Ani MCP

Name: Ani MCP
Author: GavMason

by GavMasonversion 0.1.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.GavMason/ani-mcp

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

A smart MCP server for AniList that gets your anime/manga taste - not just API calls.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Games, sports, food & learning
You need to fill in: ANILIST_TOKEN

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

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Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: ANILIST_USERNAME, ANILIST_TOKEN

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ani": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ani-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANILIST_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "ANILIST_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add ani --env ANILIST_USERNAME=your-value --env ANILIST_TOKEN=your-value -- npx -y ani-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ani": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ani-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANILIST_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "ANILIST_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "ani": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ani-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANILIST_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "ANILIST_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

ANILIST_USERNAME env
Default AniList username for list and stats tools
ANILIST_TOKEN secret env
AniList OAuth token for authenticated queries

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Compared with others in Games, sports, food & learningi

More stars than 0% of the other 1309 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 2% of the other 1309 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1309 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Ani MCP safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: ANILIST_TOKEN

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.1) reached the registry 8 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

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README from the maker

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ani-mcp

A smart MCP server for AniList that understands your anime and manga taste - not just raw API calls.

What makes this different

Most AniList integrations mirror the API 1:1. ani-mcp adds an intelligence layer on top:

Taste profiling - builds a model of your preferences from your completed list
Personalized picks - "what should I watch next?" based on your taste, mood, and seasonal lineup
Compatibility - compare taste between two users
Sequel alerts - find sequels airing this season for shows you've finished
Watch order - franchise chain traversal for long-running series
Session planning - "I have 90 minutes, what should I watch?" from your current list
Year in review - your watching/reading stats wrapped up

Plus the essentials: search, details, trending, seasonal browsing, list management, social features, and community recommendations. All search and browse tools support pagination for browsing beyond the first page of results.

Try it in 30 seconds

No account needed. Works with any MCP-compatible client.

Claude Desktop

Add to your config file (Settings > Developer > Edit Config or ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

"mcpServers": { "anilist": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "ani-mcp"] } } }

Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

Alternatively, download ani-mcp.mcpb from the latest release and install via Settings > Extensions.

Claude Code

claude mcp add ani-mcp -- npx -y ani-mcp

Personalized features

Add your username for recommendations, taste profiling, and list management:

"mcpServers": { "anilist": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "ani-mcp"], "env": { "ANILIST_USERNAME": "your_username" } } } }

For write operations (updating progress, scoring, list edits), also add ANILIST_TOKEN. See Environment Variables for details.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
`ANILIST_USERNAME`	No	Default username for list and stats tools. Can also pass per-call.
`ANILIST_TOKEN`	No	AniList OAuth token. Required for write operations and private lists.
`ANILIST_TITLE_LANGUAGE`	No	Title preference: `english` (default), `romaji`, or `native`.
`ANILIST_SCORE_FORMAT`	No	Override score display: `POINT_100`, `POINT_10_DECIMAL`, `POINT_10`, `POINT_5`, `POINT_3`.
`ANILIST_NSFW`	No	Set to `true` to include adult content in results. Default: `false`.
`ANILIST_MOOD_CONFIG`	No	JSON object to add or override mood keywords. See Mood config.
`DEBUG`	No	Set to `true` for debug logging to stderr.
`MCP_TRANSPORT`	No	Set to `http` for HTTP Stream transport. Default: stdio.
`MCP_PORT`	No	Port for HTTP transport. Default: `3000`.
`MCP_HOST`	No	Host for HTTP transport. Default: `localhost`.

Tools

Search & Discovery

Tool	Description
`anilist_search`	Search anime/manga by title with genre, year, and format filters
`anilist_details`	Full details, relations, and recommendations for a title
`anilist_seasonal`	Browse a season's anime lineup
`anilist_trending`	What's trending on AniList right now
`anilist_genres`	Browse top titles in a genre with optional filters
`anilist_genre_list`	List all valid genres and content tags
`anilist_recommendations`	Community recommendations for a specific title

Lists & Stats

Tool	Description
`anilist_list`	A user's anime/manga list, filtered by status
`anilist_lookup`	Check if a specific title is on a user's list
`anilist_stats`	Watching/reading statistics, top genres, score distribution

Intelligence

Tool	Description
`anilist_taste`	Generate a taste profile from your completed list
`anilist_pick`	Personalized "what to watch next" from your backlog, seasonal lineup, or discovery pool
`anilist_compare`	Compare taste compatibility between two users
`anilist_wrapped`	Year-in-review summary
`anilist_explain`	"Why would I like this?" - score a title against your taste profile
`anilist_similar`	Find titles similar to a given anime or manga
`anilist_sequels`	Sequels airing this season for titles you've completed
`anilist_watch_order`	Viewing order for a franchise
`anilist_session`	Plan a viewing session within a time budget
`anilist_mal_import`	Import a MyAnimeList user's list and generate recommendations
`anilist_kitsu_import`	Import a Kitsu user's list and generate recommendations

Cards

Tool	Description
`anilist_taste_card`	Generate a shareable taste profile card as a PNG image
`anilist_compat_card`	Generate a compatibility card comparing two users as a PNG image

Info

Tool	Description
`anilist_staff`	Staff credits and voice actors for a title
`anilist_staff_search`	Search for a person by name and see all their works
`anilist_studio_search`	Search for a studio and see their productions
`anilist_schedule`	Airing schedule and next episode countdown
`anilist_airing`	Upcoming episodes for titles you're currently watching
`anilist_characters`	Search characters by name with appearances and VAs
`anilist_whoami`	Check authentication status and score format

