# OndaCast

> Find live radio stations, podcasts, free audiobooks, song charts and the radio guide on OndaCast.

- name: com.ondacast/ondacast
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.ondacast%2Fondacast
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.ondacast%2Fondacast/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ondacast": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ondacast.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 98
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-94% +updated-14d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 9 of 9 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 1,670 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: 5 tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 9, about 1,670 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: da3b458d4fa726b1af4d0b6036e6d5b2
- tools last changed: 2026-10-31T22:06:27.199Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/com.ondacast/ondacast.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/com.ondacast/ondacast)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-31 `get_charts` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-31 `search_audiobooks` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-31 `get_podcast` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-31 `get_station` changed (description, outputSchema)
  - before: Get one radio station from OndaCast by slug or OndaCast page address: description, location, genres, language, frequency, the song playing now and the show on air when known, and the OndaCast page for listening. Stations that cannot play in a browser are not available.
  - after: Get one radio station from OndaCast by slug or OndaCast page address: description, location, genres, language, frequency, the song playing now and the show on air when known, and the OndaCast page for listening. Stations that cannot play in a browser are not available. It is for listening to or playing a station: the answer links to the station's OndaCast page.
- 2026-10-31 `search_stations` changed (description, inputSchema, outputSchema)
  - before: Search live radio stations in the OndaCast catalogue by name, with optional country, genre and language filters. Returns up to `limit` stations with an OndaCast page link for listening. Only stations that play in a web browser over a secure connection are listed. Country, genre and language use the English names shown in OndaCast's filters.
  - after: Search live radio stations in the OndaCast catalogue by name, with optional country, genre and language filters. Returns up to `limit` stations with an OndaCast page link for listening. It is for finding a station to listen to or play: each result links to the station's OndaCast page. Only stations that play in a web browser over a secure connection are listed. Country, genre and language use the English names shown in OndaCast's filters.

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/com.ondacast%2Fondacast/changes

## Remotes

- https://ondacast.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.9411765)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (9)

- `add_podcast`: Add a podcast from a public podcast directory to OndaCast, by the directoryId that search_podcasts returned in notOnOndaCastYet. This creates the show's OndaCast page and is the only tool that changes anything. It takes no web address: only directory ids such as itunes-123 or pi-456. Additions are limited per client and per day.
- `catalog_facts`: Get verifiable facts about OndaCast: what it offers and how large the catalogue is, as figures rounded down and refreshed weekly, with links to its main pages.
- `get_charts`: Get OndaCast's live song or artist chart, counted from what stations played, for the last 24 hours or 7 days, worldwide or for one country. Returns ranked entries with plays and OndaCast page links.
- `get_podcast`: Get one podcast from OndaCast by slug or OndaCast page address: author, description, language, category, its latest episodes with OndaCast page links, and the show's OndaCast page.
- `get_station`: Get one radio station from OndaCast by slug or OndaCast page address: description, location, genres, language, frequency, the song playing now and the show on air when known, and the OndaCast page for listening. Stations that cannot play in a browser are not available. It is for listening to or playing a station: the answer links to the station's OndaCast page.
- `radio_guide_now`: List radio shows on air right now in OndaCast's radio guide, with their hosts, when they end in the show's own time zone, and the stations that carry them, each with an OndaCast page link. Optional country and genre filters.
- `search_audiobooks`: Search the public-domain audiobooks in the OndaCast catalogue by title or topic, with an optional language filter. Returns up to `limit` audiobooks with an OndaCast page link.
- `search_podcasts`: Search podcasts in the OndaCast catalogue by title or topic, with an optional language filter. Returns up to `limit` shows with an OndaCast page link. When OndaCast has no match, it may list shows from a public podcast directory that are not on OndaCast yet; the add_podcast tool can add one.
- `search_stations`: Search live radio stations in the OndaCast catalogue by name, with optional country, genre and language filters. Returns up to `limit` stations with an OndaCast page link for listening. It is for finding a station to listen to or play: each result links to the station's OndaCast page. Only stations that play in a web browser over a secure connection are listed. Country, genre and language use the English names shown in OndaCast's filters.