{"id":"linuxserver-sonarr","name":"sonarr","af_score":49.8,"security_score":49.8,"reliability_score":40.0,"what_it_does":"Sonarr is a self-hosted media management application for organizing and downloading TV series. It manages show tracking, episode/file downloads via external download clients, and automates workflows based on configurable rules.","best_when":"You want local automation for TV episode acquisition with configurable quality policies and integration with existing download infrastructure.","avoid_when":"You need enterprise-grade auth controls (fine-grained scopes, SSO) out of the box or you cannot safely expose the web interface/API to your network.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:21:09.092046+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":true,"auth_methods":["session/cookie auth for web UI","API key/token-style access (commonly supported by Sonarr)"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Media workflows are stateful (downloads/episodes/queue). Retries can cause duplicate actions unless the caller de-duplicates by resource identity.","Operations may be asynchronous (requests return before processing finishes); agents need to poll or wait for state changes.","Authentication and CSRF/session behavior for the web/API can vary by deployment and version; ensure the agent uses the documented API mechanism rather than UI scraping."],"error_quality":0.0}