders growth strategies'

Competitive Intelligence:

text: 'mentions of CompanyName product'

What Makes Podscan Special

Podcast-Specific: Only searches podcast content, not general web Transcript Search: Finds mentions within episode transcripts Guest Tracking: Discover podcast appearances by specific people Show Monitoring: Track mentions of topics across all podcasts

Search Tips

Be specific about topics:

  • ✅ "enterprise SaaS go-to-market strategy"

  • ❌ "business"

Don't include "podcast" or "episode":

  • ✅ "climate tech startups"

  • ❌ "climate tech startups podcast episode"

Person names work great:

  • ✅ "Jensen Huang NVIDIA"

  • ✅ "Patrick Collison Stripe"

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