`genres`

Pack: listen-notes · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/genres for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Return the full list of Listen Notes podcast genre categories with genre id and name. Use genre_id values to filter best_podcasts or search by genre.

Example call

Arguments

{}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/listen-notes/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"genres","arguments":{}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('genres', {});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`genres`	array	List of genres

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "genres": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of genres",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Genre ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Genre name"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the listen-notes pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "listen-notes": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/listen-notes/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

genres