Plex Director

Name: Plex Director
Author: HoneyBearTech

by HoneyBearTechversion 1.4.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.HoneyBearTech/plex-director-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Ask about and manage your own Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr and download clients.

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UsageiVery new★ –

What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other
You need to fill in: PLEX_TOKEN, RADARR_API_KEY, SONARR_API_KEY, PROWLARR_API_KEY, SABNZBD_API_KEY, QBITTORRENT_PASS, TAUTULLI_API_KEY, TMDB_API_KEY, WEB_PASSWORD, SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: PLEX_URL, PLEX_TOKEN, RADARR_URL, RADARR_API_KEY, SONARR_URL, SONARR_API_KEY, PROWLARR_URL, PROWLARR_API_KEY, SABNZBD_URL, SABNZBD_API_KEY, QBITTORRENT_URL, QBITTORRENT_USER, QBITTORRENT_PASS, TAUTULLI_URL, TAUTULLI_API_KEY, TMDB_API_KEY, WEB_PASSWORD, SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

DockerDocker installed

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plex-director": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PLEX_URL",
        "-e",
        "PLEX_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "RADARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "RADARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SONARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "SONARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "PROWLARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "PROWLARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SABNZBD_URL",
        "-e",
        "SABNZBD_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_URL",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_USER",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_PASS",
        "-e",
        "TAUTULLI_URL",
        "-e",
        "TAUTULLI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TMDB_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "WEB_PASSWORD",
        "-e",
        "SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY",
        "docker.io/honeybeartech/plex-director-mcp:1.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLEX_URL": "your-value",
        "PLEX_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "RADARR_URL": "your-value",
        "RADARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SONARR_URL": "your-value",
        "SONARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PROWLARR_URL": "your-value",
        "PROWLARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SABNZBD_URL": "your-value",
        "SABNZBD_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_URL": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_USER": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_PASS": "your-value",
        "TAUTULLI_URL": "your-value",
        "TAUTULLI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "TMDB_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "WEB_PASSWORD": "your-value",
        "SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add plex-director --env PLEX_URL=your-value --env PLEX_TOKEN=your-value --env RADARR_URL=your-value --env RADARR_API_KEY=your-value --env SONARR_URL=your-value --env SONARR_API_KEY=your-value --env PROWLARR_URL=your-value --env PROWLARR_API_KEY=your-value --env SABNZBD_URL=your-value --env SABNZBD_API_KEY=your-value --env QBITTORRENT_URL=your-value --env QBITTORRENT_USER=your-value --env QBITTORRENT_PASS=your-value --env TAUTULLI_URL=your-value --env TAUTULLI_API_KEY=your-value --env TMDB_API_KEY=your-value --env WEB_PASSWORD=your-value --env SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY=your-value -- docker run -i --rm -e PLEX_URL -e PLEX_TOKEN -e RADARR_URL -e RADARR_API_KEY -e SONARR_URL -e SONARR_API_KEY -e PROWLARR_URL -e PROWLARR_API_KEY -e SABNZBD_URL -e SABNZBD_API_KEY -e QBITTORRENT_URL -e QBITTORRENT_USER -e QBITTORRENT_PASS -e TAUTULLI_URL -e TAUTULLI_API_KEY -e TMDB_API_KEY -e WEB_PASSWORD -e SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY docker.io/honeybeartech/plex-director-mcp:1.4.0

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plex-director": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PLEX_URL",
        "-e",
        "PLEX_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "RADARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "RADARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SONARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "SONARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "PROWLARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "PROWLARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SABNZBD_URL",
        "-e",
        "SABNZBD_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_URL",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_USER",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_PASS",
        "-e",
        "TAUTULLI_URL",
        "-e",
        "TAUTULLI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TMDB_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "WEB_PASSWORD",
        "-e",
        "SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY",
        "docker.io/honeybeartech/plex-director-mcp:1.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLEX_URL": "your-value",
        "PLEX_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "RADARR_URL": "your-value",
        "RADARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SONARR_URL": "your-value",
        "SONARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PROWLARR_URL": "your-value",
        "PROWLARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SABNZBD_URL": "your-value",
        "SABNZBD_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_URL": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_USER": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_PASS": "your-value",
        "TAUTULLI_URL": "your-value",
        "TAUTULLI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "TMDB_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "WEB_PASSWORD": "your-value",
        "SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "plex-director": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PLEX_URL",
        "-e",
        "PLEX_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "RADARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "RADARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SONARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "SONARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "PROWLARR_URL",
        "-e",
        "PROWLARR_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SABNZBD_URL",
        "-e",
        "SABNZBD_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_URL",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_USER",
        "-e",
        "QBITTORRENT_PASS",
        "-e",
        "TAUTULLI_URL",
        "-e",
        "TAUTULLI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "TMDB_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "WEB_PASSWORD",
        "-e",
        "SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY",
        "docker.io/honeybeartech/plex-director-mcp:1.4.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLEX_URL": "your-value",
        "PLEX_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "RADARR_URL": "your-value",
        "RADARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SONARR_URL": "your-value",
        "SONARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PROWLARR_URL": "your-value",
        "PROWLARR_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "SABNZBD_URL": "your-value",
        "SABNZBD_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_URL": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_USER": "your-value",
        "QBITTORRENT_PASS": "your-value",
        "TAUTULLI_URL": "your-value",
        "TAUTULLI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "TMDB_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "WEB_PASSWORD": "your-value",
        "SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

