Plex MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
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Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
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Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_moviesA | Search for movies in your Plex library using optional filters. Parameters: title: Optional title or substring to match. year: Optional release year to filter by. director: Optional director name to filter by. studio: Optional studio name to filter by. genre: Optional genre tag to filter by. actor: Optional actor name to filter by. rating: Optional rating (e.g., "PG-13") to filter by. country: Optional country of origin to filter by. language: Optional audio or subtitle language to filter by. watched: Optional boolean; True returns only watched movies, False only unwatched. min_duration: Optional minimum duration in minutes. max_duration: Optional maximum duration in minutes. Returns: A formatted string of up to 5 matching movies (with a count of any additional results), or an error message if the search fails or no movies are found. |
| get_movie_detailsC | Get detailed information about a specific movie. Parameters: movie_key: The key identifying the movie. Returns: A formatted string with movie details or an error message. |
| list_playlistsB | List all playlists in the Plex server. Returns: A formatted string of playlists or an error message. |
| get_playlist_itemsC | Get the items in a specific playlist. Parameters: playlist_key: The key of the playlist to retrieve items from. Returns: A formatted string of playlist items or an error message. |
| create_playlistB | Create a new playlist with specified movies. Parameters: name: The desired name for the new playlist. movie_keys: A comma-separated string of movie keys to include. Returns: A success message with playlist details or an error message. |
| delete_playlistB | Delete a playlist from the Plex server. Parameters: playlist_key: The key of the playlist to delete. Returns: A success message if deletion is successful, or an error message. |
| add_to_playlistC | Add a movie to an existing playlist. Parameters: playlist_key: The key of the playlist. movie_key: The key of the movie to add. Returns: A success message if the movie is added, or an error message. |
| recent_moviesB | Get recently added movies from the Plex library. Parameters: count: The maximum number of recent movies to return. Returns: A formatted string of recent movies or an error message. |
| get_movie_genresC | Get genres for a specific movie. Parameters: movie_key: The key of the movie. Returns: A formatted string of movie genres or an error message. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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