Sonarr MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Sonarr, enabling AI assistants to manage your TV series collection through natural language interactions.

Features

• 🔍 Search Series - Find TV series to add to your collection

• ➕ Add Series - Add TV series with quality profiles, season monitoring, and search options

• 📋 List Series - View your entire TV series library with episode counts

• 📺 Series Details - Get detailed information including episode status and downloads

• ⚙️ Update Series - Change quality profiles, season monitoring, and trigger searches

• 🗑️ Delete Series/Seasons - Remove entire series or specific seasons (with optional file deletion)

• 🔍 Interactive Search - Browse available releases for episodes with quality and seeder info

• 📊 Quality Profiles - View available quality settings

• ⬇️ Download Release - Manually download specific releases for episodes

• 🎯 Season Control - Granular monitoring and management of individual seasons

Related MCP server: Perplexity Deep Research MCP

Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

pip install sonarr-mcp

From Source

git clone https://github.com/MichaelReubenDev/sonarr-mcp.git
cd sonarr-mcp
uv sync

Usage

Command Line

# Using uvx (if installed from PyPI)
uvx sonarr-mcp --url http://localhost:8989 --api-token YOUR_API_TOKEN

# Using uv run (from source)
uv run sonarr-mcp --url http://localhost:8989 --api-token YOUR_API_TOKEN

# With debug logging
uv run sonarr-mcp --url http://localhost:8989 --api-token YOUR_API_TOKEN --debug

With Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sonarr": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "sonarr-mcp",
        "--url", "http://localhost:8989",
        "--api-token", "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
      ]
    }
  }
}

With MCP Inspector

For testing and development:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run sonarr-mcp --url http://localhost:8989 --api-token YOUR_API_TOKEN

Configuration

Required Parameters

• --url: Your Sonarr base URL (e.g., http://localhost:8989)

• --api-token: Your Sonarr API token (found in Settings → General → Security)

Optional Parameters

• --debug: Enable debug logging

Available Tools

Monitor Types

The monitor_type parameter supports these options:

• all - Monitor all episodes

• future - Monitor future episodes only

• missing - Monitor missing episodes

• existing - Monitor existing episodes

• recent - Monitor recent episodes

• first - Monitor first season only

• latest - Monitor latest season only

• none - Monitor no episodes

• season_specific - Monitor specific seasons (requires monitor_seasons array)

Example Workflows

Adding a TV Series

1. Search for series: "Search for Breaking Bad TV series"

2. Add series: "Add Breaking Bad with HD-1080p quality, monitor all episodes"

3. Add with specific seasons: "Add The Office with monitor_type: 'season_specific' and monitor_seasons: [1, 2, 3]"

4. Check status: "Show me details for Breaking Bad"

Managing Your Collection

1. List series: "Show me all my TV series"

2. Update monitoring: "Change series ID 123 to monitor only seasons 2 and 4"

3. Update quality and search: "Change series ID 123 to 4K quality and start searching for missing episodes"

4. Browse releases: "Show me available releases for series ID 123 season 2"

Season-Specific Management

1. Monitor specific seasons: "Update series ID 123 with monitor_type: 'season_specific', monitor_seasons: [1, 3, 5]"

2. Delete specific seasons: "Delete seasons 2 and 4 from series ID 123 including files"

3. Search specific episodes: "Show releases for series ID 123 season 3 episode 5"

Finding Downloads

1. Get series details: "Show me the status of Game of Thrones"

2. Interactive search: "What releases are available for The Walking Dead season 1?"

3. Episode search: "Find releases for series ID 456 season 2 episode 10"

Requirements

• Python 3.13+

• Sonarr v3+ with API access

• Network access to your Sonarr instance

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/MichaelReubenDev/sonarr-mcp.git
cd sonarr-mcp

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Test with the MCP Inspector
task mcp_inspector

# Run with debug logging
uv run sonarr-mcp --url http://localhost:8989 --api-token YOUR_TOKEN --debug

Contributing

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch

3. Make your changes

4. Add tests if applicable

5. Submit a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Sonarr - The amazing TV series collection manager

• Model Context Protocol - For enabling AI tool integration

• Anthropic - For Claude and MCP development

Support

• 🐛 Report Issues

• 💬 Discussions

• 📖 Sonarr API Documentation