PLEX_URL env
Plex server URL, e.g. http://192.168.1.10:32400
PLEX_TOKEN secret env
Plex token
RADARR_URL env
Radarr URL
RADARR_API_KEY secret env
Radarr API key
SONARR_URL env
Sonarr URL
SONARR_API_KEY secret env
Sonarr API key
PROWLARR_URL env
Prowlarr URL
PROWLARR_API_KEY secret env
Prowlarr API key
SABNZBD_URL env
SABnzbd URL
SABNZBD_API_KEY secret env
SABnzbd API key
QBITTORRENT_URL env
qBittorrent Web UI URL
QBITTORRENT_USER env
qBittorrent username
QBITTORRENT_PASS secret env
qBittorrent password
TAUTULLI_URL env
Tautulli URL
TAUTULLI_API_KEY secret env
Tautulli API key
TMDB_API_KEY secret env
TMDb API Read Access Token, for filmographies and the movie-choice grid
WEB_PASSWORD secret env
Password for the web dashboard the same container serves on port 3000 (strongly recommended)
SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY secret env
Encrypts the saved service credentials: 32 random bytes, base64 (openssl rand -base64 32). Every container sharing the data volume needs the same key (recommended)

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 8, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account HoneyBearTech, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 18476 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 66% of the other 18476 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 18476 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Plex Director safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: PLEX_TOKEN, RADARR_API_KEY, SONARR_API_KEY, PROWLARR_API_KEY, SABNZBD_API_KEY, QBITTORRENT_PASS, TAUTULLI_API_KEY, TMDB_API_KEY, WEB_PASSWORD, SETTINGS_ENCRYPTION_KEY

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (1.4.0) reached the registry 23 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Docker on your computer.

What can I use instead?

In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, UniMCP

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README from the maker

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plex-director-mcp

Plex Director is a self-hosted assistant for a Plex + Servarr media stack. It connects to Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, qBittorrent, Tautulli and TMDb (and, optionally, your Linux hosts over SSH), and gives you two ways to work with them:

An MCP server for Claude Desktop — ask Claude to find what you own, work out why a movie is missing, add movies, check your indexers and download queues, or run batch jobs.
A web dashboard — a browser UI with a chat box ("Which of Harrison Ford's movies do I have in 4K?"), server status, host utilization, download queues, indexer health, and background jobs.

It is built for a home-run setup: run it on your LAN, next to the apps it talks to.

[!WARNING]

Plex Director holds the API keys for every service you connect and can change them, not just read them: it adds movies to Radarr and starts download searches, removes stalled torrents from qBittorrent, runs batch upgrade jobs, and triggers Servarr backups. Adding movies goes through a pick-then-confirm step and batch jobs are planned before they run, but purging stalled torrents and starting backups happen as soon as they are asked for, and the chat and Claude Desktop act with your keys. Set WEB_PASSWORD, keep the dashboard off the public internet, and see Security requirements.

Documentation

Quick start, installing, upgrading and backups and verifying releases.
The user guide: the dashboard pages, the Query chat and the MCP tools. The documentation index lists everything.
Architecture: the components, who uses them, and how a question flows through them.
Security requirements: what Plex Director does and doesn't protect against, and the assurance case behind it.
Roadmap: where the project is going, and what it won't do.
Accessibility: what the dashboard does today and the known gaps.
External interfaces (the dashboard's HTTP API is described in docs/api/openapi.json) and dependencies and vulnerability management.
Support: which versions get fixes, and for how long. Changelog.
Contributing, Code of Conduct, Governance and reporting a vulnerability.

Documentation
What it can do
Quick start
Docker
Supported architectures
Image tags
Application setup
Usage — Docker Compose · Docker CLI · Claude Desktop via Docker
Parameters
Environment variable reference
Read-only and non-root operation
Updating
Building locally
Run without Docker (Claude Desktop)
Web dashboard
MCP tools
Security
Development
CI/CD
License

