# Plex Agents **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** scanner-agent-dev\ **Created:** [August 15, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agents/736531 "2021-08-15T05:48:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kiwichick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/46a35a/32.png) [@kiwichick](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kiwichick)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agents/736531/1 "2021-08-15T05:48:42Z")
Server Version#: 1.24.0.4930 Player Version#: 1.33.0.2444-a220eae4 Hi everyone, I know this will have been asked before but can we talk Agents? I am confused about how/where to use them - there are options for them in different places eg: Settings, Library edit, Series edit, Movie edit, and the Match search. The only time I notice having any trouble is when I want to do search for a match by entering a show/movie ID from sources such as TheTVDB, IMDB or TMDb. I never get any results which, I think, is because Plex TV Series is the only option in the “Auto Match” and “Agent” dropdown lists. Can someone please enlighten me? Thanks 😃 ![2021-08-15_173415](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/c/f/cf6fbbe7cef9932e2ececd061e4c3c36eb379467.png) ---
**Author:** ![kiwichick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/46a35a/32.png) [@kiwichick](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kiwichick)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agents/736531/2 "2021-09-13T23:36:09Z")
Is there no-one who will help me? I still have no idea how to use the Agents properly, or how to get any results for matches searching by ID. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agents/736531/3 "2021-09-14T23:31:52Z")
The Plex TV Series agent will already lookup information from different sources and can be configured to apply episode orderings from both TMDb as well as TVDb – this can be set for the library and overridden for each show (see: ✏ \> `Advanced` \> `Episode ordering`). You don’t need to select a different agent to provide Plex with the ID from a particular source. You can e.g. set the title to `tmdb-12346`, `tvdb-12345` or `imdb-tt12345` and search just with that (you might want to drop the year for best results). With IMDb IDs you can usually also ignore the `imdb-` prefix. The only trouble I’ve seen with this approach is if a show isn’t listed on TMDB (even if it’s on TVDB). ---
**Author:** ![kiwichick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/46a35a/32.png) [@kiwichick](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kiwichick)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agents/736531/4 "2021-09-16T00:07:50Z")
Thanks tom80H, that cleared things up. I was leaving the prefix off when searching. Don’t know how I missed that. Boy do I feel silly 🤦‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-agents/736531/5 "2021-12-15T00:08:43Z")
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