MoviePilot Update

All script paths are relative to this skill file.

Use this skill for MoviePilot restart and upgrade operations.

Setup

This skill reuses the moviepilot-api client. When running inside the MoviePilot project, the API client imports app.core.config.settings and reads the local host, port, and API token directly. Do not ask the user for API_TOKEN.

Preferred Commands

Check versions

python scripts/mp-update.py versions

This calls GET /api/v1/system/versions.

Restart MoviePilot

python scripts/mp-update.py restart

This calls GET /api/v1/system/restart.

Upgrade and restart MoviePilot

Release mode:

python scripts/mp-update.py upgrade

Dev mode:

python scripts/mp-update.py upgrade dev

This calls POST /api/v1/system/upgrade.

Behavior:

• If MOVIEPILOT_AUTO_UPDATE is already enabled (release or dev), MoviePilot only triggers a restart and lets the normal startup flow perform the upgrade.
• If MOVIEPILOT_AUTO_UPDATE is disabled, MoviePilot writes a one-shot upgrade flag, restarts itself, performs that single upgrade during startup, and then continues running without changing the persisted auto-update setting.

Direct API Examples

python ../moviepilot-api/scripts/mp-api.py GET /api/v1/system/restart
python ../moviepilot-api/scripts/mp-api.py POST /api/v1/system/upgrade --json '"release"'
python ../moviepilot-api/scripts/mp-api.py POST /api/v1/system/upgrade --json '"dev"'

Notes

• These operations require administrator authentication.
• Restart or upgrade will interrupt the current agent session. Do not rely on post-restart follow-up steps in the same run.
• Prefer the API flow above. Only fall back to manual container commands when the API is unavailable.