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Plex MCP Server
niavasha/plex-mcp-server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI assistants with comprehensive access to your Plex Media Server, Sonarr, Radarr, and Trakt.tv — all from a single unified server.
Install
npx plex-mcp-serverClient configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"plex": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/plex-mcp-server/build/plex-mcp-server.js"
],
"env": {
"PLEX_URL": "<PLEX_URL>",
"PLEX_TOKEN": "<PLEX_TOKEN>",
"SONARR_URL": "<SONARR_URL>",
"SONARR_API_KEY": "<SONARR_API_KEY>",
"RADARR_URL": "<RADARR_URL>",
"RADARR_API_KEY": "<RADARR_API_KEY>",
"TRAKT_CLIENT_ID": "<TRAKT_CLIENT_ID>",
"TRAKT_CLIENT_SECRET": "<TRAKT_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
PLEX_URLPLEX_TOKENSONARR_URLSONARR_API_KEYRADARR_URLRADARR_API_KEYTRAKT_CLIENT_IDTRAKT_CLIENT_SECRET- Author
- @niavasha
- Category
- Home Automation & IoT, Entertainment & Media
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
About Plex MCP Server
This MCP server transforms your Plex Media Server into an AI-queryable database. Ask your AI assistant questions like:
Features
Plex Library Management — Browse libraries, search media, get detailed metadata, list playlists and watchlist
Tautulli-Style Analytics — Viewing statistics, user activity, popular content, watch history
Personalized Recommendations — AI-powered movie suggestions based on your watch history, genres, directors, and actors. Supports per-user profiles for multi-user Plex servers.
Sonarr/Radarr Integration — Browse, search, add series/movies, view queues, trigger downloads
Trakt.tv Sync — OAuth authentication, watch history sync, enhanced statistics, scrobbling. When configured, Trakt data enriches recommendations by catching movies watched outside Plex.
Write Operations (opt-in) — Create/edit playlists, update metadata, manage watchlist, rate media, and mark media watched or unwatched
Tools (40)
get_libraries
List all Plex libraries
get_library_items
List items in a library with pagination
export_library
Export a full library to JSON (under./exports)
search_media
Search media globally or within one library
get_recently_added
Recently added content
get_on_deck
Continue watching list
get_media_details
Detailed media info
get_editable_fields
Show editable fields and available tags for an item
get_playlists
List all Plex playlists
get_playlist_items
List items in a playlist
get_watchlist
Get the current account Watchlist from Plex Discover
get_recently_watched
Recently watched content
get_watch_history
Detailed watch sessions
get_fully_watched
Fully watched movies/shows
get_watch_stats
Comprehensive viewing statistics
get_user_stats
User activity statistics
get_library_stats
Library usage metrics
get_popular_content
Most popular content analysis
get_recommendations
Personalized movie recommendations based on your watch history
get_active_sessions
Currently active Plex streams — who is watching what, player state, transcoding
update_metadata
Update metadata fields and editable tags for a media item
update_metadata_from_json
Apply a metadata JSON payload using best-effort field mapping
create_playlist
Create a new smart or static playlist
add_to_playlist
Add a media item to a playlist
remove_from_playlist
Remove an item from a playlist
clear_playlist
Preview and optionally clear all items from a playlist (confirm=true)
delete_playlist
Delete a playlist without deleting the underlying media
add_to_watchlist
Add a matched local movie or show to the account Watchlist
remove_from_watchlist
Remove an account Watchlist item by its global Plex GUID or local rating key
rate_media
Set the user's rating for a media item from 0 to 10
mark_watched
Mark a media item as watched
mark_unwatched
Mark a media item as unwatched
sonarr_get_series
List series with optional title filter
sonarr_search
Search TheTVDB for new series
sonarr_add_series
Add series by TVDB ID
sonarr_get_missing
Missing/wanted episodes
sonarr_get_queue
Download queue
sonarr_get_calendar
Upcoming episodes
sonarr_get_profiles
Quality profiles and root folders
sonarr_trigger_search
Trigger missing episode search
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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