Claude-Based Autonomous Podcast Booking Agent Two-Way Booking + Conversational + Monitoring + Reporting Objective Build a Claude-based AI agent that: Books our team onto relevant podcasts Books relevant guests onto our podcast The agent must: Discover relevant podcasts Monitor their recent episodes Summarize episode content Identify trends and guest patterns Initiate and hold booking conversations Nurture relationships Escalate only when booking is confirmed All outbound must be human-approved (for now). Sub-Agent A — “Get Us On Podcasts” Discovery Engine Continuously discover relevant podcasts in: Advertising Media planning Brand marketing Ad-tech Capital markets (where relevant) For each podcast: Host(s) Producer contact (if available) Audience description Typical guests Episode format Relevance score Episode Monitoring The agent must: Listen to or ingest transcripts Summarize recent episodes Identify recurring themes Detect guest patterns Identify topic gaps Dashboard must display: Podcast name Last 5 episode summaries Suggested tailored pitch angles Booking likelihood score Conversational Booking Agent must: Initiate outreach Personalize pitch referencing recent episodes Reply to host responses Negotiate episode angles Suggest show titles + questions Escalate only when: Host wants to confirm booking Calendar coordination required Sub-Agent B — “Get Them On Our Podcast” Guest Discovery Engine Identify relevant executives, creators, analysts, journalists Rank by: Relevance Audience reach Credibility Strategic value Guest Outreach & Conversation Agent must: Pitch them tailored angles Suggest why it benefits them Hold follow-up conversations Offer episode framing Provide example topics Escalate only when: Guest confirms participation Contribution Model The system must also: Invite: Quote-only contributions Research submissions Commentary Track permissions before citing Attribute correctly Knowledge Ingestion We must be able to upload: New podcast episodes New blog posts New research New data Agent must: Index it Use it to generate outreach ideas Generate pitch angles from it Dashboard Requirements Must include: Podcast Pipeline View Target shows Outreach status Conversation thread preview Booking stage Guest Pipeline View Targets Outreach status Response tracking Episode Monitoring Panel Podcast summaries Trend detection Competitive podcast intel Metrics Booking rate Response rate Guest quality score Download correlation with guest type Guardrails No impersonation No fake data Clear disclosure in outreach Human approval required before sending (Phase 1) Technical Requirements Claude-based conversational agents Thread memory Structured contact schema Email integration Logging Lightweight dashboard