Request: API write key + Podping auth token for podcast distribution platform

[alexanderradahl]

Hi team,

I'm building Mato, an AI-powered podcast platform. We've built full Podcast Index integration into our distribution backend:

Podping notifications on every feed update (code is ready, just needs auth token)
Auto-submission of new feeds via the /add/byfeedurl API
Directory status checking via /podcasts/byfeedurl (working with read-only key)
I'm requesting:

API write key — I have a read-only key (R3GN...P2L4, created 2026-03-06) and requested an upgrade, but approval requires a podcastindex.social account
Podping auth token — to send real-time feed update notifications
The blocker: podcastindex.social registration is returning "Your registration attempt has been blocked due to a network policy." I've tried multiple networks. I also emailed info@podcastindex.org on March 6 and followed up, but haven't heard back.

Our feed URLs follow the pattern https://media.heymato.com/shows/{slug}/feed.xml and we're already serving valid RSS 2.0 + podcast namespace feeds in production.

Happy to provide any additional info needed for verification. Thanks for building such a great open platform!

[Marzal]

Hi, do you have some example feed?

And are you supporting the <podcast:txt purpose="ai-content"> tag?
https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/tags/txt.md#:~:text=ai%2Dcontent

[alexanderradahl]

Hi @Marzal , thanks for the response!

Here's our feed that's already indexed (feedId 7762826):

https://media.heymato.com/the-download/feed.xml

We don't support <podcast:txt purpose="ai-content"> yet, but we're implementing it now. It's directly relevant for us since Mato is an AI-powered podcast platform. We'll also be adding purpose="verify" support at the same time.

Regarding the write key and Podping token, is there anything else you need from us to move those forward? The Mastodon registration at podcastindex.social has been blocking us (network policy error), and we haven't heard back from the emails we sent.

[Marzal]

For the PI API, @daveajones needs to have time to check your petition, there are a few waiting. He would answer when he has the time.

Meanwhile I would advice to improve the feeds with the pointers of this validators:

• https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.heymato.com%2Fthe-download%2Ffeed.xml
• https://validator.livewire.io/?validate=https://media.heymato.com/the-download/feed.xml
• https://podba.se/validate/?url=https://media.heymato.com/the-download/feed.xml
• https://www.castfeedvalidator.com/validate.php?url=https://media.heymato.com/the-download/feed.xml

[alexanderradahl]

@Marzal IT should all be validated now, also added the AI content tag. Take a look.

[Marzal]

@Marzal IT should all be validated now, also added the AI content tag. Take a look.

Hi, the txt ai disclosure it's not well implemented

<podcast:txt purpose="verify">
This podcast is generated using AI technology by Mato