{"id":"linuxserver-emby","name":"emby","homepage":"https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/emby","repo_url":"https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/emby","category":"media","subcategories":[],"tags":["media-server","self-hosted","streaming","transcoding","metadata"],"what_it_does":"Emby (emby) is a self-hosted media server for organizing and streaming personal media libraries (e.g., movies, TV shows, music, and photos) to clients over a network. It typically provides a web interface and native/media-player compatible playback, along with background processing for metadata/transcoding.","use_cases":["Self-hosted streaming of movies and TV shows to home or remote devices","Centralized media organization with metadata enrichment","Transcoding/streaming media to compatible clients"],"not_for":["High-scale public streaming platform use without self-management","Use cases requiring a simple developer-only JSON API with predictable schemas","Integrations that rely on first-party hosted API endpoints (it is primarily self-hosted)"],"best_when":"You want to run your own media server and control storage, networking, and client access for a personal library.","avoid_when":"You need guaranteed, well-documented machine-to-machine APIs (OpenAPI/SDKs) or fully cloud-managed uptime/SLA.","alternatives":["Jellyfin","Plex Media Server","Kodi (with remote/serving setups)","Universal Media Server","Emby/NextPVR-adjacent alternatives depending on ecosystem"],"af_score":25.5,"security_score":44.5,"reliability_score":36.2,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["docker_mcp"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:36:41.563293+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":["Session-based/auth via Emby server access (commonly username/password and/or tokens), but exact method details not provided in the prompt data"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"Authentication mechanisms are not explicitly documented in the provided prompt content; score reflects uncertainty and typical self-hosted server auth patterns."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"Pricing details were not included in the provided prompt content."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":25.5,"security_score":44.5,"reliability_score":36.2,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":30.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":60.0,"rate_limit_clarity":0.0,"tls_enforcement":40.0,"auth_strength":55.0,"scope_granularity":35.0,"dependency_hygiene":45.0,"secret_handling":45.0,"security_notes":"As a self-hosted media server, security depends heavily on your deployment choices (HTTPS/TLS configuration, network exposure, and account management). The provided prompt content does not include specific security controls or dependency/SBOM details.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":55.0,"breaking_changes_history":50.0,"error_recovery":40.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Self-hosted services require network reachability, firewall/NAT configuration, and correct client-server connectivity","Media/transcoding operations can be long-running; agents may need to handle timeouts and polling (not described in provided prompt data)","Exact API surface, schemas, and error formats are not provided in the prompt data"]}}