When you open Seerr and request a movie or TV show, you're not just adding something to a wishlist. You're pulling a lever that sets a chain of events in motion.

Seerr passes your request to a pair of dedicated scouts — Radarr for movies, Sonarr for television. They know what's in the library, what's been requested, and exactly what quality they're looking for.

Radarr and Sonarr work through Prowlarr — a master index that knows where to look. Prowlarr maintains connections to Usenet newsgroups, torrent trackers, and premium debrid services.

When a match is found, it's evaluated. Wrong resolution? Skip it. Badly encoded? Pass. The scouts are particular.

Once a file is identified, it's handed to a download client. Most content moves through Real-Debrid — a premium service caching files on high-speed servers, so downloads arrive in seconds. Rarer content pulls from SABnzbd via Usenet.

Radarr or Sonarr inspects the download, renames it to a clean format, and moves it into the library. Plex detects the new arrival within minutes, fetches artwork and metadata, and the title appears — ready to stream. The whole process often takes less than five minutes.

For TV shows, Sonarr monitors every series and fetches new episodes as they air — season after season, without anyone asking twice. The system runs 24 hours a day. Most of the time it has nothing to do. But when something is needed, it moves fast and quietly.