{"id":"linuxserver-beets","name":"beets","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/beets","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/beets","category":"storage","subcategories":[],"tags":["music","media-management","metadata","cli","library-organizer","local-first","python"],"what_it_does":"beets is a music library manager that organizes audio files and music metadata. It can scan/import local music, fetch and normalize metadata (artist/album/track info), rename and move files into a consistent directory structure, and maintain an indexed library for searching and further processing via commands and plugins.","use_cases":["Auto-organizing a local music collection (rename files and move into album/artist folders)","Cleaning and enriching metadata using online sources","Regularly importing new music and keeping a local library index up to date","Reformatting library paths/tags according to user-defined templates","Extending behavior via plugins (e.g., custom metadata sources/workflows)"],"not_for":["Building a hosted API/service for third-party clients","Streaming music to users or acting as a media server (by itself)","Real-time, always-on synchronization where uptime/SLA is required","Use cases needing fine-grained OAuth scopes or enterprise access control (not applicable to a local CLI tool)"],"best_when":"You want deterministic local organization of music files with configurable templates and metadata enrichment, running on your own machine or server.","avoid_when":"You require a web-based, managed integration with built-in authentication, rate limiting, and hosted uptime guarantees.","alternatives":["MusicBrainz Picard (metadata tagging/renaming focus)","Navidrome/Jellyfin/Plex for media serving (different goal but adjacent ecosystem)","Sonata/other music managers (varies by platform and feature set)","Custom scripts using mutagen + MusicBrainz APIs"],"af_score":34.0,"security_score":34.5,"reliability_score":38.8,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:40:46.663426+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["Typically none for local CLI usage; optional credentials may be required for certain metadata sources if configured by the user"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"As a local tool, authentication is generally not a server-to-client concern; any external service access is handled via user configuration rather than standardized API auth/scopes."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Open-source software; cost is primarily infrastructure/storage and any optional third-party metadata service usage."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":34.0,"security_score":34.5,"reliability_score":38.8,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":55.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":95.0,"rate_limit_clarity":10.0,"tls_enforcement":40.0,"auth_strength":30.0,"scope_granularity":0.0,"dependency_hygiene":60.0,"secret_handling":50.0,"security_notes":"Primary risk is operational: renaming/moving files and running plugins that may access external services. TLS and secret handling depend on how metadata sources/config are used (not specified here). No standardized auth/scopes; credentials (if any) are user-configured. Supply-chain risk depends on Python dependency maintenance and plugin ecosystem.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":65.0,"breaking_changes_history":55.0,"error_recovery":35.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":"Not clearly guaranteed as idempotent across operations; behavior depends on configured import/overwrite/replace settings and matching logic.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Local file operations: agents must be careful with destructive renames/moves and configuration that may overwrite existing files","Metadata lookups depend on network availability and the correctness/availability of upstream sources","Library state (database/index) can affect subsequent runs; agents should preserve or understand the local library directory/DB","Plugins and configuration can materially change behavior, so deterministic automation requires pinning config/plugins"]}}