MAL MCP Server
MCPB · MAL-MCP.MCPB · 2 COMPONENTS · SCANNED SEP 20
MyAnimeList MCP server: Tenrai-powered reads plus official MAL personal-list management.
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security25
- Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
- Known CVEs were checked across the 4 of 4 dependencies we could resolve, so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.Partial
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 0 of 4 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency48
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 26 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability79
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 12324 tokens (~228/item across 54 items; 54 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management90
- Stability observed for 27 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
- Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- All 2 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 55 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
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- 19 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 83 to 87. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 25 days of observed history at the previous scan, 26 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 17 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 77 to 80. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 23 days of observed history at the previous scan, 24 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 16 Sept 26 +4
- Known CVEs: unverified → partial ▲ security
- Dependency health: unverified → 1.00 ▲ functional
- 15 Sept 26 −3
- Known CVEs: partial → unverified ▼ security
- Dependency health: 1.00 → unverified ▼ functional
- 13 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 11 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 57 to 60. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 17 days of observed history at the previous scan, 18 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 9 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 50 to 53. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 15 days of observed history at the previous scan, 16 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 7 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 43 to 47. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 13 days of observed history at the previous scan, 14 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
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Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed mcpb/https://github.com/Grinv/mal-mcp/releases/download/v0.10.0/mal-mcp.mcpb@0.10.0
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | mcpb |
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Dependencies 4 packages
| Packages resolved | 4 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
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delete_my_anime_list_item Remove anime from my list ~165
Remove an anime entry from the authenticated user's list. This cannot be undone. Returns `deleted: true` whenever MAL accepts the request — including when the anime was never on the list to begin with, since MAL's own delete endpoint doesn't distinguish the two — so success alone isn't proof something existed; check get_my_anime_list first if you need to confirm. Requires a MyAnimeList login.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| anime_id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID of the target entry. (The read tools call this same id `id`; it's named anime_id/manga_id here to match MAL's own write endpoints.) Obtain it from search_anime/search_manga, or… |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| anime_id | integer | yes | – |
| deleted | boolean | yes | – |
No examples provided.
delete_my_manga_list_item Remove manga from my list ~165
Remove a manga entry from the authenticated user's list. This cannot be undone. Returns `deleted: true` whenever MAL accepts the request — including when the manga was never on the list to begin with, since MAL's own delete endpoint doesn't distinguish the two — so success alone isn't proof something existed; check get_my_manga_list first if you need to confirm. Requires a MyAnimeList login.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| manga_id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID of the target entry. (The read tools call this same id `id`; it's named anime_id/manga_id here to match MAL's own write endpoints.) Obtain it from search_anime/search_manga, or… |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| deleted | boolean | yes | – |
| manga_id | integer | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime Get anime details ~381
Get full details for one anime by mal_id: synopsis, score, genres, studios, streaming links, external links (official site, social media), alternate title synonyms, and related entries. `moreinfo` is a free-text field MAL editors sometimes add (e.g. suggested viewing order for a franchise) — usually absent. Only carries the single main `trailer` URL — use get_anime_videos for every promo/episode-preview/music video. Obtain the mal_id from search_anime first. `sfw`/`sfw_strict` don't affect this anime itself (its id was requested explicitly) — they filter NSFW entries out of its `relations` list. If Tenrai is unavailable and MAL_CLIENT_ID is set, transparently retries via the official API, which omits `themes`/`demographics`/`producers`/`licensors`/`streaming`/`opening_themes`/`ending_themes`/`trailer`/`favorites`/`moreinfo`/`explicit_genres`/`external` (no equivalent fields there) and ignores `sfw`/`sfw_strict` entirely.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| aired | string | – | – |
| airing | boolean | – | – |
| background | string | – | – |
| broadcast | string | – | – |
| demographics | array | – | – |
| duration | string | – | – |
| ending_themes | array | – | – |
| episodes | integer | – | – |
| explicit_genres | array | – | – |
| external | array | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| genres | array | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| licensors | array | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| members | integer | – | – |
| moreinfo | string | – | – |
| opening_themes | array | – | – |
| popularity | integer | – | – |
