plex-mcp MCP Server

Search and manage your Plex media libraries with Claude. Actively developed by Claude and a nerdy human who mostly uses Plex for auditory delights and wanted to see how much could be accomplished…

Local serverstdioISC

What is the plex-mcp Server?

plex-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the vyb1ng/plex-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Search and manage your Plex media libraries with Claude. Actively developed by Claude and a nerdy human who mostly uses Plex for auditory delights and…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is plex-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares PLEX_URL. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the plex-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "plex-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLEX_URL": "http://your-plex-server:32400"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
PLEX_URLDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation