Installation¶

qbittorrent-agent is a standard Python package and a prebuilt container image. Pick the path that matches how you want to run it.

Requirements¶

Python 3.11 – 3.14.
A reachable qBittorrent WebUI (v2 API) — see Backing Platform to deploy one locally.

From PyPI (recommended)¶

pip install qbittorrent-agent

Optional extras¶

The base install carries the MCP-server runtime via agent-utilities[mcp]. Install the extra for what you need:

Extra	Install	Pulls in
`agent`	`pip install "qbittorrent-agent[agent]"`	Pydantic-AI agent + Logfire tracing (`agent-utilities[agent,logfire]`)
`all`	`pip install "qbittorrent-agent[all]"`	The MCP server, the agent, and Logfire tracing
`test`	`pip install "qbittorrent-agent[test]"`	`pytest`, `pytest-asyncio`, `pytest-cov`, `pytest-xdist`

# Typical: run both the MCP server and the A2A agent
pip install "qbittorrent-agent[all]"

From source¶

git clone https://github.com/Knuckles-Team/qbittorrent-agent.git
cd qbittorrent-agent
pip install -e ".[all]"          # editable install with every extra

With uv:

uv pip install -e ".[all]"
uv run qbittorrent-mcp

Prebuilt Docker image¶

A multi-stage, slim image is published on every release (entrypoint qbittorrent-mcp):

docker pull knucklessg1/qbittorrent-agent:latest

docker run --rm -i \
  -e QBITTORRENT_URL=http://your-qbittorrent:8080 \
  -e QBITTORRENT_USERNAME=admin \
  -e QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD=your_password \
  knucklessg1/qbittorrent-agent:latest        # stdio transport (default)

For an HTTP server with a published port, and to run the companion A2A agent, see Deployment.

Verify the install¶

qbittorrent-mcp --help
python -c "import qbittorrent_agent; print(qbittorrent_agent.QbittorrentApi)"

Next steps¶

Deployment — run it as a long-lived MCP server and A2A agent behind Caddy + DNS.
Usage — call the tools, the QbittorrentApi client, and the CLI.
Configuration — every environment variable.