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Overseerr MCP MCP Server

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What is the Overseerr MCP MCP server?

MCP server for Overseerr media requests and discovery.

How to install Overseerr MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • OVERSEERR_URL
    required

    Base URL of your Overseerr instance, e.g. https://overseerr.example.com.

  • OVERSEERR_API_KEY
    required
    secret

    Overseerr API key (Settings > General > API Key).

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overseerr-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "overseerr-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERSEERR_URL": "<YOUR_OVERSEERR_URL>",
        "OVERSEERR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OVERSEERR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overseerr-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "overseerr-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERSEERR_URL": "<YOUR_OVERSEERR_URL>",
        "OVERSEERR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OVERSEERR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "overseerr-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "overseerr-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERSEERR_URL": "<YOUR_OVERSEERR_URL>",
        "OVERSEERR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OVERSEERR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "overseerr-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "overseerr-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OVERSEERR_URL": "<YOUR_OVERSEERR_URL>",
        "OVERSEERR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OVERSEERR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add overseerr-mcp --env OVERSEERR_URL=<YOUR_OVERSEERR_URL> --env OVERSEERR_API_KEY=<YOUR_OVERSEERR_API_KEY> -- uvx overseerr-mcp

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