diff --git a/couchpotato/core/plugins/automation/__init__.py b/couchpotato/core/plugins/automation/__init__.py
index 70daf05c..8287cf0d 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/plugins/automation/__init__.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/plugins/automation/__init__.py
@@ -3,4 +3,34 @@ from .main import Automation
 def start():
     return Automation()
 
-config = []
+config = [{
+    'name': 'automation',
+    'groups': [
+        {
+            'tab': 'automation',
+            'name': 'automation',
+            'label': 'Automation',
+            'description': 'Enable automatic movie adding',
+            'options': [
+                {
+                    'name': 'year',
+                    'default': 2011,
+                    'Label': 'Minimal year',
+                    'type': 'int',
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'votes',
+                    'default': 1000,
+                    'Label': 'Minimal votes',
+                    'type': 'int',
+                },
+                {
+                    'name': 'rating',
+                    'default': 6.0,
+                    'Label': 'Minimal rating',
+                    'type': 'float',
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ],
+}]
diff --git a/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/base.py b/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/base.py
index d3a3541e..f2e94cec 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/base.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/providers/automation/base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-from couchpotato.core.event import addEvent
+from couchpotato.core.event import addEvent, fireEvent
 from couchpotato.core.logger import CPLog
 from couchpotato.core.plugins.base import Plugin
+from couchpotato.environment import Env
 import time
 
 log = CPLog(__name__)
@@ -26,6 +27,29 @@ class Automation(Plugin):
 
         return self.getIMDBids()
 
+    def search(self, name, year = None):
+        result = fireEvent('movie.search', q = '%s %s' % (name, year if year else ''), limit = 1, merge = True)
+
+        if len(result) > 0:
+            return result[0].get('imdb')
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    def isMinimal(self, identifier):
+
+        movie = fireEvent('movie.info', identifier = identifier, merge = True)
+
+        for minimal_type in ['year', 'rating', 'votes']:
+            type_value = movie.get(minimal_type, 0)
+            type_min = self.getMinimal(minimal_type)
+            if type_value < type_min:
+                log.info('%s to low for %s, need %s has %s' % (minimal_type, identifier, type_min, type_value))
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
+    def getMinimal(self, min_type):
+        return Env.setting(min_type, 'automation')
 
     def getIMDBids(self):
         return []