A podcast agent that handles
everything but the mic
Recording a podcast is the fast part; transcribing it, writing show notes, finding the three clips worth posting separately and getting everything scheduled across platforms is what actually eats the week. We build an agent that handles all of it after the recording stops, so a host's job ends at the conversation.
The role today
The recording itself is usually the easy part of running a podcast; everything after it, transcribing an hour of conversation, writing show notes that actually describe what was discussed, finding the two or three moments worth clipping for social, scheduling the episode and its promotional posts across platforms, is where most of the week’s effort actually goes, and it is exactly the kind of work that gets rushed or skipped when the host is also the producer. A show that misses its publish schedule because the production backlog never cleared loses the compounding benefit of a consistent release rhythm. A show that misses two or three releases in a row loses more than those episodes’ listens, since podcast platforms and listener habits both reward consistency, and a subscriber who notices gaps starts checking the feed less often, which quietly erodes the audience a show spent months building even after a regular schedule resumes.
What the agent takes over
The agent transcribes the full episode with speaker labels, drafts show notes and chapter timestamps directly from that transcript, and selects highlight moments worth clipping for social with captions burned in for sound-off viewing. It drafts an SEO-friendly title and description tuned to each platform’s conventions, pulls quotable guest moments for promotional posts without taking them out of context, and schedules the finished episode and its clips across your podcast host and social channels on your regular release rhythm.
Across episodes the agent builds a memory of recurring segments, guest types and topics that tend to generate the strongest clips, so show notes and clip selection get sharper with each episode rather than starting cold every time. A guest who has appeared before is also remembered, which keeps a returning-guest episode’s framing and cross-references consistent with what was said and promised on their first appearance.
What stays with humans
Choosing guests and topics, the actual conversation and interviewing, and approving the final clip selection and show notes before they publish stay with your team. The agent handles the production work after recording; people handle the show itself. A guest’s comfort with how their words are clipped and framed, especially on a sensitive topic, is a judgment call a host is best placed to make, not an automated process.
Guards
Clip selection and show notes go to a review queue before publishing, and any guest quote used in promotion is checked against the full transcript context before it is pulled, so a quote never gets used in a way the guest did not intend. A kill switch pauses scheduled publishing in one message if an episode needs to be held back. A new show or a new clipping style starts in a dry run on one past episode before it runs live on a new release. If production moves in-house, we hand over the transcription setup, the show-notes templates and the full episode archive, documented for your own producer.
Price and timeline
| Option | Price | What it covers | Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agency runs it | from $2,600 | Built, launched and supervised by us, plus a monthly support plan | 2 to 4 weeks |
| Full control, handover-ready | from $4,400 | Same agent, deployed on your infrastructure with full documentation to run it yourselves | 2 to 4 weeks plus 1 to 2 weeks for handover |
Running cost is usually $20 to $150 a month in model usage, depending on volume.
Related
See the full package breakdown on the AI agents service page and brand creative. Pair this with video script storyboard agent, youtube channel manager agent, newsletter editor agent inside the same Marketing & Content group, or with the narrower podcast and webinar transcription, podcast show notes automation. For real numbers, see ai video content pipeline, ai reels editor telegram.
Ready to put this to work on your team? Get in touch and we will map it against your current process on the first call.
FAQ
How much does a podcast producer agent cost?
From $2,600 for transcription, show notes, clipping and scheduling on a weekly or biweekly podcast, live in 2 to 4 weeks. A daily or multi-show operation usually runs from $4,500.
How long does it take to go live?
Two to four weeks: the first two tune transcription accuracy and the show notes format against a few real episodes, the rest builds the clip-selection and scheduling workflow your team will actually use.
Which channels and tools does it work with?
It publishes show notes and episodes to your podcast host (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, a self-hosted feed) and schedules highlight clips to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
What if it gets something wrong?
Clip selection and show notes go to a review queue before publishing, and a guest quote pulled for promotion is checked against the actual transcript so it is never taken out of context or misattributed.
What about our data and security?
Episode audio and transcripts stay in your own storage. Nothing from a guest's conversation is used beyond producing that episode's own content.