There's a small friction in using any tool: you have to go to it.
You hear about an episode. You mean to catch up on it. But that means opening a tab, finding the link, pasting it somewhere, waiting. Most of the time you just don't, and the episode joins the pile of things you were going to get to.
So we removed the going-to-it part. DriftNote now works inside your AI assistant. Connect it once to Claude, ChatGPT or Meta Muse, and then just ask:
"Catch me up on the latest Huberman Lab episode."
Your assistant handles it. A few minutes later you have the summary — in the chat, and in your DriftNote library, and in your Notion, exactly as if you'd pasted the link yourself.
What This Actually Is
DriftNote is now an MCP server. MCP — the Model Context Protocol — is the emerging standard for how AI assistants talk to outside services. It's what turns an assistant from something that only knows what it was trained on into something that can actually go and do things on your behalf.
Meta opened Muse to developer-built connectors earlier this month. Claude and ChatGPT support the same protocol. So rather than build three integrations, we built one thing properly, and it works everywhere.
The practical effect: DriftNote became a capability of the assistant you already use, rather than another app competing for your attention.
Connecting Takes About a Minute
- Add DriftNote as a connector in your assistant. Find it in the connector list, or paste the endpoint:
https://www.driftnote.net/api/mcp - Press Allow. You'll land on a DriftNote consent screen. Sign in — or create an account right there if you're new.
- Ask for something.
There's no API key to copy, no configuration file, no developer account. The assistant registers itself and the only thing you do is approve it. If you'd rather set one up by hand, there are API keys in Settings, but most people won't need them.
Things Worth Asking For
Catch up on a show by name. You don't need an episode link — just the show.
"Summarize the latest Acquired episode."
Summarize a specific episode you've been sent. Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, an RSS feed, or a direct audio file all work.
"Summarize this and save it to my Notion: [link]"
Ask follow-up questions about an episode that's already been summarized.
"What did they say about sleep in that one?"
Keep up with a show automatically.
"Follow Lenny's Podcast and summarize new episodes as they drop."
Get something shareable.
"Make that summary public and give me the link."
What Your Assistant Can and Can't Do
Worth being precise about this, because "connect an AI to your account" deserves a straight answer.
It can: search podcasts, request summaries, read the summaries in your own library, follow shows, and create a public share link when you ask it to.
It can't: see your password or payment details, change your plan, make a payment, or reach anyone else's data. And it can't keep access after you disconnect it — every connected assistant is listed in Settings, and disconnecting cuts it off immediately.
Summaries requested through an assistant use the same monthly allowance as ones you make on the web. There's no separate quota to track, and no surprise billing — a free account gets 5 a month whichever way you ask.
One Thing to Expect
Summarizing a full episode isn't instant. DriftNote transcribes and analyses the whole thing, which takes roughly two to five minutes depending on length.
Your assistant knows this and will tell you it's running rather than sitting there silently. Ask for something else in the meantime; it'll come back with the summary. If you want it while you're doing something else, the summary lands in your email and your Notion too.
Why We Think This Matters
The interesting shift isn't technical. It's that you no longer need to remember DriftNote exists.
You have a thought — I should catch up on that episode — in whatever app you're already talking to, and the thought gets handled there. No context switch, no tab, no decision about whether it's worth the effort. That's a meaningfully different thing from "a website that summarizes podcasts."
We suspect a lot of software is about to work this way.
Get Started
If you already have a DriftNote account, open your assistant and add the connector. If you don't, you can create one during the connect flow — it takes ten seconds and the free plan needs no card.
- Connector endpoint:
https://www.driftnote.net/api/mcp - Using Meta Muse?
- Technical details and the full tool list
And if you'd rather just paste a link like always — that still works exactly as it did.