prowlarr

Search indexers and manage Prowlarr. Use when the user asks to "search for a torrent", "search indexers", "find a release", "find releases for X", "search for a movie", "find TV show episodes", "search by IMDB ID", "search by TVDB ID", "what indexers do I have", "indexer not working", "check indexer status", "list indexers", "prowlarr search", "sync indexers", or mentions Prowlarr, indexer management, or NZB/torrent searching.

Prowlarr Skill

Search across all your indexers and manage Prowlarr via API.

Purpose

This skill provides read and write access to your Prowlarr indexer aggregation:

  • Search for releases across all configured indexers
  • Filter searches by protocol (torrent/usenet) and category
  • List and monitor indexer health and statistics
  • Enable/disable/delete indexers
  • Sync indexer configurations to connected apps (Sonarr, Radarr)
  • Test indexer connectivity

Operations include both read and write actions. Always confirm before deleting or disabling indexers.

Setup

Credentials: ~/.config/overseerr-mcp/.env (or ~/.config/overseerr-mcp/.env). Run the config-media-stack skill to configure automatically.

PROWLARR_URL="http://localhost:9696"
PROWLARR_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Get your API key from: Prowlarr → Settings → General → Security → API Key

Quick Reference

Search Releases

# Basic search across all indexers
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api search "ubuntu 22.04"

# Search torrents only
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api search "ubuntu" --torrents

# Search usenet only
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api search "ubuntu" --usenet

# Search specific categories (2000=Movies, 5000=TV, 3000=Audio, 7000=Books)
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api search "inception" --category 2000

# TV search with TVDB ID
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api tv-search --tvdb 71663 --season 1 --episode 1

# Movie search with IMDB ID
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api movie-search --imdb tt0111161

List Indexers

# All indexers
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api indexers

# With status details
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api indexers --verbose

Indexer Health & Stats

# Usage stats per indexer
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api stats

# Test all indexers
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api test-all

# Test specific indexer
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api test <indexer-id>

Indexer Management

# Enable/disable an indexer
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api enable <indexer-id>
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api disable <indexer-id>

# Delete an indexer
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api delete <indexer-id>

App Sync

# Sync indexers to Sonarr/Radarr/etc
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api sync

# List connected apps
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api apps

System

# System status
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api status

# Health check
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api health

Search Categories

IDCategory
2000Movies
5000TV
3000Audio
7000Books
1000Console
4000PC
6000XXX

Sub-categories: 2010 (Movies/Foreign), 2020 (Movies/Other), 2030 (Movies/SD), 2040 (Movies/HD), 2045 (Movies/UHD), 2050 (Movies/BluRay), 2060 (Movies/3D), 5010 (TV/WEB-DL), 5020 (TV/Foreign), 5030 (TV/SD), 5040 (TV/HD), 5045 (TV/UHD), etc.

Common Use Cases

"Search for the latest Ubuntu ISO"

bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api search "ubuntu 24.04"

"Find Game of Thrones S01E01"

bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api tv-search --tvdb 121361 --season 1 --episode 1

"Search for Inception in 4K"

bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api search "inception 2160p" --category 2045

"Check if my indexers are healthy"

bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api stats
bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api test-all

"Push indexer changes to Sonarr/Radarr"

bash skills/prowlarr/scripts/prowlarr-api sync

Workflow

When the user asks about indexers or searches:

  1. "Search for a torrent" → Run search "<query>" and present results with download links
  2. "Find Breaking Bad S01E01" → Run tv-search --tvdb <id> --season 1 --episode 1
  3. "Which indexers are working?" → Run stats to show indexer health and usage
  4. "Test all my indexers" → Run test-all to verify connectivity
  5. "Sync indexers to Sonarr" → Run sync to push configuration changes
  6. "List available indexers" → Run indexers or indexers --verbose

Notes

  • Requires network access to your Prowlarr server
  • Uses Prowlarr API v1
  • All data operations return JSON
  • Search operations query external indexers - respect rate limits
  • Indexer deletion is permanent - always confirm before removing
  • Sync operations push indexer configs to all connected apps (Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, etc.)
  • Category IDs follow Newznab/Torznab standards

Agent Tool Usage Requirements

When running script commands via the zsh tool, always pass pty: true — without it, command output will be suppressed even though the command executes successfully.

Reference

For detailed local reference, see: