scan

A command that asks Plex Media Server to scan one library or all libraries for new and changed media.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it after adding or changing media to scan a named library, or to scan every available library in sequence.
Why use it?
It refreshes Plex’s metadata and filesystem index so the server can notice updates, while leaving the media files themselves unchanged.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/nickperrott/videodrome-plugin/scan
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nickperrott/videodrome-plugin
Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 332 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.00332
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00166
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00066
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00033

Measured 2d ago against content hash f2405fcec1cc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

scan scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

videodrome-plugin/commands/scan.md · 58 lines

What it actually says

/videodrome:scan - Scan Plex Library

Triggers a library scan to refresh Plex's metadata for all or specific libraries.

Usage

/videodrome:scan [library_name]

Arguments

  • library_name (optional): Name of specific library to scan. If omitted, scans all libraries.

Examples

/videodrome:scan Movies
/videodrome:scan TV Shows
/videodrome:scan

What it does

  1. Connects to configured Plex Media Server
  2. If library_name provided:
    • Finds the specified library
    • Triggers a scan for that library only
  3. If no library_name:
    • Lists all available libraries
    • Triggers scan for each library sequentially
  4. Reports scan status and completion

Safety Classification

Write Operation - Requires confirmation before execution.

Scanning modifies Plex's metadata database and triggers filesystem indexing. While non-destructive to media files, it can be resource-intensive on the server.

MCP Tools Used

  • scan_library(library_name: str | None) - Triggers Plex library scan
  • list_libraries() - Lists available libraries (when scanning all)

Output

Returns a summary of:

  • Libraries scanned
  • Scan trigger status
  • Estimated time to completion (if available from Plex API)

Notes

  • Scanning is an asynchronous operation on the Plex server
  • Large libraries may take several minutes to complete
  • The command returns immediately after triggering the scan
  • Use /videodrome:status to check scan progress
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 58 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A f2405fcec1cc

Subscribe to this mod's changes

scan is a command published in the GitHub repository nickperrott/videodrome-plugin (1 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 332 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.