plex-mcp MCP Server

This is a Python-based MCP server that integrates with the Plex Media Server API to search for movies and manage playlists. It uses the PlexAPI library for seamless interaction with your Plex server.

Local serverstdio

What is the plex-mcp Server?

plex-mcp source profile. From the maintainer documentation: “This is a Python-based MCP server that integrates with the Plex Media Server API to search for movies and manage playlists. It uses the PlexAPI library for seamless interaction with your Plex server.”

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares PLEX_TOKEN, PLEX_SERVER_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": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "FULL_PATH_TO_PROJECT",
        "run",
        "src/plex_mcp/plex_mcp.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PLEX_TOKEN": "YOUR_PLEX_TOKEN",
        "PLEX_SERVER_URL": "YOUR_PLEX_SERVER_URL"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

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