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Qbittorrent by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Qbittorrent
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

Qbittorrent

Manage torrents with qBittorrent. Use when the user asks to "list torrents", "add torrent", "pause torrent", "resume torrent", "delete torrent", "check download status", "torrent speed", "qBittorrent stats", or mentions qBittorrent/qbit torrent management.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

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qBittorrent WebUI API

Manage torrents via qBittorrent's WebUI API (v4.1+).

Setup

Config: ~/.clawdbot/credentials/qbittorrent/config.json

{
  "url": "http://localhost:8080",
  "username": "admin",
  "password": "adminadmin"
}

Quick Reference

List Torrents

# All torrents
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list

# Filter by status
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter downloading
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter seeding
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter paused

# Filter by category
./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --category movies

Filters: all, downloading, seeding, completed, paused, active, inactive, stalled, errored

Get Torrent Info

./scripts/qbit-api.sh info <hash>
./scripts/qbit-api.sh files <hash>
./scripts/qbit-api.sh trackers <hash>

Add Torrent

# By magnet or URL
./scripts/qbit-api.sh add "magnet:?xt=..." --category movies

# By file
./scripts/qbit-api.sh add-file /path/to/file.torrent --paused

Control Torrents

./scripts/qbit-api.sh pause <hash>         # or "all"
./scripts/qbit-api.sh resume <hash>        # or "all"
./scripts/qbit-api.sh delete <hash>        # keep files
./scripts/qbit-api.sh delete <hash> --files  # delete files too
./scripts/qbit-api.sh recheck <hash>

Categories & Tags

./scripts/qbit-api.sh categories
./scripts/qbit-api.sh tags
./scripts/qbit-api.sh set-category <hash> movies
./scripts/qbit-api.sh add-tags <hash> "important,archive"

Transfer Info

./scripts/qbit-api.sh transfer   # global speed/stats
./scripts/qbit-api.sh speedlimit # current limits
./scripts/qbit-api.sh set-speedlimit --down 5M --up 1M

App Info

./scripts/qbit-api.sh version
./scripts/qbit-api.sh preferences

Response Format

Torrent object includes:

hash, name, state, progress
dlspeed, upspeed, eta
size, downloaded, uploaded
category, tags, save_path

States: downloading, stalledDL, uploading, stalledUP, pausedDL, pausedUP, queuedDL, queuedUP, checkingDL, checkingUP, error, missingFiles

---name: qbittorrentdescription: Manage torrents with qBittorrent. Use when the user asks to "list torrents", "add torrent", "pause torrent", "resume torrent", "delete torrent", "check download status", "torrent speed", "qBittorrent stats", or mentions qBittorrent/qbit torrent management.--- # qBittorrent WebUI API Manage torrents via qBittorrent's WebUI API (v4.1+). ## Setup Config: `~/.clawdbot/credentials/qbittorrent/config.json` ```json { "url": "http://localhost:8080", "username": "admin", "password": "adminadmin" } ``` ## Quick Reference ### List Torrents ```bash # All torrents ./scripts/qbit-api.sh list # Filter by status ./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter downloading ./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter seeding ./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --filter paused # Filter by category ./scripts/qbit-api.sh list --category movies ``` Filters: `all`, `downloading`, `seeding`, `completed`, `paused`, `active`, `inactive`, `stalled`, `errored` ### Get Torrent Info ```bash ./scripts/qbit-api.sh info <hash> ./scripts/qbit-api.sh files <hash> ./scripts/qbit-api.sh trackers <hash> ``` ### Add Torrent ```bash # By magnet or URL ./scripts/qbit-api.sh add "magnet:?xt=..." --category movies # By file ./scripts/qbit-api.sh add-file /path/to/file.torrent --paused ``` ### Control Torrents ```bash ./scripts/qbit-api.sh pause <hash> # or "all" ./scripts/qbit-api.sh resume <hash> # or "all" ./scripts/qbit-api.sh delete <hash> # keep files ./scripts/qbit-api.sh delete <hash> --files # delete files too ./scripts/qbit-api.sh recheck <hash> ``` ### Categories & Tags ```bash ./scripts/qbit-api.sh categories ./scripts/qbit-api.sh tags ./scripts/qbit-api.sh set-category <hash> movies ./scripts/qbit-api.sh add-tags <hash> "important,archive" ``` ### Transfer Info ```bash ./scripts/qbit-api.sh transfer # global speed/stats ./scripts/qbit-api.sh speedlimit # current limits ./scripts/qbit-api.sh set-speedlimit --down 5M --up 1M ``` ### App Info ```bash ./scripts/qbit-api.sh version ./scripts/qbit-api.sh preferences ``` ## Response Format Torrent object includes: - `hash`, `name`, `state`, `progress` - `dlspeed`, `upspeed`, `eta` - `size`, `downloaded`, `uploaded` - `category`, `tags`, `save_path` States: `downloading`, `stalledDL`, `uploading`, `stalledUP`, `pausedDL`, `pausedUP`, `queuedDL`, `queuedUP`, `checkingDL`, `checkingUP`, `error`, `missingFiles`

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