Help center · Automate your podcast, lesson 4 of 4

Test your podcast setup from start to finish

A short checklist to book a test guest, approve them, see the Riverside session, and fit PodMatch in.

About 6 minutes.

1. Apply as a test guest

   Open your podcast guest link in a private browsing tab. Apply with a second email address you can check. Tap Send my application.

2. Approve the test guest

   Your email gets a New guest application message. Tap Review the application, then Approve and send the booking link.

3. Book a time as the guest

   In your second email, open the message that says you're approved. Tap Pick my recording time, pick a time, and tap Book it.

4. Check the confirmation

   The guest's confirmation should have the Open the studio button with your Riverside studio link, a calendar file and a Google Calendar link. You get a New booking email too.

5. Check the Riverside session appears

   Wait for your hourly task to run, or paste the instruction into a Claude chat once. Then open Riverside. You should see a scheduled session at that time with your test email invited.

6. Cancel the test booking

   In the guest's confirmation email, tap the link after Need to cancel? and cancel. On the next run, your Claude deletes the Riverside session.

7. PodMatch: point it at your link

   In PodMatch, set your scheduling link to your Let's Sit Down podcast link. PodMatch guests then apply and book the same way as everyone else.

8. PodMatch: two steps stay there

   PodMatch doesn't connect to other apps. After a guest books, add the recording date and link in your PodMatch conversation. After the episode is out, mark it complete and add the episode link. That's how PodMatch knows the episode happened.