anime-mcp-server

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  <p><b>Search anime/manga, get full detail, franchise watch order, seasonal schedule, characters, rankings, and studio filmography via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.</b>
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## Tools

Eight tools covering anime and manga discovery, detail, and navigation:

| Tool | Description |
|:---|:---|
| `anime_search_media` | Search anime or manga by title, genre, tag, season, year, format, or status. Returns ranked results with IDs, titles, scores, format, and episode/chapter counts. AniList primary; Jikan fallback on empty results. |
| `anime_get_media` | Full detail for one anime or manga by AniList ID — synopsis, format, episode/chapter count, status, season, studios, source material, genres and tags (spoiler-flagged), AniList and MAL scores side by side, streaming links, cover/banner, and direct relations. |
| `anime_get_relations` | Franchise untangler. Walks the related-works graph from a media ID beyond one hop — sequels, prequels, side stories, movies, OVAs, source and adaptation — and returns them in suggested watch/read order. |
| `anime_get_schedule` | Airing schedule for a season or upcoming episode window. Season mode lists all anime airing in a given season/year. Upcoming mode returns the next episode for each airing title within a date window, with UTC timestamp and countdown. |
| `anime_find_characters` | Characters and voice actors for a title, or look up a character/VA by name. Returns characters with role (main/supporting/background), voice actors by language, and cross-links to other media. |
| `anime_get_recommendations` | Recommendations for a title, merged from AniList and Jikan (MAL), with scores and vote counts. Optionally accepts what the user liked about the source title to contextualize picks. |
| `anime_get_rankings` | Top, trending, or seasonal rankings. Filterable by genre, tag, and format. Top returns all-time by score; trending returns current week; seasonal returns the current or specified season sorted by popularity. |
| `anime_get_studio` | A studio's full filmography by name or AniList studio ID — all titles the studio produced, sortable by year or score, with format, status, and episode count. |

### `anime_search_media`

Search for anime or manga across multiple dimensions.

- Free-text title search with AniList primary; falls back to Jikan when AniList returns empty
- Filter by genre, tag, season, year, format (`TV`, `MOVIE`, `OVA`, `MANGA`, `NOVEL`, etc.), and status (`RELEASING`, `FINISHED`, etc.)
- Adult content gated behind explicit `include_adult: true` (default off)
- Pagination via `page` and `per_page`

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### `anime_get_media`

Full detail for a single anime or manga — the flagship tool for a title's complete profile.

- AniList full-detail query supplemented in parallel by Jikan (MAL score) and Kitsu (streaming links with sub/dub language flags)
- AniList and MAL scores surfaced side by side — never blended
- Spoiler-safe by default: tags carry a `spoiler` flag; relation descriptions omitted unless `reveal_spoilers: true`
- All timestamps UTC; season labels included to avoid boundary ambiguity

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### `anime_get_relations`

Build the watch/read order for an entire franchise.

- Multi-hop BFS over AniList's relation graph, up to `max_depth` hops (default 2, max 4)
- Relation types: SOURCE, PREQUEL, SEQUEL, SIDE_STORY, SPIN_OFF, ADAPTATION, OVA, SPECIAL, MOVIE
- Topological sort: SOURCE → PREQUEL → main story chain → SEQUEL → SIDE_STORY → SPIN_OFF → supplementary entries
- Each entry includes `seasonYear` and episode/chapter count for context

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### `anime_find_characters`

Bidirectional character and voice actor lookup.

- By media ID: characters for a title with voice actors by language
- By character name: find the character and all media they appear in
- By voice actor name: find the VA and all roles across media
- Language filter via AniList `StaffLanguage` enum (JAPANESE, ENGLISH, KOREAN, etc.)

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## Resources and prompts

| Type | Name | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Resource | `anime://media/{id}` | Full media record for an anime or manga by AniList ID — same data as `anime_get_media`. Stable URI for injectable context. |

All resource data is also reachable via tools. Use `anime_search_media` to discover AniList IDs before fetching the resource URI.

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## Features

Built on [`@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core):

- Declarative tool and resource definitions — single file per primitive, framework handles registration and validation
- Unified error handling — handlers throw, framework catches, classifies, and formats
- Pluggable auth: `none`, `jwt`, `oauth`
- Swappable storage backends: `in-memory`, `filesystem`, `Supabase`, `Cloudflare KV/R2/D1`
- Structured logging with optional OpenTelemetry tracing
- STDIO and Streamable HTTP transports

Anime/manga-specific:

- Three-source architecture: AniList GraphQL (primary), Jikan v4 REST (MAL scores + recommendations), Kitsu JSON:API (streaming links with sub/dub language detail)
- ID reconciliation via AniList's `idMal` bridge — no cross-source ID guessing
- Franchise relation graph traversal with topological watch-order sort
- Rate-limit-aware service layer: AniList 30 req/30s with automatic backoff; Jikan 350ms floor between calls
- Keyless by design — all three sources are public and require no API credentials
- **Local-only by design:** free APIs are tightly rate-limited per IP; hosting would pool users onto one IP and risk throttling or bans. Each local user brings their own IP and modest usage.

Agent-friendly output:

- Dual scores surfaced separately — AniList `meanScore` (0–100) and MAL `score` (0–10) with population size (`scored_by`) so agents can reason about weight; never blended into a composite
- Spoiler safety by default — AniList tags carry `isGeneralSpoiler`; relation descriptions omitted unless opted in
- Supplement provenance — each response indicates which sources contributed (AniList, Jikan, Kitsu) and which failed gracefully, so agents know what data is present
- UTC timestamps throughout; season labels echoed (`WINTER 2024`) to avoid the winter/spring/summer/fall boundary footgun

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## Getting started

No API keys required — all three upstream sources (AniList, Jikan, Kitsu) are keyless public APIs.

Add the following to your MCP client configuration file:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anime-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": ["@cyanheads/anime-mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Or with npx (no Bun required):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anime-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@cyanheads/anime-mcp-server@latest"],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Or with Docker:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anime-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "-i", "--rm",
        "-e", "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=stdio",
        "ghcr.io/cyanheads/anime-mcp-server:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

For Streamable HTTP, set the transport and start the server:

```sh
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=http MCP_HTTP_PORT=3010 bun run start:http
# Server listens at http://localhost:3010/mcp
```

### Prerequisites

- [Bun v1.3.0](https://bun.sh/) or higher (or Node.js v24+). No API keys needed.

### Installation

1. **Clone the repository:**

```sh
git clone https://github.com/cyanheads/anime-mcp-server.git
```

2. **Navigate into the directory:**

```sh
cd anime-mcp-server
```

3. **Install dependencies:**

```sh
bun install
```

4. **Configure environment (optional):**

```sh
cp .env.example .env
# edit .env if you want to change transport or log level
```

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## Configuration

No server-specific env vars are required. All framework variables are optiona