Manage torrents with qBittorrent. Use when the user asks to "list torrents", "what's seeding", "torrent stuck", "torrent stalled", "reannounce torrent", "tracker not responding", "unstick torrent", "clear completed torrents", "add torrent", "pause torrent", "resume torrent", "delete torrent", "check download status", "torrent speed", "qBittorrent stats", or mentions qBittorrent/qbit torrent management.

qBittorrent WebUI API

Manage torrents via qBittorrent's WebUI API (v4.1+).

Purpose

This skill provides read and write access to your qBittorrent torrent client:

Monitor active, seeding, and completed torrents
Add torrents by magnet link, URL, or file upload
Control torrent state (pause, resume, delete)
Manage categories and tags
Adjust global and per-torrent speed limits
View torrent files, trackers, and properties
Recheck torrent data integrity

Operations include both read and write actions. Always confirm before deleting torrents with file deletion.

Setup

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

QBITTORRENT_URL="http://localhost:8080"
QBITTORRENT_USERNAME="admin"
QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD="adminadmin"

Set file permissions:

chmod 600 "~/.config/overseerr-mcp/.env"

Quick Reference

List Torrents

# All torrents
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api list

# Filter by status
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api list --filter downloading
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api list --filter seeding
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api list --filter paused

# Filter by category
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api list --category movies

Filters: all, downloading, seeding, completed, paused, active, inactive, stalled, stalled_uploading, stalled_downloading, errored

Get Torrent Info

bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api info <hash>
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api files <hash>
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api trackers <hash>

Add Torrent

# By magnet or URL
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api add "magnet:?xt=..." --category movies

# By file
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api add-file /path/to/file.torrent --paused

Control Torrents

bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api pause <hash>           # or "all"
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api resume <hash>          # or "all"
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api delete <hash>          # keep files
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api delete <hash> --files  # delete files too
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api recheck <hash>
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api reannounce <hash>      # re-announce to trackers (unstick stalled)

Categories & Tags

bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api categories
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api tags
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api set-category <hash> movies
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api add-tags <hash> "important,archive"
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api remove-tags <hash> "important"

Transfer Info

bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api transfer          # global speed/stats
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api speedlimit        # current limits
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api set-speedlimit --down 5M --up 1M
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api toggle-alt-speed  # toggle alternative speed limits

App Info

bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api version
bash skills/qbittorrent/scripts/qbit-api preferences

Response Format

Torrent object includes:

hash, name, state, progress
dlspeed, upspeed, eta
size, downloaded, uploaded
category, tags, save_path

States: downloading, stalledDL, uploading, stalledUP, pausedDL, pausedUP, queuedDL, queuedUP, checkingDL, checkingUP, error, missingFiles

Workflow

When the user asks about torrents:

"What's downloading?" → Run list --filter downloading
"Add this magnet link" → Run add "<magnet>" with appropriate category
"Pause all torrents" → Run pause all
"Resume seeding" → Run resume all or filter by hash
"Show torrent details" → Run info <hash> and files <hash>
"List by category" → Run list --category movies
"Set speed limits" → Run set-speedlimit --down 5M --up 1M

Notes

Requires network access to your qBittorrent server
Uses qBittorrent WebUI API v4.1+
All data operations return JSON
Delete operations with --files are permanent - always confirm before deleting downloaded files
Speed limits support units: K (KB/s), M (MB/s), or raw bytes
Magnet links and torrent URLs are added without local file upload
Categories must exist before assignment (create via WebUI or API)

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.

Scripts

Script	Purpose
`qbit-api`	Main API wrapper — use this directly when `pty: true` is set in the zsh tool
`qbit-api-wrapper`	PTY shim for environments without PTY support — not needed when using `pty: true`