MCP server to interact with Overseerr API for movie and TV show requests management.
MCP server to interact with Overseerr API for movie and TV show requests management. Exposed over MCP by the overseerr mcp mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
overseerr_status — Get the status of the Overseerr serveroverseerr_movie_requests — Get the list of all movie requests that satisfies the filter argumentsoverseerr_tv_requests — Get the list of all TV show requests that satisfies the filter argumentsTools — The server implements multiple tools to interact with Overseerr:Building — 1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile: bash uv syncDebugging — Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCPYou will need 2 environment variables: OVERSEERR_API_KEY, OVERSEERR_URL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @modelcontextprotocol/inspector on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Overseerr MCP's toolset — overseerr_status, overseerr_movie_requests, overseerr_tv_requests and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by jgarciaga; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Overseerr MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| overseerr_status | Get the status of the Overseerr server |
| overseerr_movie_requests | Get the list of all movie requests that satisfies the filter arguments |
| overseerr_tv_requests | Get the list of all TV show requests that satisfies the filter arguments |
| Tools | The server implements multiple tools to interact with Overseerr: |
| Building | 1. Sync dependencies and update lockfile: bash uv sync |
| Debugging | Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector). |
{
"mcpServers": {
"overseerr-mcp": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"<dir_to>/overseerr-mcp",
"run",
"overseerr-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OVERSEERR_API_KEY": "<your_api_key_here>",
"OVERSEERR_URL": "<your_overseerr_url>"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| OVERSEERR_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OVERSEERR_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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