AniList MCP Server

io.github.Grinv/anilist-mcp-serverv0.8.0Search

MCP server for the AniList GraphQL API — anime/manga search, details, and personal list management.

The current version, v0.8.0, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-08-16. It is distributed as anilist-mcp-server on npm, filed under Search by this index, and declares 5 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using AniList MCP Server in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-09-11 00:12 UTC

screened 2026-07-21tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“Declared API access, no hidden instructions”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b
- Still current: the description we screened is unchanged, re-checked against the registry
- The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

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That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-04).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins AniList MCP Server’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Environment variables

ANILIST_CLIENT_ID

Optional. From an app registered at anilist.co/settings/developer — needed to use login_anilist.

ANILIST_CLIENT_SECRET

secret

Optional. Paired with the Client ID above — needed to use login_anilist.

ANILIST_ACCESS_TOKEN

secret

Optional. A pre-obtained AniList access token, as an alternative to running login_anilist.

ANILIST_OAUTH_PORT

Optional. Localhost port for the login_anilist callback (default 8082).

ANILIST_TOKEN_STORE

Optional. Overrides where the AniList access token is persisted (defaults under the OS config dir).

ANILIST_CLIENT_ID

Optional. From an app registered at anilist.co/settings/developer — needed to use login_anilist.

ANILIST_CLIENT_SECRET

secret

Optional. Paired with the Client ID above — needed to use login_anilist.

ANILIST_ACCESS_TOKEN

secret

Optional. A pre-obtained AniList access token, as an alternative to running login_anilist.

ANILIST_OAUTH_PORT

Optional. Localhost port for the login_anilist callback (default 8082).

ANILIST_TOKEN_STORE

Optional. Overrides where the AniList access token is persisted (defaults under the OS config dir).

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anilist-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "anilist-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANILIST_CLIENT_ID": "<anilist_client_id>",
        "ANILIST_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-anilist_client_secret>",
        "ANILIST_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your-anilist_access_token>",
        "ANILIST_OAUTH_PORT": "<anilist_oauth_port>",
        "ANILIST_TOKEN_STORE": "<anilist_token_store>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anilist-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "anilist-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANILIST_CLIENT_ID": "<anilist_client_id>",
        "ANILIST_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-anilist_client_secret>",
        "ANILIST_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your-anilist_access_token>",
        "ANILIST_OAUTH_PORT": "<anilist_oauth_port>",
        "ANILIST_TOKEN_STORE": "<anilist_token_store>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- anilist-mcp-server

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user anilist-mcp-server -- npx -y -- anilist-mcp-server

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user anilist-mcp-server npx -y -- anilist-mcp-server

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-grinv-anilist-mcp-server

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.8.0
category: Search
verdict expires: 2026-09-11
quality: 85 / 100
operator: Grinv

Listing

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Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 965,260). Verify it yourself.

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