Plex MCP Account Finder

Model Context Protocol server that connects to multiple Plex accounts, aggregates server user access, and exposes tools for fuzzy user lookup and login token generation. Built on the official Plex APIs using the smithery TypeScript runtime.

Features

Discover Plex Media Servers across every configured account token.
Fuzzy search for users by email, username, or display name across all servers.
Validate account connectivity and list owned/shared servers with plex_status.
Generate Plex authentication URLs (PIN-based) and poll them to capture new tokens via MCP tools.
Configurable caching to avoid hammering Plex endpoints when running repeated queries.

Configuration

smithery.yaml already points to src/index.ts. Provide a config object that matches configSchema:

{ "log_level": "info", "cache_ttl_seconds": 300, "accounts": [ { "label": "primary", "token": "<plex-token>" }, { "label": "secondary", "token": "<plex-token>" } ] }

log_level: debug, info, warn, or error (default: info).
cache_ttl_seconds: cache duration for server/user lookups (30–3600 seconds, default 300).
accounts: list of Plex account API tokens plus optional client identifiers. Each token should be an account-level token retrieved from Plex Web or the pin flow.

Tools

plex_status – Summarizes account validity, servers, and optionally user counts.
plex_lookup_user – Fuzzy query across all server users (query, optional max_results, refresh).
plex_generate_auth_url – Produces a PIN-based login URL (client_identifier optional) for generating new tokens.
plex_check_auth_pin – Polls a previously issued PIN (pin_id, client_identifier) and reports whether an auth token is ready.

Development

npm install npm run dev # runs smithery dev with hot reload

Type checking & builds:

npm run typecheck npm run build:stdio npm run build:shttp

The generated bundles are stored in .smithery/ and can be deployed directly to Smithery.

Notes

Logging is structured JSON; sensitive values (tokens) are redacted automatically.
The manager caches server and user snapshots for the configured TTL. Use refresh: true in tool inputs to bypass caches when needed.
Plex PIN URLs expire quickly; poll with plex_check_auth_pin until authToken is populated, then store that token for future use.