Plex MCP Server

This a set of MCPs that can turn any LLM into a movie/tv downloading media-manager. It has access to your Plex library and qbittorrent client, so it knows what you have and what you want.

Local serverstdio

What is the Plex MCP Server?

Plex is an MCP project maintained in the konsumer/aitorrent repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This a set of MCPs that can turn any LLM into a movie/tv downloading media-manager. It has access to your Plex library and qbittorrent client…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented pypi package is aitorrent. 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, PLEX_TOKEN, TMDB_API_KEY. 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-info": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "aitorrent",
        "aitorrent-plex",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLEX_URL": "http://localhost:32400",
        "PLEX_TOKEN": "YOUR_PLEX_TOKEN",
        "TMDB_API_KEY": "YOUR_TMDB_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

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