Overseerr Request Media Skill

Purpose

Request a movie or TV show using the user's Overseerr instance. Overseerr forwards the request to Sonarr/Radarr.

Requirements

Environment variables:

• OVERSEERR_URL (example: https://overseerr.yourdomain.com)
• OVERSEERR_API_KEY

Authentication header:

• X-Api-Key: $OVERSEERR_API_KEY

Overseerr can detect if media is already available or already requested based on your configured Plex + Sonarr/Radarr connections.

What this skill handles

User examples:

• "Request Interstellar"
• "Add Interstellar to overseerr"
• "Request Reacher season 2"
• "Request The Office seasons 2-4"

Workflow (ALWAYS FOLLOW)

1) Parse the user's request

Extract:

• Title
• Optional type hint: movie or tv
• Optional season request:
  • "season 2"
  • "seasons 1-3"
  • "season 1 and 4"

2) Search Overseerr

GET: $OVERSEERR_URL/api/v1/search?query=<urlencoded title>

Example: curl -s -H "X-Api-Key: $OVERSEERR_API_KEY"
"$OVERSEERR_URL/api/v1/search?query=interstellar"

3) Clarify if the result is ambiguous (movie vs show with same name)

If the search results include BOTH:

• a movie match AND
• a tv match with the same (or extremely similar) title,

THEN ask the user to choose before requesting.

Show 2-4 options max, like:

• Movie: Title (Year)
• TV: Title (Year)

If the user provided an obvious hint like "movie", "show", "tv", "season 2", then pick the matching type automatically.

4) Pick the best match

Rules:

• Prefer exact title match
• Prefer the highest popularity match when multiple results exist
• Respect the user's type hint if provided (movie vs tv)

5) Check if it already exists (available or already requested)

Before creating a request:

• Inspect the selected result for availability/request status info returned by Overseerr (library/availability/request indicators).
• If it indicates the media is already available in the library:
  • Do NOT request it
  • Reply: "Already available ✅"
• If it indicates the media is already requested (pending/processing/approved/requested):
  • Do NOT request it again
  • Reply: "Already requested ✅"

If the API response does NOT clearly indicate status:

• Proceed with creating the request
• If the POST fails due to duplicate/existing request, reply "Already requested ✅"

6) Create the request

POST: $OVERSEERR_URL/api/v1/request

Movie JSON: { "mediaType": "movie", "mediaId": <tmdbId> }

TV JSON (full series): { "mediaType": "tv", "mediaId": <tmdbId> }

TV JSON (specific seasons): { "mediaType": "tv", "mediaId": <tmdbId>, "seasons": [2,3] }

Examples:

Movie: curl -s -X POST
-H "X-Api-Key: $OVERSEERR_API_KEY"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
"$OVERSEERR_URL/api/v1/request"
-d '{"mediaType":"movie","mediaId":157336}'

TV (full): curl -s -X POST
-H "X-Api-Key: $OVERSEERR_API_KEY"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
"$OVERSEERR_URL/api/v1/request"
-d '{"mediaType":"tv","mediaId":71912}'

TV (season 2): curl -s -X POST
-H "X-Api-Key: $OVERSEERR_API_KEY"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
"$OVERSEERR_URL/api/v1/request"
"$OVERSEERR_URL/api/v1/request"
-d '{"mediaType":"tv","mediaId":71912,"seasons":[2]}'

7) Respond cleanly

• Confirm what was requested
• If TV request was partial, list seasons
• If already requested/available, say so
• If no results, ask for alternate spelling or more context

Output style

Short confirmations:

• "✅ Requested: Interstellar (2014)"
• "✅ Requested: Reacher (Season 2)"
• "Already requested ✅"
• "Already available ✅"

Error handling

• If search returns 0 results:
  • Ask for alternate title or year
• If multiple equally good matches remain:
  • Ask the user to pick from 2-4 options