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A workflow MCP server over a self-hosted [Jellyseerr](https://github.com/Fallenbagel/jellyseerr) / [Overseerr](https://overseerr.dev/) instance — the request layer that fronts Jellyfin/Plex/Emby plus Radarr and Sonarr. The unit of work is not "download a movie"; it is **search → resolve the exact TMDB-backed title → check availability and request state → create a guarded request that Radarr/Sonarr act on.** Jellyseerr owns permissions, quotas, routing, and status; this server never touches Radarr/Sonarr directly.

Two properties make it safe to hand an agent:

- **Guarded writes.** The one mutating tool (`seerr_request_media`) defaults to `mode: preview` — it resolves the title and returns the exact payload that _would_ be submitted without writing anything. The real request fires only on `mode: request`, and asks for an explicit confirmation first when the client supports elicitation.
- **PII/infra redaction.** Raw Jellyseerr payloads carry operator email, Plex/Jellyfin tokens, internal service URLs, and filesystem paths. A single normalization choke point strips all of it before any tool output — requester objects are projected to `{ id, displayName }`, and root-folder paths are gated behind an explicit `includePaths` flag.

## Tools

Six tools covering the request workflow — discover (`search`) → confirm (`get`) → understand routing (`service_options`) → request (`request_media`) → track (`request_status` / `list_requests`):

| Tool | Description |
|:---|:---|
| `seerr_search_media` | Search movies and TV by title; returns ranked matches with TMDB ID, year, overview, and decoded availability when Jellyseerr already tracks the title. The required first step before requesting. |
| `seerr_get_media` | Fetch exact movie/show details by TMDB ID + media type to confirm the title before a write; for TV, a per-season summary or one season's episode list. |
| `seerr_list_requests` | List recent requests with status/type/requester filters; echoes the applied filters and decodes every numeric status. |
| `seerr_request_media` | **Guarded write.** Previews the request payload by default (`mode: preview`); creates the request only on `mode: request` with an elicited confirmation. |
| `seerr_request_status` | Fetch one request by ID — decoded request + media availability (incl. 4K), requester, routing summary, and a state-tuned next-step hint. |
| `seerr_service_options` | Summarize configured Radarr/Sonarr services, default quality profiles, and instance capability flags (4K, partial requests, specials, media server). Filesystem paths redacted unless `includePaths`. |

Every status field is decoded to `{ raw, label }` — both the numeric code Jellyseerr returns and a human label — so an agent never has to hardcode the enum mapping.

### `seerr_search_media`

Title disambiguation entry point. Wraps `GET /search`, filters to movies and TV (people are always excluded), and decodes availability when the title is tracked.

- Free-text title queries matched against TMDB; `movie` / `tv` / `all` media-type filter
- Decoded availability (`status`, plus `status4k` when 4K is enabled) for tracked titles only
- Pagination by page, with a per-call result `limit` to cap output size
- Optional ISO 639-1 `language` for localized titles/overviews
- Empty results are a normal success — returns `[]` with a guidance notice, not an error

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### `seerr_get_media`

Confirm the exact title before a write. Wraps `GET /movie/{id}` or `GET /tv/{id}`, optionally a season's episodes.

- Availability plus any existing open request for the title (avoids duplicate requests)
- TV: omit `seasonNumber` for a per-season summary, or pass one to fetch that season's episode list (season 0 is Specials)
- A TMDB ID that doesn't resolve surfaces as a clean `media_not_found` with a search-recovery hint (Jellyseerr's raw HTTP 500 is classified in the service layer)

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### `seerr_list_requests`

Review recent requests and their lifecycle. Wraps `GET /request`.

- Lifecycle `filter` (pending, processing, available, failed, …), `mediaType`, and `requestedById` filters
- Sort by created (`added`) or last-changed (`modified`), ascending or descending
- `take` / `skip` pagination; the enrichment trailer echoes the filter set the server applied
- Requester is PII-redacted to `{ id, displayName }`; titles aren't on request objects, so they're omitted here — fetch one with `seerr_get_media` when needed

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### `seerr_request_media`

The only mutation in the surface, and it is triple-guarded:

1. **`mode: preview` (default)** resolves the title and returns the exact `POST /request` payload that _would_ be submitted — no write. A sloppy call shows the payload and changes nothing.
2. **`mode: request`** triggers a `ctx.elicit` confirmation when the client supports it; declining cancels before submission.
3. **`destructiveHint: true`** is the fallback signal for non-interactive clients whose approval flow reads annotations.

- Capability validation (4K enabled? seasons valid? partial requests allowed?) runs **locally** against cached instance settings _before_ any POST, so a bad request fails with an actionable typed error instead of a failed write
- TV requests take `seasons: "all"` or an explicit list (e.g. `[1, 2]`); Specials are excluded unless the instance enables them
- Optional routing overrides (`serverId`, `profileId`, `rootFolder`, `languageProfileId`) — omit to use Jellyseerr's defaults (recommended)
- An existing request for the title is surfaced in the output; a duplicate rejection from Jellyseerr maps to a typed `duplicate_request` pointing back at it

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### `seerr_service_options`

Lets an agent reason about request capability and routing without a separate status tool. Fans out service + settings + version reads with `Promise.allSettled`, so one failed leg degrades to a disclosed notice rather than failing the call.

- Instance capability summary: Jellyseerr version, media server, and the `movie4kEnabled` / `series4kEnabled` / `partialRequestsEnabled` / `specialEpisodesEnabled` flags
- Per-service routing: server ID, default-server flag, 4K capability, and the active + available quality profiles (IDs and names, safe to surface)
- Filesystem root-folder paths and free space are operator-private — omitted unless `includePaths: true`

## Resource and prompt

| Type | Name | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Resource | `seerr://request/{requestId}` | Read-once summary of one request — decoded status + media availability + routing. Mirrors `seerr_request_status`. |

All request data is also reachable via tools — request _enumeration_ is the job of `seerr_list_requests` (filterable, the tool-only access path), so the collection is intentionally not exposed as a resource. There are no prompts; the guarded-write workflow lives in the tool, not a prompt template.

## Features

Built on [`@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core):

- Declarative tool and resource definitions — single file per primitive, framework handles registration and validation
- Unified error handling — handlers throw, framework catches, classifies, and formats
- Pluggable auth: `none`, `jwt`, `oauth`
- Swappable storage backends: `in-memory`, `filesystem`, `Supabase`, `Cloudflare KV/R2/D1`
- Structured logging with optional OpenTelemetry tracing
- STDIO and Streamable HTTP transports

Jellyseerr-specific:

- Read + guarded-request only — admin-scope endpoints (approve/decline, retry, edit/delete, media/file deletion, user/settings/sync) are excluded by design, not by API limitation
- Status decoding centralized in one helper — request and media statuses (including the separate 4K availability) decode to `{ raw, label }` everywhere, forward-compatible with new Jellyseerr status codes
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