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anime-mcp-server MCP Server

Search anime/manga, franchise watch order, schedule, characters, rankings, studio filmography.

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Published as @cyanheads/anime-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

Known issues

27 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

Most discussed

ux(anime_get_studio): missing-identifier case uses validationError() factory, not ctx.fail — data.reason is null

Server version

0.1.1

mcp-ts-core version

^0.9.21

Runtime

Node.js

Runtime version

=24.0.0

Transport

HTTP (Streamable HTTP)

Description

When `anime_get_studio` is called with neither `name` nor `id`, the handler throws via `validationError()` factory directly (not `ctx.fail`). This produces `error_data: null` in the tool response — `data.reason` is absent, the error contract isn't declared, and machine consumers can't route on the structured reason

Read the thread · 2026-06-07 · closed · 2 comments

ux(anime_search_media): description leaks internal fallback routing detail

The anime_search_media description ends with: 'AniList is the primary source; Jikan (MAL) is used as a fallback when AniList returns no results.'

This exposes internal service routing — which APIs the tool uses and in what order — rather than describing what the tool does for the caller. The output schema already surfaces a source field that indicates which service provided results, so callers can observe the actual source without being coached on the internal fallback logic.

Steps t

Read the thread · 2026-06-07 · closed · 2 comments

ux(anime_get_media): scores output description meta-coaches rather than describes

The scores output field description in anime_get_media ends with a directive: 'AniList and MAL use different scales and methodologies — never blend them.'

The phrase "never blend them" is meta-coaching — it tells the reader how to use the data rather than describing what the data is. Output schema descriptions should explain what the value is, not prescribe how to interpret it.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Call tools/list and inspect the outputSchema.properties.scores.description for

Read the thread · 2026-06-07 · closed · 2 comments

ux(anime_get_recommendations): liked_aspects param description has audience leak

The liked_aspects parameter description in anime_get_recommendations contains consumer-aware phrasing that names the calling agent as the reader.

Current description

'Included in the output for context; the agent can use it to highlight relevant picks.'

The phrase "the agent can use it" names the LLM reader directly — this violates the definition language rule that descriptions should describe the value, not coach the caller.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Call tools/list and inspect

Read the thread · 2026-06-07 · closed · 2 comments

ux(anime_search_media,anime_get_rankings,anime_get_schedule): no notice field in empty-result structuredContent

anime_search_media, anime_get_rankings, and anime_get_schedule return empty results/entries arrays on zero matches, but their structuredContent (output schema) has no notice field. The content[] text says "No results found (source: anilist)." but this guidance is invisible to structuredContent-only clients (e.g., Claude Code API mode).

Proposal

Add a notice: z.string().optional() field to the output schemas of these three tools. Populate it on empty results with an actio

Read the thread · 2026-06-07 · closed · 2 comments

Most recent

bug(anime_find_characters): restore voice actors in character mode

Server version

0.1.7

mcp-ts-core version

0.12.3

Runtime

Bun

Runtime version

Bun 1.4.0

Transport

HTTP (Streamable HTTP)

OS

macOS 26.1

Description

anime_find_characters returns empty voice_actors for character-name appearances even when AniList has voice actors for those exact character/media edges. The service requests both media.nodes and media.edges; on this connection AniList returns the nested edge.voiceActors values as null, which the hand

Read the thread · 2026-08-31 · open · 0 comments

bug(pagination): stop presenting AniList totals as exact

Server version

0.1.7

mcp-ts-core version

0.12.3

Runtime

Bun

Runtime version

Bun 1.4.0

Transport

HTTP (Streamable HTTP)

OS

macOS 26.1

Description

Search, schedule, rankings, and studio responses present AniList PageInfo.total as an exact result count. AniList's official pagination guide says total and lastPage are not currently accurate and only hasNextPage should drive pagination.

Steps to r

Read the thread · 2026-08-31 · open · 0 comments

bug(schemas): reject ambiguous multi-mode inputs

Server version

0.1.7

mcp-ts-core version

0.12.3

Runtime

Bun

Runtime version

Bun 1.4.0

Transport

HTTP (Streamable HTTP)

OS

macOS 26.1

Description

Three multi-mode tools expose flat all-optional schemas and resolve ambiguity by branch order. Valid-looking but contradictory inputs therefore succeed while silently ignoring declared fields.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Call anime_find_characters with both id: 5114 and character_name: "Edward Elric".
  2. Ca

Read the thread · 2026-08-31 · open · 0 comments

feat(anime_get_rankings): expose the advertised tag filter

Use case

anime_get_rankings says rankings are filterable by genre, tag, and format, but its public schema exposes genre and format only. Tag-led discovery is a real AniList workflow—for example, ranking Isekai, Time Travel, or Found Family titles within a media type—and AniList already supports the tag filter.

Proposed behavior

Add an optional tag input to anime_get_rankings, pass it to the AniList media query, echo it in enrichment, and keep the tool description and REA

Read the thread · 2026-08-31 · open · 0 comments

bug(anime-media resource): validate IDs and align payload claims

Server version

0.1.7

mcp-ts-core version

0.12.3

Runtime

Bun

Runtime version

Bun 1.4.0

Transport

HTTP (Streamable HTTP)

OS

macOS 26.1

Description

The anime://media/{id} resource accepts numeric prefixes instead of validating the complete ID segment, and its advertised payload parity with anime_get_media is inaccurate.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Read anime://media/16498junk.
  2. Compare anime://media/5114 with anime_get_media({ "id": 5114 }).

Read the thread · 2026-08-31 · open · 0 comments

bug(anime_get_recommendations): include Jikan-only candidates

Server version

0.1.7

mcp-ts-core version

0.12.3

Runtime

Bun

Runtime version

Bun 1.4.0

Transport

HTTP (Streamable HTTP)

OS

macOS 26.1

Description

anime_get_recommendations advertises combined AniList and Jikan recommendations, but Jikan can only annotate candidates already returned by AniList. Jikan-only candidates are collected in jikanVoteMap, left after overlap deletion, and never added to the response. A failed Jikan leg is also indistinguishable f

Read the thread · 2026-08-31 · open · 0 comments

bug(anime_search_media): preserve empty results when fallback fails

Server version

0.1.7

mcp-ts-core version

0.12.3

Runtime

Bun

Runtime version

Bun 1.4.0

Transport

HTTP (Streamable HTTP)

OS

macOS 26.1

Description

When AniList successfully returns an empty page, anime_search_media unconditionally calls Jikan. If that fallback is unavailable, the successful primary result is replaced with a ServiceUnavailable error, so callers cannot distinguish an exhausted page or genuine zero-match result from a total search outage.

Read the thread · 2026-08-31 · open · 0 comments

See all 21 reports Pod holds for anime-mcp-server — of 27 qualified upstream.

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