# yuna0x0-anilist-mcp

Connects your AI client to AniList: anime and manga search, user profiles and lists, characters and studios. Useful when you ask an agent about titles instead of copying data by hand.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 92
- Author: yuna0x0
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/yuna0x0/anilist-mcp
- Updated: 2026-07-13
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/yuna0x0-anilist-mcp

## What it does

The server wraps the AniList API and exposes it as tools: search for anime, manga, characters, staff and studios, details by ID, user profiles and lists, genres, tags, recommendations, threads and activities. Some tools write data — add or remove a list entry, favourite a title, follow a user, post an activity. Those are marked as requiring login.

It runs over STDIO or HTTP. The local route needs Node.js 18+ and an entry in `mcp.json` or `claude_desktop_config.json`: command `npx`, args `-y anilist-mcp`. The `ANILIST_TOKEN` is optional and only matters for operations that require login, so search and reads work without it. You create the token in AniList's developer settings.

Self-hosted HTTP starts on port 8081 by default; change it with the `PORT` environment variable. If you pre-configure a token on the server and expose the endpoint, anyone reaching it can act on your AniList token, so put authentication in front before sharing the URL. In HTTP mode a client can send the token in the `Anilist-Token` header, and that value takes precedence over the server's `ANILIST_TOKEN`.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://server.smithery.ai/@yuna0x0/anilist-mcp/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http yuna0x0-anilist-mcp https://server.smithery.ai/@yuna0x0/anilist-mcp/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add yuna0x0-anilist-mcp --url https://server.smithery.ai/@yuna0x0/anilist-mcp/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yuna0x0-anilist-mcp": {
            "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/@yuna0x0/anilist-mcp/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "yuna0x0-anilist-mcp": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/@yuna0x0/anilist-mcp/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http yuna0x0-anilist-mcp https://server.smithery.ai/@yuna0x0/anilist-mcp/mcp
```

## When to use it
- find anime by title and filter by genre
- pull a character card by AniList ID
- read another user's anime list
- add a title to your own AniList list
- collect recommendations for a specific title

## Example prompts
- Search for anime similar to "Bocchi the Rock!"
- Tell me about the character Hitori Gotou using the AniList tools
- What anime has Studio Ghibli produced? List their most popular works

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