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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.

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npx -y skills add openclaw/skills --skill qbittorrent --agent claude-code

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SKILL.md
---
name: qbittorrent
version: 1.0.0
description: 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`

Files in this skill

  • README.md2.5 KB
  • SKILL.md2.4 KB
  • _meta.json274 B
  • scripts/qbit-api.sh9.9 KB

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