| producers | array | – | – |
| rank | integer | – | – |
| rating | string | – | – |
| relations | array | – | – |
| score | number | – | – |
| scored_by | integer | – | – |
| season | string | – | – |
| source | string | – | – |
| status | string | – | – |
| streaming | array | – | – |
| studios | array | – | – |
| synopsis | string | – | – |
| themes | array | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| title_english | string | – | – |
| title_japanese | string | – | – |
| title_synonyms | array | – | – |
| trailer | string | – | – |
| type | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| year | integer | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_characters Get anime characters ~51
List the characters of an anime (by mal_id) with their roles and Japanese voice actors. Get the mal_id from search_anime.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| characters | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_episodes Get anime episodes ~89
List an anime's episodes (by mal_id) with titles, air dates and filler/recap flags. Paginated (~100 per page); use `page` for long-running series. Get the mal_id from search_anime.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| episodes | array | yes | – |
| page | object | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_genres Get anime genres ~62
List anime genres/themes/demographics with their MAL IDs. Use this to discover the numeric IDs that the `genres` parameter of search_anime expects.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filter | string | – | Restrict to one kind of tag. Omit to list all. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| genres | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_interest_stacks Get interest stacks containing an anime ~421
List the public MyAnimeList Interest Stacks that include a given anime (by mal_id) — useful for 'what do people group this with' and as a jumping-off point for recommendations rooted in human curation rather than vote counts. Get the mal_id from search_anime. Returns stack metadata only; pass a stack's own mal_id to get_interest_stack for its entries. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| challenges | string | – | Filter by challenge stacks (watch-along style lists). 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-50). |
| official | string | – | Filter by official MAL-editorial stacks. 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| order_by | string | – | Field to order by. Defaults to created_at (newest stacks first). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| sort | string | – | Sort direction. |
| spoilers | string | – | Filter by stacks flagged as containing spoilers. 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_news Get anime news ~262
List recent news articles about an anime (by mal_id): headline, date, author and excerpt. Useful for 'what's new / any announcements' questions. Get the mal_id from search_anime. Use get_news instead for a site-wide feed not tied to one anime. `sfw`/`sfw_strict` filter out articles for an NSFW/adult-adjacent anime — verified live this can cut the result down sharply (not necessarily to zero) rather than being a no-op.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_recommendations Get anime recommendations ~297
Get community recommendations for anime similar to the given mal_id, ordered by votes and capped at the top 25 (no pagination). Get the mal_id from search_anime. Use get_top_anime instead for a global popularity/score ranking not tied to one title, or get_recent_anime_recommendations for a site-wide feed of recommendation pairs not tied to this title either. `sfw`/`sfw_strict` filter NSFW entries out of the recommendation list itself. If Tenrai is unavailable and MAL_CLIENT_ID is set, transparently retries via the official API's own recommendations field (same output shape, but ordering/counts may differ slightly from Tenrai's, and `sfw`/`sfw_strict` are ignored entirely).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| recommendations | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_reviews Get anime reviews ~310
Get user reviews for one anime (by mal_id): review text (truncated to 1200 characters), score, spoiler/preliminary flags, episodes watched at review time (`episodes_watched`, not `chapters_read` — that field is manga-only), and community reaction counts. `limit` (default 5) caps how many of the fetched page's reviews come back — it does not itself fetch further pages, use `page` for Tenrai's own ~20-per-page listing. `sort`/`preliminary`/`spoilers`/`sentiment` filter/order the underlying set before that cap is applied. Get the mal_id from search_anime.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-50). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| preliminary | string | – | Filter by preliminary. 'true' includes them alongside other reviews (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively preliminary reviews. |
| sentiment | string | – | Restrict to reviews with this overall sentiment tag. Omit for all sentiments. |
| sort | string | – | Sort order. Defaults to most_helpful (Tenrai's own default) when omitted. |
| spoilers | string | – | Filter by spoiler. 'true' includes them alongside other reviews (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively spoiler reviews. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| reviews | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_schedule Get broadcast schedule ~318
Get the anime broadcast schedule (air times in JST), optionally for a single weekday (or the `unknown`/`other` buckets Tenrai uses for shows with no fixed weekly slot). `broadcast` is only present for currently-airing shows. Defaults to 25 results if `limit` is omitted; use `page` for further results.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| day | string | – | Weekday to filter by, or `unknown`/`other` for shows with no fixed weekly slot. Omit for the whole week. |
| kids | boolean | – | If true, exclude entries tagged as children's/kids content. Defaults to false. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-50). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| unapproved | boolean | – | If true, also include entries not yet approved by MAL's moderators (excluded by default). Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_staff Get anime staff ~68
