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.
Where the week actually goes
Recording is usually the easy part of running a podcast. Everything after it is where most of the week’s effort goes. Transcribing an hour of conversation, writing show notes that describe what was discussed, finding the two or three clip-worthy moments, scheduling the episode and its promotional posts. That is exactly the work that gets rushed or skipped when the host is also the producer.
A show that misses its publish schedule loses the compounding benefit of a consistent release rhythm, because platforms and listener habits both reward it. Miss two or three releases in a row, and a subscriber who notices the gap starts checking the feed less often. That quietly erodes an audience built over months, even after the schedule resumes.
What the agent handles after you stop recording
The agent transcribes the full episode with speaker labels, and drafts show notes and chapter timestamps directly from that transcript. It selects highlight moments worth clipping for social, with captions burned in for sound-off viewing. It drafts a title and description tuned to each platform’s conventions, and pulls quotable guest moments for promotional posts without taking them out of context. The finished episode and its clips get scheduled 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. Show notes and clip selection get sharper with each episode, rather than starting cold every time. A returning guest is remembered too, which keeps that episode’s framing and cross-references consistent with what was said and promised the first time around.
What a host still owns
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. How comfortable a guest is with how their words get clipped and framed is a judgment call for a host. Especially on a sensitive topic, it is not something to automate.
Guards
Clip selection and show notes go to a review queue before publishing. Any guest quote used in promotion is checked against the full transcript before it is pulled. It 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 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 $3,600 | 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 the video script storyboard agent or the youtube channel manager agent. The newsletter editor agent sits in the same Marketing & Content group, alongside the narrower podcast and webinar transcription and podcast show notes automations. For real numbers, see ai video content pipeline and 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. 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.