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Tautulli MCP server

Ask your AI about your Plex server: who is watching, what was played, and how streams perform.

This is a small helper that connects your AI assistant to Tautulli, the tool many Plex owners use to keep an eye on their media server. Once it is set up, you can just ask questions in plain words instead of clicking around dashboards. It is handy for anyone who runs a Plex server for family or friends and wants quick answers.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat with you. An MCP server is a little helper program that gives your AI one new skill. This helper gives your AI a connection to your Tautulli setup, so it can look up your Plex activity and stats for you. You ask a question, the AI uses this helper to fetch the answer, and then tells you in the chat.

What this MCP server does

You type a question, like who is watching right now or what was played this week. Your AI passes that request to this helper program. The helper talks to your Tautulli server using your Tautulli address and API key. Tautulli sends back the numbers and details, and the helper hands them to your AI. Your AI then writes the answer for you in normal sentences, often with a small list or chart made of text.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Who is watching Plex right now?”, on your own computer the Tautulli MCP server works with plex server, and you get back plain answer in chat.

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What you can do with it

See who is streaming right now and how far into the show or movie they are
Look up recent playback history, filtered by user, type, or date
Check watch stats for one user, one item, or a whole library
Find your largest files and see their resolution and codec
See how much is direct play versus transcode, and on which devices
Spot viewing patterns by day of the week or hour of the day
Search your Plex libraries by title

Try asking your AI

“Who is watching something on Plex right now?”
“Show me the playback history for the last 7 days.”
“Which movies in my library are the biggest files?”
“What are the most watched TV shows this month?”

What it gives back to you

You get answers written in plain language, often with short lists or simple text charts. For example, it can list active streams with progress and quality, or show a bar chart of plays per day of the week. It can also return details for one item, like resolution, codecs, and file size. Everything shows up right in your chat.

Before you start

What you need

A running Tautulli instance
Your Tautulli API key (find it in Tautulli under Settings, then Web Interface, then API Key)
Python 3.10 or newer
An MCP-compatible client such as Claude Code or Claude Desktop

Good to know

Tautulli does not offer a read-only key, so the key you give this helper is a full-access one; the helper itself only runs read-only commands, but keep that key private.

Install it with your AI

Add Tautulli MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Tautulli MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.