List the production staff of an anime (by mal_id) — director, composer, etc. — with their roles. Complements get_anime_characters (which covers voice actors). Get the mal_id from search_anime.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| staff | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_statistics Get anime statistics ~89
Get watch-status counts (watching/completed/…) and the score distribution for an anime by mal_id. Get the mal_id from search_anime. If Tenrai is unavailable and MAL_CLIENT_ID is set, transparently retries via the official API, which omits the score distribution (`scores`) entirely — no equivalent field there.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| completed | integer | – | – |
| dropped | integer | – | – |
| on_hold | integer | – | – |
| plan_to_read | integer | – | – |
| plan_to_watch | integer | – | – |
| reading | integer | – | – |
| scores | array | – | – |
| total | integer | – | – |
| watching | integer | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_anime_videos Get anime videos ~107
List an anime's promotional videos (PVs/trailers), episode preview clips, and music videos (openings/endings), each with a title, watch URL, thumbnail, and view/like counts where available. This is richer than get_anime's single `trailer` field — use this instead when the caller wants every promo, not just the main one. Get the mal_id from search_anime.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| episodes | array | yes | – |
| music_videos | array | yes | – |
| promo | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_character Get character details ~220
Get full details for one character by mal_id: bio, the anime/manga they appear in, and their voice actors. Obtain the mal_id from search_characters or get_anime_characters. `sfw`/`sfw_strict` filter NSFW/adult-adjacent titles out of the character's own anime/manga appearance lists (verified live) rather than affecting the character itself.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| about | string | – | – |
| anime | array | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| manga | array | – | – |
| name | string | – | – |
| name_kanji | string | – | – |
| nicknames | array | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| voice_actors | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_interest_stack Get one interest stack ~278
Get one MyAnimeList Interest Stack by mal_id, with its entries in the curator's own order — each carrying that curator's score (`author_score`) and note. Obtain the stack's mal_id from get_interest_stacks, get_anime_interest_stacks or get_manga_interest_stacks. Every entry's own `mal_id` chains into get_anime or get_manga (the stack's `stack_type` says which). `sfw`/`sfw_strict` filter NSFW entries out of the entry list rather than hiding the stack itself. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID of the interest stack. |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| author_url | string | – | – |
| author_username | string | – | – |
| created_at | string | – | – |
| description | string | – | – |
| entries | array | – | – |
| entry_count | integer | – | – |
| is_challenge | boolean | – | – |
| is_official | boolean | – | – |
| is_spoiler | boolean | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| restack_count | integer | – | – |
| stack_type | string | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_interest_stacks Browse interest stacks ~494
Browse or search MyAnimeList Interest Stacks: themed anime/manga lists curated by real users, each entry carrying the curator's own score and note. Use this for taste- or mood-shaped requests ('something melancholy', 'cozy slice-of-life') where a ranking or a genre filter is the wrong instrument — get_top_anime answers 'what is best', this answers 'what goes together'. Returns stack metadata only; pass a stack's mal_id to get_interest_stack for its actual entries. For stacks containing one specific title, use get_anime_interest_stacks/get_manga_interest_stacks instead. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| challenges | string | – | Filter by challenge stacks (watch-along style lists). 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-50). |
| official | string | – | Filter by official MAL-editorial stacks. 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| order_by | string | – | Field to order by. Defaults to created_at (newest stacks first). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| q | string | – | Free-text search over stack titles and descriptions. Omit to browse all. |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| sort | string | – | Sort direction. |
| spoilers | string | – | Filter by stacks flagged as containing spoilers. 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| stack_type | string | – | Restrict to anime stacks or manga stacks. Omit for both. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_magazines Get manga magazines ~145
List or search manga serialization magazines/publishers (e.g. Weekly Shonen Jump) with their MAL IDs and manga counts. Use `q` to search by name, or look up an ID here for search_manga's `magazines` filter.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| letter | string | – | Restrict results to entries whose title starts with this single letter. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-100). |
| order_by | string | – | Field to order by. |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| q | string | – | Filter by name. |
| sort | string | – | Sort direction. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_manga Get manga details ~294
Get full details for one manga by mal_id: synopsis, score, genres, authors, serialization, external links (official site, social media), alternate title synonyms, and related entries. Obtain the mal_id from search_manga first. `sfw`/`sfw_strict` don't affect this manga itself (its id was requested explicitly) — they filter NSFW entries out of its `relations` list. If Tenrai is unavailable and MAL_CLIENT_ID is set, transparently retries via the official API, which omits `themes`/`demographics`/`favorites`/`moreinfo`/`explicit_genres`/`external` (no equivalent fields there) and ignores `sfw`/`sfw_strict` entirely.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| authors | array | – | – |
| background | string | – | – |
| chapters | integer | – | – |
| demographics | array | – | – |
