| name | monitoring-and-cleanup |
| description | How to change what's monitored (whole series, specific seasons, a movie) and how to remove shows/movies and reclaim disk space — safely, with confirmation.
TRIGGER THIS SKILL WHEN: - "Stop monitoring season 1" / "only monitor the latest season" - "Unmonitor <title>" / "monitor <title> again" - "Remove <show/movie>" / "delete <title> and its files" - "What's taking up the most space?" / "free up disk"
SYMPTOMS that you skipped this skill: - Deleting files without explicit confirmation - Deleting a series when the user only wanted to stop monitoring it
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Monitoring & cleanup
Monitoring vs. deleting — clarify intent
These are very different:
- Unmonitor = keep the item and its files, but stop searching/grabbing new content.
- Delete = remove the item from Sonarr/Radarr (optionally also delete files).
If the user says "stop downloading season 1", they almost always mean unmonitor,
not delete. Confirm if ambiguous.
Change monitoring
- TV series / seasons:
sonarr_set_monitoring with seriesId, plus monitored for the
whole show and/or a seasons array for individual seasons. Example: keep only the
latest season by unmonitoring older ones.
- Movie:
radarr_set_monitoring with movieId + monitored.
Remove an item
- TV:
sonarr_delete_series (deleteFiles defaults false).
- Movie:
radarr_delete_movie (deleteFiles defaults false).
Always confirm before deleting, and confirm explicitly before deleteFiles: true
— that erases downloaded media from disk and is not reversible from MCPArr. State the
title and whether files will be deleted, then proceed.
Reclaiming disk space
*_health reports free space per volume.- To find space hogs:
radarr_search_library (movies have sizes via files) and
sonarr_search_library (episode/file counts) to identify large or finished items.
- Suggest candidates (finished shows the user no longer wants, low-rated movies) and
let the user choose what to delete. Don't mass-delete on your own initiative.
Safety checklist before any delete
