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arr-mcp

local MCP server

arr-mcp is a local MCP server: One server, 38 tools, the whole media stack: Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr, Jellyfin, Seerr. Install it from oci as ghcr.io/bardesss/arr-mcp:1.33.2.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add arr-mcp -e PUID=... -e PGID=... -e TZ=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/bardesss/arr-mcp:1.33.2

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arr-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/bardesss/arr-mcp:1.33.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PUID": "...",
        "PGID": "...",
        "TZ": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Docker.
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: PUID, PGID, TZ

Summary

One server, 38 tools, the whole media stack: Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr, Jellyfin, Seerr

arr-mcp vs similar servers

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Questions

It reads 3 environment variables: PUID, PGID, TZ. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Docker, plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

arr-mcp is a local MCP server distributed as the oci package ghcr.io/bardesss/arr-mcp:1.33.2.

Run: claude mcp add arr-mcp -e PUID=... -e PGID=... -e TZ=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/bardesss/arr-mcp:1.33.2

Run: codex mcp add arr-mcp --env PUID=... --env PGID=... --env TZ=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/bardesss/arr-mcp:1.33.2

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