media-library-organizer-skill

Why use it

Key features

Junk cleanup: SMB residuals, .DS_Store, empty dirs
Duplicate consolidation across folders by title/year/quality
Scattered-episode merge across release groups
Folder renames to Title (Year) standard
TMDB cross-reference for episode completeness
Tiered safety — destructive actions require confirmation
Torrent seed warning before renames

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

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Install

Author repository · Claude Skills documentation

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use media-library-organizer-skill

Prep a messy download library for Jellyfin

👤 Home media server users with a chaotic downloads folder ⏱ ~60 min intermediate

When to use: Before pointing Jellyfin at a folder full of release-group-named chaos.

Flow

Scan and analyze

Use media-library-organizer on /media/downloads. Scan-only — list junk, duplicates, scattered episodes.✓ Copied

→ Report with 3 sections: junk / duplicates / scattered
Auto-clean junk (safe tier)

Proceed with junk cleanup (.DS_Store, SMB metadata, empty dirs).✓ Copied

→ Small deletions, nothing risky
Confirm and merge duplicates

Now consolidate duplicates — I'll approve each.✓ Copied

→ One-by-one approvals with title/year/quality shown
Normalize folder names

Rename to Title (Year) format — warn if anything is currently seeding.✓ Copied

→ Seed warning surfaces before renames
Verify via TMDB

Cross-check episode counts against TMDB — list missing.✓ Copied

→ Per-show missing-episode list

Outcome: Jellyfin/Plex recognizes everything; missing gaps are explicit.

Pitfalls

Rename breaks an active torrent seed — Skill warns; stop the torrent or hard-link before renaming
Merging different-quality versions loses the good one — Skill prioritizes higher quality — double-check before confirming

Combine with: filesystem

Consolidate an anime library with mixed release groups

👤 Anime collectors ⏱ ~45 min intermediate

When to use: Your anime library has 3 release groups per show across different folders.

Flow

Scan

Scan /anime for scattered-episode patterns across release groups.✓ Copied

→ Per-show merge candidates
Pick canonical version per show

For each candidate, pick the highest-quality release group and merge others into it (or trash).✓ Copied

→ Clean per-show folders

Outcome: One folder per show with consistent naming.

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

media-library-organizer-skill + filesystem

Edit NFO files or custom sidecars during the same session

While organizing, also add .nfo files for each movie with TMDB id.✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

Tool	Inputs	When to call	Cost
scan	root path	Start of any organize session	0 — local
clean_junk	root path, safe_only=true	First destructive pass	0
merge_duplicates	duplicate pair list	After duplicates approved	0
normalize_names	root path	After cleanup	0
verify_tmdb	show paths, TMDB_API_KEY	Completeness check	TMDB free quota

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota: TMDB: free tier generous for home libraries
Tokens per call: Low — skill mostly orchestrates shell
Monetary: Free
Tip: Scan-only first; don't burn tokens on the full analysis until you've committed to cleanup

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Minimum scopes: Filesystem read/write on the library root only

Credential storage: TMDB key in env

Data egress: TMDB API for completeness checks (public metadata only)

Never grant: Run as root on the media disk — use a user with write on just the library

Always back up (or at least snapshot) before merge_duplicates — even with approvals.
Seed-warning depends on you having the torrent client state readable; if it doesn't detect, stop seeds manually.

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

Everything flagged as 'junk'

You pointed it at a non-media folder — confirm root

Verify: ls /media/downloads

TMDB verify returns 401

TMDB_API_KEY missing or wrong

Verify: curl https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/550?api_key=$TMDB_API_KEY

Jellyfin still doesn't detect after rename

Force library rescan; verify folder matches Jellyfin's expected naming

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