Track your Plex media activity in a spreadsheet and chat alert

Every time someone plays or pauses something on Plex, the system logs it and sends an alert to your chat.

How the work actually flows

From the manual situation today to what runs on its own.

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Messaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database OpsAPI & Webhook Integration
Connects
PlexGoogle Sheets

The problem it solves

You want to know who's using your home media server and what's happening on it, but there's no easy way to see it without checking manually. New additions to your library go untracked unless you write them down yourself. You'd rather get a simple alert and a running log than have to remember to check.

Who it fits

Plex server owners who want a simple activity log and library tracking without checking manually.

How it works

  1. When a Plex user plays, pauses, stops, or resumes something, the automation is triggered
  2. The activity is sent as a message to your chat app
  3. When new movies or shows are added to your library, the details are captured
  4. Those details are logged in a spreadsheet automatically
What you get

A running log of who watched what on Plex

You get a running log of everything played on your Plex server along with instant chat alerts when new titles are added.

What you get

A running activity log in your chat and a spreadsheet record of everything added to your library.

What you need

A Plex server with Plex Pass and a connected chat application.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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