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io.github.aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-arr

MCP server for *arr media suite - Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Readarr, Prowlarr

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install mcp arr in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sonarr-url",
      "description": "SONARR_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sonarr-api-key",
      "description": "SONARR_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "radarr-url",
      "description": "RADARR_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "radarr-api-key",
      "description": "RADARR_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lidarr-url",
      "description": "LIDARR_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "lidarr-api-key",
      "description": "LIDARR_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "readarr-url",
      "description": "READARR_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "readarr-api-key",
      "description": "READARR_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "prowlarr-url",
      "description": "PROWLARR_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "prowlarr-api-key",
      "description": "PROWLARR_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-arr": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-arr-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SONARR_URL": "${input:sonarr-url}",
        "SONARR_API_KEY": "${input:sonarr-api-key}",
        "RADARR_URL": "${input:radarr-url}",
        "RADARR_API_KEY": "${input:radarr-api-key}",
        "LIDARR_URL": "${input:lidarr-url}",
        "LIDARR_API_KEY": "${input:lidarr-api-key}",
        "READARR_URL": "${input:readarr-url}",
        "READARR_API_KEY": "${input:readarr-api-key}",
        "PROWLARR_URL": "${input:prowlarr-url}",
        "PROWLARR_API_KEY": "${input:prowlarr-api-key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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