What it can do

Find what you own. Search your Plex library, movies and TV shows, by genre, actor, title, year and library (for example just the 4K libraries) across every library at once. A title held in both HD and 4K is one result with both libraries shown, and shows come with their season and episode counts and how much you have watched. You can leave a library such as Sports out of searches unless you name it.
Do I have every episode? Ask about a show and Sonarr's episode list says how many aired episodes are downloaded and exactly which are missing, or ask which of your shows have gaps, ranked, including near-complete ones. Unaired episodes and specials are never counted as missing. For a missing episode it can also say why, from Sonarr's history and download queue.
What's on, and when does it return? See which episodes air in the next few days, with premieres and finales flagged, or ask when a particular show comes back (or that no date has been announced yet).
What should I watch next? Ask for what is on deck: the next episode of each show you are following and the movies you did not finish, with how far through each one is.
What have I watched, and what have I let go stale? Ask for unwatched shows, ones you started but never finished, movies you have not watched in years, or the newest additions, alone or combined with genre, library and the rest. Titles Plex says were watched but holds no date for are set aside and counted, not guessed at.
Owned versus missing. Look up an actor's TMDb filmography, movies and TV shows, and see which of those titles are in Plex and which are not, optionally narrowed to movies or shows, by year range, or by "in 4K". Talk-show and "Self" appearances are left out, and a title appears once even when the actor played several roles in it.
Diagnose and add movies. Trace a movie through Radarr metadata, history and the download queues to see why it is missing, or search TMDb, pick from a grid, and add the choices to Radarr with a download search.
Watch your downloads and indexers. See SABnzbd and qBittorrent queues, clean up stalled torrents, and check every Prowlarr indexer's health (including ones that are backing off).
Run batch jobs safely. Plan a movie-upgrade batch and let a rate-limited runner search one movie a minute, with pause, resume, cancel, and automatic pausing if Radarr stops responding.
Keep an eye on your hosts. CPU, memory, disk, uptime and Docker container health for your Linux hosts over SSH, plus Radarr, Sonarr and Prowlarr built-in backups on demand. Each host's SSH key is remembered the first time it connects, and a changed key is refused until you approve it.
Understand usage. Live Plex streams and watch statistics through Tautulli.
Stay informed. Optional Discord notifications when a batch job finishes or is paused.

Quick start

From v1.2.0, Plex Director is listed in the official MCP registry as io.github.HoneyBearTech/plex-director-mcp, so MCP clients that browse the registry can install it directly (server.json lists its settings). Otherwise, the fastest way to try it is Docker Compose:

---

services: plex-director: image: honeybeartech/plex-director-mcp:latest container_name: plex-director environment:

WEB_PASSWORD=choose-a-password volumes:
./data:/app/data ports:
3000:3000 restart: unless-stopped

docker compose up -d

Then open http://localhost:3000, sign in, and fill in your services on the Settings page (Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, qBittorrent, Tautulli, Plex, TMDb). The full guide, with every option, is in Docker below. To use it from Claude Desktop instead, see Claude Desktop via Docker.

Docker

Images are published to both registries, and both are signed (see CI/CD):

Registry	Image
Docker Hub	`honeybeartech/plex-director-mcp`
GitHub Container Registry	`ghcr.io/honeybeartech/plex-director-mcp`

Everything below works with either; the examples use Docker Hub.

Supported architectures

Multi-arch manifests are published, so pulling the image gets the right one for your machine automatically.

Architecture	Available
x86-64 (`linux/amd64`)	✅
arm64 (`linux/arm64`)	✅

Image tags

Tag	Description
`latest`	The most recent build of the `main` branch. Includes changes that have not been given a version number yet.
`1.4.0`	A specific release. Pin one of these if you want to choose when to upgrade.
`1.1`	The newest patch release of a minor version.
`sha-`	The build of one specific commit, for pinning or bisecting.

Release notes for the numbered versions are on the Releases page.

Application setup

Start the container with one of the usage examples and open the web UI at http:// :3000.
Set a password. Add WEB_PASSWORD to the container's environment. Without it, the dashboard is open to anyone who can reach the port, including the Settings page, and shows a warning banner. See Security.
Add your services. Open Settings and fill in each tab. Every field can also be given as an environment variable (see the reference), which is handy for automated setups. You only need the services you actually use.
Give the chat box a brain. The Query page uses Claude to answer questions, so it needs ANTHROPIC_API_KEY in the container's environment. This is a pay-per-use Anthropic API key, separate from a Claude subscription. The rest of the dashboard works without it.
Keep the data volume. Your settings, job history and the secret that keeps you signed in live in a SQLite database at /app/data. Mount a volume there or you will lose them each time the container is recreated.

Where to find each credential:

Service	What to enter
Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr	The URL, and the API key from Settings → General.
SABnzbd	The URL, and the API key from Config → General.
qBittorrent	The Web UI URL, username and password.
Tautulli	The URL (without `/api/v2`) and the API key from Settings → Web Interface.
Plex	The server URL (e.g. `http://192.168.1.10:32400`) and an X-Plex-Token: open any movie in Plex Web, choose ⋯ → Get Info → View XML, and copy the `X-Plex-Token=` value from the address bar. Treat it like a password.
TMDb	Your API Read Access Token (the long one, from your TMDb account's API settings), not the short v3 API key.

Networking: inside the container, localhost is the container itself, not your server. Use the LAN address of ea

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Plex Director

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

UniMCP

README from the maker

plex-director-mcp

Documentation

Contents

What it can do

Quick start

Docker

Supported architectures

Image tags

Application setup