# Manual metadata agent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** scanner-agent-dev\ **Created:** [March 25, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manual-metadata-agent/140022 "2016-03-25T05:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![endquotedotcom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@endquotedotcom](https://forums.plex.tv/u/endquotedotcom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manual-metadata-agent/140022/1 "2016-03-25T05:05:45Z")
I’m looking for a metadata agent that will let me specify media properties in some sort of text file adjacent to the media file. I’d like to be able to specify most of the things available in the media edit dialog of the Plex web UI (title, tags, etc). I thought such a feature existed in Plex by default, but I’m not able to find it now. ---
**Author:** ![endquotedotcom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@endquotedotcom](https://forums.plex.tv/u/endquotedotcom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manual-metadata-agent/140022/2 "2016-03-25T19:04:48Z")
Answering my own question… it looks like this plugin will help, but I’ll have to dig deeper to try it out. > **[Metadata agents for exported XBMC library](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/38402)** > > If you already have metadata in XBMC, and would like to use that in Plex. I took the \[code posted by Harley Hooligan\](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/16293-nfo-agent/page\_\_view\_\_findpost\_\_p\_\_97610), and changed it to work with my files. ... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/manual-metadata-agent/140022/3 "2020-01-08T19:56:33Z")