Social

Tool	Description
`anilist_profile`	View a user's profile, bio, favourites, and stats
`anilist_feed`	Recent activity from a user's feed
`anilist_reviews`	Community reviews for a title
`anilist_favourite`	Toggle favourite on anime, manga, character, staff, or studio
`anilist_activity`	Post a text activity to your feed
`anilist_group_pick`	Find anime/manga for a group to watch together
`anilist_shared_planning`	Find overlap between two users' planning lists
`anilist_follow_suggestions`	Rank followed users by taste compatibility
`anilist_react`	Like or reply to an activity

Analytics

Tool	Description
`anilist_calibration`	Per-genre scoring bias vs community consensus
`anilist_drops`	Drop pattern analysis - genre/tag clusters and median drop point
`anilist_evolution`	How your taste shifted across 2-year time windows
`anilist_completionist`	Franchise completion tracking via relation graph
`anilist_seasonal_stats`	Per-season pick/finish/drop rates
`anilist_pace`	Estimated completion date for currently watching titles

Write (requires `ANILIST_TOKEN`)

Tool	Description
`anilist_update_progress`	Update episode or chapter progress
`anilist_add_to_list`	Add a title to your list with a status
`anilist_rate`	Score a title (0-10)
`anilist_delete_from_list`	Remove an entry from your list
`anilist_undo`	Undo the last write operation
`anilist_unscored`	List completed but unscored titles for batch scoring
`anilist_batch_update`	Bulk filter + action on list entries (dry-run default)

Resources

MCP resources provide context to your AI assistant without needing a tool call. Clients that support resources can automatically include this information in conversations.

Resource	Description
`anilist://profile`	Your AniList profile with bio, stats, and favourites
`anilist://taste/{type}`	Taste profile (genre weights, themes, scoring patterns) for ANIME or MANGA
`anilist://list/{type}`	Currently watching/reading entries with progress and scores

Prompts

Pre-built conversation starters that clients can offer as quick actions.

Prompt	Description
`setup`	Walk through connecting your AniList account step by step
`seasonal_review`	Review this season's anime against your taste profile
`what_to_watch`	Plan what to watch now with optional mood and time budget
`roast_my_taste`	Get a humorous roast of your anime taste
`compare_us`	Compare your taste with another user
`year_in_review`	Your anime/manga year in review
`explain_title`	Why would you like (or dislike) a specific title?
`find_similar`	Find titles similar to one you enjoyed

Examples

Here are some things you can ask your AI assistant once ani-mcp is connected:

"What should I watch next?" Uses anilist_pick to analyze your completed list, build a taste profile, and recommend titles from your Planning list ranked by how well they match your preferences.

"I want something dark and psychological" Uses anilist_pick with mood filtering to boost titles matching that vibe and penalize mismatches.

"What's good this season?" Uses anilist_pick with source: SEASONAL to rank currently airing anime against your taste profile.

"I have 90 minutes, what should I watch tonight?" Uses anilist_session to pick from your currently watching list and fill a time budget with the best-matching episodes.

"Any sequels airing for stuff I've finished?" Uses anilist_sequels to cross-reference your completed list with this season's lineup.

"What order do I watch Fate in?" Uses anilist_watch_order to traverse the franchise relation graph and produce a numbered viewing order.

"Compare my taste with username123" Uses anilist_compare to find shared titles, compute a compatibility score, and highlight biggest disagreements.

"Why would I like Vinland Saga?" Uses anilist_explain to score a title against your taste profile, breaking down genre affinity and theme alignment.

"Show me my anime year in review" Uses anilist_wrapped to summarize everything you watched in a given year.

Mood config

anilist_pick and anilist_session accept a freeform mood string. Built-in keywords include: dark, chill, hype, action, romantic, funny, brainy, sad, scary, epic, wholesome, intense, mystery, fantasy, scifi, trippy, nostalgic, artistic, competitive, cozy.

To add or override keywords, set ANILIST_MOOD_CONFIG as a JSON object:

"ANILIST_MOOD_CONFIG": "{\"cozy\":{\"boost\":[\"Slice of Life\",\"Iyashikei\"],\"penalize\":[\"Horror\"]},\"mykeyword\":{\"boost\":[\"Romance\"],\"penalize\":[]}}" }

Each key is a mood keyword mapping to { boost: string[], penalize: string[] } arrays of AniList genres and tags.

Privacy

See PRIVACY.md for details. In short: ani-mcp runs locally, sends requests only to the AniList API, stores nothing, and collects no analytics.

Docker

docker build -t ani-mcp .

docker run -e ANILIST_USERNAME=your_username ani-mcp

Runs on port 3000 with HTTP Stream transport by default.

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/gavxm/ani-mcp.git

cd ani-mcp npm install npm run build npm test

Support

Bug reports and feature requests: [GitHub Issues](https:/

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Ani MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Games, sports, food & learningi

Common questions

Alternatives

Kerbside F1

Open Food Facts MCP

Modrinth MCP

README from the maker

ani-mcp

What makes this different

Try it in 30 seconds

Claude Desktop

Claude Code

Personalized features

Environment Variables

Tools

Search & Discovery

Lists & Stats

Intelligence

Cards

Info

Social

Analytics

Write (requires ANILIST_TOKEN)

Resources

Prompts

Examples

Mood config

Privacy

Docker

Build from Source

Support

Write (requires `ANILIST_TOKEN`)