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plex-mcp

Lets MCP clients browse and search your Plex media libraries.

→ CarlDog/plex-mcp· listed on glama

Emerging. No concerning findings. Grades remain capped until the project builds reputation through adoption. Grades reflect the full trust pyramid: code, verification depth, and reputation. New projects cap at C until adoption is earned.

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// key findings
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
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Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
🔐
You'll be asked for 1 credential: PLEX_TOKEN
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configLOG_LEVELConfigure verbosity via the env var (default info):
configMCP_IMAGE_MAX_BYTES
configMCP_IMAGE_SAVE_DIR
configMCP_PORTstdio (default) Direct invocation by Claude Desktop / MCP clients docker run -i --rm ... plex-mcp (no )
configMCP_TLSauto. The server generates an ECDSA P-256 self-signed
configMCP_TLS_CERT_FILE1. Bring-your-own cert — set both and
configMCP_TLS_CNfirst DNS SAN, else plex-mcp Certificate common name.
configMCP_TLS_DAYS365 Validity period. Cert rotates when <30 days remain.
configMCP_TLS_DIRcert on first start, writes it to (default
configMCP_TLS_KEY_FILEto PEM file paths. Use this when terminating
configMCP_TLS_SANDNS:localhost,IP:127.0.0.1 Subject Alternative Names. Comma-separated DNS: / IP: entries.
🔐 secretPLEX_TOKEN(see below) Plex auth token
configPLEX_URLe =http://192.168.1.50:32400 \
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

31/31 tools missing one or more hints — plex_refresh_metadata (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); plex_get_matches (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); plex_apply_match (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +28 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tool test coverage

Only 2/31 tools referenced in tests (6%)

Write tests that reference each tool by name so every tool has at least one test.

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commit: b24dc7288af2a74d3e97008bb1e44608698447d5
code hash: 41d9a960833fd2f572bcf2d1565701494c53aa6aa884df7ca5058f7b0c03687d
verified: 7/30/2026, 8:24:04 PM
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