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rtorrent-mcp

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
DEBUGNoEnable debug modefalse
API_KEYNoBearer/X-API-Key auth for REST API (optional, set to enable)
PLEX_URLNoPlex server URL (enables library refresh after post-process)
LOG_LEVELNoLogging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)INFO
PLEX_TOKENNoPlex authentication token
JELLYFIN_URLNoJellyfin server URL (enables library scan after post-process)
OMDB_API_KEYNoOMDb API key for IMDb metadata (free at omdbapi.com)
TVDB_API_KEYNoTVDB API key for TV metadata (requires subscription)
NYAA_BASE_URLNoNyaa.si base URLhttps://nyaa.si
RTORRENT_HOSTNorTorrent SCGI hostlocalhost
RTORRENT_PATHNorTorrent session path/var/lib/rtorrent/session
RTORRENT_PORTNorTorrent XML-RPC port12224
JELLYFIN_API_KEYNoJellyfin API key
INGESTION_TV_PATHNoPath to temporary ingestion folder for TV shows
NYAA_ASW_USERNAMENoASW user page on nyaa.si for direct lookupAkihitoSubsWeeklies
ALLOWED_CATEGORIESNoAllowed content categories["Anime"]
DEFAULT_RESOLUTIONNoDefault video resolution720p
PIRATEBAY_BASE_URLNoThe Pirate Bay domain (changes frequently)https://thepiratebay10.xyz
ALLOWED_RESOLUTIONSNoAllowed video resolutions["720p", "1080p"]
MAX_TORRENT_SIZE_GBNoMaximum allowed torrent size in GB10
NORMALIZE_FILENAMESNoNormalize filenames before movingtrue
INGESTION_ANIME_PATHNoPath to temporary ingestion folder for anime
INGESTION_MOVIES_PATHNoPath to temporary ingestion folder for movies
POST_PROCESSING_ENABLEDNoEnable automatic post-processingfalse
PREFERRED_RELEASE_GROUPNoPreferred release groupASW
RTORRENT_SAMPLING_MODELNoLLM model for agentic workflowllama3.2
RTORRENT_SAMPLING_BASE_URLNoOpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint (Ollama default)http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1
DELETE_TORRENT_AFTER_COMPLETENoRemove torrent after completiontrue
POST_PROCESSING_POLL_INTERVALNoSeconds between polling for completed downloads60
RTORRENT_SAMPLING_USE_CLIENT_LLMNoSet to `1` to prefer host LLM over server-side

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}
logging
{}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
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  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
extensions
{
  "io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {}
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
torrent_managementC

Comprehensive torrent management portmanteau tool for rTorrent and post-processing.

PORTMANTEAU PATTERN RATIONALE: Instead of creating 12 separate tools, this tool consolidates all torrent and post-processing operations into a single interface. Prevents tool explosion while maintaining full functionality.

search_managementA

Comprehensive search management portmanteau tool for torrents and metadata.

PORTMANTEAU PATTERN RATIONALE: Instead of creating 11+ separate tools (one per search type), this tool consolidates related search operations into a single interface. Prevents tool explosion (11 tools → 1 tool) while maintaining full functionality and improving discoverability. Follows FastMCP 2.12+ best practices.

SEARCH SOURCES:

  • nyaa.si: Anime, manga, Japanese TV (THE gold standard for anime)

  • YTS: Movies (gold standard for movie torrents)

  • Anna's Archive: Ebooks (60M+ books, 50M+ papers - THE gold standard!)

  • Pirate Bay: Comics, ebooks (fallback)

  • OMDb/TVDB: Metadata enrichment

nlp_managementB

Comprehensive NLP management portmanteau tool for natural language anime commands.

PORTMANTEAU PATTERN RATIONALE: Instead of creating 3+ separate tools (one per operation), this tool consolidates related NLP operations into a single interface. Prevents tool explosion (3 tools → 1 tool) while maintaining full functionality and improving discoverability. Follows FastMCP 2.12+ best practices.

LANGUAGE SUPPORT:

  • English: "get me this weeks asw anime, 720p"

  • German: "lade detective conan asw 720p"

  • Auto-detection enabled by default

COMMAND PATTERNS:

  • "[get/download/lade] [anime name] [group] [resolution]"

  • "asw [anime name] [resolution]"

  • "this weeks anime [group] [resolution]"

legal_managementA

Comprehensive legal management portmanteau tool for Austrian copyright compliance.

PORTMANTEAU PATTERN RATIONALE: Instead of creating 4+ separate tools (one per operation), this tool consolidates related legal compliance operations into a single interface. Prevents tool explosion (4 tools → 1 tool) while maintaining full functionality and improving discoverability. Follows FastMCP 2.12+ best practices.

AUSTRIAN LEGAL CONTEXT (AT):

  • Sandra's Location: Vienna, 9th district

  • Personal downloading: Generally tolerated in Austria

  • Anime content: Low risk for personal consumption

  • Commercial use: NOT supported (high risk)

  • Germany/Japan: High risk, VPN mandatory

RISK LEVELS:

  • LOW: Safe for personal use (anime, manga for personal library)

  • MEDIUM: Caution advised (newly released content)

  • HIGH: VPN recommended (commercial content, high-profile releases)

  • CRITICAL: Not recommended (recent theatrical releases, games)

system_managementB

Comprehensive system management portmanteau tool.

PORTMANTEAU PATTERN RATIONALE: Instead of creating 5+ separate tools (one per operation), this tool consolidates related system operations into a single interface. Prevents tool explosion (5 tools → 1 tool) while maintaining full functionality and improving discoverability. Follows FastMCP 2.12+ best practices.

workflow_managementB

Complex workflow management portmanteau tool for multi-step torrent operations.

PORTMANTEAU PATTERN RATIONALE: Consolidates "tricky" long-running workflows into a single interface. Handles operations like downloading entire anime franchises that could take days.

agentic_rtorrent_workflowB

RTORRENT_AGENTIC_WORKFLOW — Multi-step torrent/search automation via sampling with tools.

PORTMANTEAU PATTERN RATIONALE: One entry point for LLM-orchestrated flows (search, add, legal check) without hard-coding sequences in the client.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription
anime_search_promptPrompt template for searching anime with Austrian preferences.
franchise_download_promptPrompt template for downloading entire anime franchise.
legal_check_promptPrompt template for checking legal status of torrenting.
tv_show_search_promptPrompt template for searching Western TV shows.
ebook_search_promptPrompt template for searching ebooks.
torrent_workflow_promptPrompt template for standard torrent workflow.
system_status_promptPrompt template for checking system status.

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription
rtorrent-mcp/SKILL.mdAutomate rTorrent via XML-RPC with Nyaa search, legal (AT) checks, and portmanteau MCP tools.
rtorrent-mcp/_manifestFile listing for rtorrent-mcp

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