Radarr Movie Management Skill

⚠️ MANDATORY SKILL INVOCATION ⚠️

YOU MUST invoke this skill (NOT optional) when the user mentions ANY of these triggers:

"add a movie", "search Radarr", "find a film", "add to Radarr"
"remove a movie", "delete movie", "check if movie exists"
"add movie collection", "Radarr library", "movie management"
Any mention of Radarr or managing movies

Failure to invoke this skill when triggers occur violates your operational requirements.

Search and add movies to your Radarr library with support for collections, quality profiles, and search-on-add.

Purpose

This skill enables management of your Radarr movie library:

Search for movies by name
Add individual movies or entire collections
Check if movies already exist
Remove movies (with optional file deletion)
View quality profiles and root folders

Operations include both read and write actions. Always confirm before removing movies with file deletion.

Setup

Add credentials to ~/.homelab-skills/.env:

RADARR_URL="http://localhost:7878"
RADARR_API_KEY="your-api-key"
RADARR_DEFAULT_QUALITY_PROFILE="1"  # Optional (defaults to 1)

RADARR_URL: Your Radarr server URL (no trailing slash)
RADARR_API_KEY: API key from Radarr (Settings → General → API Key)
RADARR_DEFAULT_QUALITY_PROFILE: Quality profile ID (optional, run config command to see options)

Commands

All commands return JSON output.

Search for Movies

bash scripts/radarr.sh search "Inception"
bash scripts/radarr.sh search "The Matrix"

Output: Numbered list with TMDB IDs, titles, years, and overview.

Check if Movie Exists

bash scripts/radarr.sh exists <tmdbId>

Output: Boolean indicating if movie is in library.

Add a Movie

bash scripts/radarr.sh add <tmdbId>              # Searches immediately (default)
bash scripts/radarr.sh add <tmdbId> --no-search  # Add without searching

Add Full Collection

bash scripts/radarr.sh add-collection <collectionTmdbId>
bash scripts/radarr.sh add-collection <collectionTmdbId> --no-search

Adds all movies in a collection (e.g., all Lord of the Rings movies).

Remove a Movie

bash scripts/radarr.sh remove <tmdbId>                # Keep files
bash scripts/radarr.sh remove <tmdbId> --delete-files # Delete files too

Important: Always ask the user if they want to delete files when removing!

Get Configuration

bash scripts/radarr.sh config

Output: Available root folders and quality profiles with their IDs.

Workflow

When the user asks about movies:

"Add Inception to Radarr" → Run search "Inception", present results with TMDB links, then add <tmdbId>
"Is Dune in my library?" → Run exists <tmdbId>
"Add all Star Wars movies" → Search for collection, then add-collection <collectionId>
"Remove The Matrix" → Ask about file deletion, then run remove <tmdbId> with appropriate flag
"What quality profiles do I have?" → Run config

Presenting Search Results

Always include TMDB links when presenting search results:

Format: [Title (Year)](https://themoviedb.org/movie/ID)
Show numbered list for user selection
Include year and brief overview

Adding Movies

Search for the movie
Present results with TMDB links
User picks a number
Collection check: If movie is part of a collection, ask if they want the whole collection
Add movie or collection (searches immediately by default)

Parameters

add command

<tmdbId>: TMDB ID of the movie (required)
--no-search: Don't search for movie after adding

add-collection command

<collectionTmdbId>: TMDB ID of the collection (required)
--no-search: Don't search for movies after adding

remove command

<tmdbId>: TMDB ID of the movie (required)
--delete-files: Also delete media files (default: keep files)

Notes

Requires network access to your Radarr server
Uses Radarr API v3
All data operations return JSON
Quality profile IDs vary by installation — use config to discover yours
The defaultQualityProfile from config is used when adding movies
Collections are TMDB-specific and include related movies (sequels, franchises)

Reference

Radarr API Documentation
TMDB — The Movie Database

🔧 Agent Tool Usage Requirements

CRITICAL: When invoking scripts from this skill via the zsh-tool, ALWAYS use pty: true.

Without PTY mode, command output will not be visible even though commands execute successfully.

Correct invocation pattern:

<invoke name="mcp__plugin_zsh-tool_zsh-tool__zsh">
<parameter name="command">./skills/SKILL_NAME/scripts/SCRIPT.sh [args]</parameter>
<parameter name="pty">true</parameter>
</invoke>