Seerr¶

Seerr is a media request management platform — the combined successor to Overseerr and Jellyseerr. It supports both Plex and Jellyfin and lets you and your users search for movies and TV shows and request them. CLI_Debrid picks up approved requests automatically and downloads them.

Formerly Overseerr / Jellyseerr

Overseerr and Jellyseerr have merged into a single project called Seerr. The configuration is the same — only the name has changed. See docs.seerr.dev for the latest documentation.

Prerequisites¶

Seerr installed and running
CLI_Debrid installed and configured
Plex libraries synced in Seerr (so it knows what you already have)

Step 1 — Install Seerr¶

If you don't have Seerr installed yet:

UnraidDocker Compose

Search for Seerr in Community Applications and install the lscr.io/linuxserver/seerr template. The default port is 5055.

services:
  seerr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/seerr:latest
    container_name: seerr
    ports:
      - "5055:5055"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
    environment:
      - TZ=America/New_York
    restart: unless-stopped

Access Seerr at http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:5055 and complete its setup wizard.

Step 2 — Connect Seerr to Plex¶

In Seerr, go to Settings → Plex:

Enter your Plex server URL: http://YOUR_PLEX_IP:32400
Enter your Plex token (see Finding your Plex token)
Click Save Changes

Step 3 — Sync all libraries¶

Still in Settings → Plex:

Click Sync Libraries
Wait for all libraries to appear — including Movies-DB and TV Shows-DB
Check all libraries

Check your Debrid libraries too

Checking all libraries — including your Debrid ones — means Seerr will show content as Available if it's already in your library. This prevents users from requesting something you already have.
Click Save Changes
Click Start Scan and let it complete

Step 4 — Add Seerr as a CLI_Debrid content source¶

In CLI_Debrid, go to Settings → Content Sources:

Click Add New Source → select Seerr
URL: http://YOUR_SEERR_IP:5055
In Seerr go to Settings → General → copy the API Key
Paste into the API Key field in CLI_Debrid

Check the API key carefully

Compare what you pasted against what's shown in Seerr. Extra = signs at the end will cause authentication failures.
Requesters (optional): Check which Seerr users this source should process. Leave All users (normal behavior) checked to process every request. See Per-user version routing for multi-source setups.
Set Plex Label Mode to requester if you want items labelled by who requested them
Click Save Settings

Step 5 — Configure the webhook (recommended)¶

By default, CLI_Debrid checks Seerr on its normal processing cycle (~60 seconds). The webhook makes approved requests get picked up within seconds.

In Seerr, go to Settings → Notifications → Webhook:

Setting	Value
Webhook URL	`http://YOUR_CLI_DEBRID_IP:5000/webhook`
Enabled	☑ On
Notification Types	☑ Request Approved

Click Test — you should see a success message. Then click Save Changes.

Step 6 — Test it¶

Start CLI_Debrid (click ▶ in the top right)
In Seerr, search for a movie you don't currently have
Click Request
The request appears on the Requests page with status Pending or Approved (depending on your user settings)
CLI_Debrid will pick it up within seconds (webhook) or within ~60 seconds (polling)
Monitor progress in CLI_Debrid under Main → Queues
Once downloaded, the request status in Seerr changes to Available

User permissions¶

In Seerr you control what each user can do:

Permission	Description
Auto-Approve	User's requests are approved automatically without admin review
Request	User can request but admin must approve
Auto-Request from Watchlist	Seerr automatically requests whatever is on the user's Plex watchlist

Configure per-user under Users → [username] → Edit.

Per-user version routing¶

You can configure multiple Seerr content sources in CLI_Debrid — one per version profile — and restrict each source to specific requesters. This lets different users get different quality versions automatically.

Example setup:

Source	Versions	Requesters
Seerr (Default)	Default	All users (normal behavior)
Seerr (1080p Remux)	1080p Remux	alice, bob
Seerr (4K Remux)	4K Remux	admin

How to configure:

In CLI_Debrid, go to Settings → Content Sources
Add a separate Seerr source for each version profile
On each source, expand Requesters — a checkbox list loads from your Seerr instance
Check the specific users whose requests this source should handle
Leave All users (normal behavior) checked on your default source

One source per version group

Each user group that needs a different version preference should have its own content source. A request from a user matched to multiple sources will be added once per matching source — each with its own version.

Already-collected items

If the requested item is already collected in a different version, CLI_Debrid will add it as a new Wanted entry for the requested version. If the same version is already collected, the request is skipped as expected.

Ignore tags¶

If you use Seerr tags to categorize requests, you can tell CLI_Debrid to skip certain tagged requests:

In the Seerr content source settings in CLI_Debrid, set Ignore Tags to a comma-separated list of tag names to skip.

For example: low-priority, test — requests with either of these tags will be ignored.

Troubleshooting¶

Requests not being picked up by CLI_Debrid

Check the Seerr content source is enabled in CLI_Debrid settings
Verify the URL and API key are correct
Test the webhook — go to Seerr → Settings → Notifications → Webhook → Test

Content showing as "Available" in Seerr immediately

This is correct behaviour — Seerr found the item in one of your synced Plex libraries
If it's a false positive, check if you have a duplicate in another library

Requests staying as "Pending" instead of "Approved"

The requesting user doesn't have Auto-Approve permission
Go to Users and grant Auto-Approve, or manually approve requests from the Requests page