Media Cli Local

Single-file bash CLI for the *arr media stack. Manage Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, qBittorrent, Bazarr, Jellyseerr, and Tdarr from the terminal or via AI agents. Runs on the same machine as your services. No Docker, no Node, no Python packages.

media-cli-local — Terminal Control for Your *arr Media Stack

One bash script to manage your entire media automation stack. Search, add, download, and monitor movies and TV shows without touching a web UI.

Designed for setups where the agent and media services run on the same machine. If your *arr stack runs on a different host, see media-cli which includes SSH remote support.

Source: https://github.com/solomonneas/media-cli

Install: Clone the repo and copy the script to your PATH. Review it first.

bash

git clone https://github.com/solomonneas/media-cli.git
cd media-cli
cp media ~/bin/media && chmod +x ~/bin/media
media setup

Supported Services

Service	Required	What It Does
Sonarr	Yes	TV show management
Radarr	Yes	Movie management
Prowlarr	Yes	Indexer management
qBittorrent	Yes	Download monitoring
Bazarr	Optional	Subtitles
Jellyseerr	Optional	User requests + trending
Tdarr	Optional	Transcode monitoring

Setup

The setup wizard asks for API URLs and keys, saves to ~/.config/media-cli/config (chmod 600). All connections are localhost only.

bash

media setup    # Interactive config wizard
media status   # Verify everything connects

Commands

Movies

bash

media movies search "Interstellar"    # Search online
media movies add "Interstellar"       # Add + start downloading
media movies list                     # Library with download status
media movies missing                  # Monitored without files
media movies remove "title"           # Remove (keeps files)

TV Shows

bash

media shows search "Breaking Bad"     # Search online
media shows add "Breaking Bad"        # Add + search episodes
media shows list                      # Library with episode counts

Downloads

bash

media downloads                       # All torrents by state
media downloads active                # Active with speed + ETA
media downloads pause <hash|all>
media downloads resume <hash|all>
media downloads remove <hash> [true]  # true = delete files too

Status & Monitoring

bash

media status                          # Health + library counts + active downloads
media queue                           # Sonarr/Radarr download queues
media wanted                          # Missing episodes + movies
media calendar 14                     # Upcoming releases (next N days)
media history                         # Recent activity
media refresh                         # Trigger library rescan
media indexers                        # Prowlarr indexer status

Subtitles (Bazarr)

bash

media subs                            # Wanted subtitles
media subs history                    # Recent subtitle downloads

Requests (Jellyseerr)

bash

media requests                        # Pending user requests
media requests trending               # What's trending
media requests users                  # User list with request counts

Transcoding (Tdarr)

bash

media tdarr                           # Status + active workers
media tdarr workers                   # Per-file progress: %, fps, ETA
media tdarr queue                     # Items queued for processing

AI Agent Integration

Commands output clean, parseable text designed for AI agents:

text

"What shows am I missing episodes for?"  →  media wanted
"Add Succession"                         →  media shows add "Succession"
"What's downloading right now?"          →  media downloads active
"Pause all downloads"                    →  media downloads pause all

Works with OpenClaw, LangChain, Claude computer use, or any agent framework with shell execution.

Requirements

• bash 4.0+
• curl
• python3 (standard library only, no pip)

Technical Details

• Single bash script (~900 lines)
• All API calls go to localhost (no remote connections)
• Talks to *arr v3 APIs (Sonarr/Radarr), v1 (Prowlarr), v2 (qBittorrent WebUI)
• Python3 used strictly for JSON parsing (standard library)
• No telemetry, no analytics, no network calls except to your own services
• Config stored at ~/.config/media-cli/config with chmod 600