Plex MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 575 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.
Full-library Plex access for AI agents: watched state, all-user watch history, safe curation writes.
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add plex-mcp -e 'PLEX_URL=<PLEX_URL>' -e 'PLEX_TOKEN=<PLEX_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @dustinhansen/plex-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"plex-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dustinhansen/plex-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PLEX_TOKEN": "<PLEX_TOKEN>",
"PLEX_URL": "<PLEX_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.plex-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@dustinhansen/plex-mcp"]
env = { PLEX_URL = "<PLEX_URL>", PLEX_TOKEN = "<PLEX_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"plex-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dustinhansen/plex-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PLEX_TOKEN": "<PLEX_TOKEN>",
"PLEX_URL": "<PLEX_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"plex-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dustinhansen/plex-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PLEX_TOKEN": "<PLEX_TOKEN>",
"PLEX_URL": "<PLEX_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<PLEX_URL> (Plex server base URL, e.g. http://<plex-host>:32400), <PLEX_TOKEN> (Owner/admin X-Plex-Token (run `npx @dustinhansen/plex-mcp login`)).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
PLEX_ALLOW_PLAYBACK (Set to 1 to enable play-to-client tools), PLEX_READ_ONLY (Set to 1 to register no write or playback tools), TAUTULLI_URL (Optional Tautulli base URL), TAUTULLI_API_KEY (Optional Tautulli API key).
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