| explicit_genres | array | – | – |
| external | array | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| genres | array | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| members | integer | – | – |
| moreinfo | string | – | – |
| popularity | integer | – | – |
| published | string | – | – |
| publishing | boolean | – | – |
| rank | integer | – | – |
| relations | array | – | – |
| score | number | – | – |
| scored_by | integer | – | – |
| serializations | array | – | – |
| status | string | – | – |
| synopsis | string | – | – |
| themes | array | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| title_english | string | – | – |
| title_japanese | string | – | – |
| title_synonyms | array | – | – |
| type | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| volumes | integer | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_manga_characters Get manga characters ~47
List the characters of a manga (by mal_id) with their roles. Get the mal_id from search_manga.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| characters | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_manga_genres Get manga genres ~62
List manga genres/themes/demographics with their MAL IDs. Use this to discover the numeric IDs that the `genres` parameter of search_manga expects.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| filter | string | – | Restrict to one kind of tag. Omit to list all. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| genres | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_manga_interest_stacks Get interest stacks containing a manga ~403
List the public MyAnimeList Interest Stacks that include a given manga (by mal_id). The manga counterpart of get_anime_interest_stacks. Get the mal_id from search_manga. Returns stack metadata only; pass a stack's own mal_id to get_interest_stack for its entries. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| challenges | string | – | Filter by challenge stacks (watch-along style lists). 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-50). |
| official | string | – | Filter by official MAL-editorial stacks. 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| order_by | string | – | Field to order by. Defaults to created_at (newest stacks first). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| sort | string | – | Sort direction. |
| spoilers | string | – | Filter by stacks flagged as containing spoilers. 'true' includes them alongside the rest (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively those. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_manga_news Get manga news ~262
List recent news articles about a manga (by mal_id): headline, date, author and excerpt. Useful for 'what's new / any announcements' questions. Get the mal_id from search_manga. Use get_news instead for a site-wide feed not tied to one manga. `sfw`/`sfw_strict` filter out articles for an NSFW/adult-adjacent manga — verified live this can cut the result down sharply (not necessarily to zero) rather than being a no-op.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_manga_recommendations Get manga recommendations ~297
Get community recommendations for manga similar to the given mal_id, ordered by votes and capped at the top 25 (no pagination). Get the mal_id from search_manga. Use get_top_manga instead for a global popularity/score ranking not tied to one title, or get_recent_manga_recommendations for a site-wide feed of recommendation pairs not tied to this title either. `sfw`/`sfw_strict` filter NSFW entries out of the recommendation list itself. If Tenrai is unavailable and MAL_CLIENT_ID is set, transparently retries via the official API's own recommendations field (same output shape, but ordering/counts may differ slightly from Tenrai's, and `sfw`/`sfw_strict` are ignored entirely).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| recommendations | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_manga_reviews Get manga reviews ~310
Get user reviews for one manga (by mal_id): review text (truncated to 1200 characters), score, spoiler/preliminary flags, chapters read at review time (`chapters_read`, not `episodes_watched` — that field is anime-only), and community reaction counts. `limit` (default 5) caps how many of the fetched page's reviews come back — it does not itself fetch further pages, use `page` for Tenrai's own ~20-per-page listing. `sort`/`preliminary`/`spoilers`/`sentiment` filter/order the underlying set before that cap is applied. Get the mal_id from search_manga.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-50). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| preliminary | string | – | Filter by preliminary. 'true' includes them alongside other reviews (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively preliminary reviews. |
| sentiment | string | – | Restrict to reviews with this overall sentiment tag. Omit for all sentiments. |
| sort | string | – | Sort order. Defaults to most_helpful (Tenrai's own default) when omitted. |
| spoilers | string | – | Filter by spoiler. 'true' includes them alongside other reviews (default), 'false' excludes them, 'only' returns exclusively spoiler reviews. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| reviews | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_manga_statistics Get manga statistics ~78
Get read-status counts (reading/completed/…) and the score distribution for a manga by mal_id. Get the mal_id from search_manga. Unlike get_anime_statistics, no official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| completed | integer | – | – |
| dropped | integer | – | – |
| on_hold | integer | – | – |
| plan_to_read | integer | – | – |
| plan_to_watch | integer | – | – |
| reading | integer | – | – |
| scores | array | – | – |
| total | integer | – | – |
| watching | integer | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_my_anime_list Get my anime list ~97
Get the authenticated user's own anime list, with each entry's status, score and progress. Requires a MyAnimeList login.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Max results (1-100). |
| offset | integer | – | Offset for pagination. |
| sort | string | – | Sort order. list_score/list_updated_at return highest/most-recent first; anime_title returns A-Z. |
| status | string | – | List status bucket. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| has_next_page | boolean | yes | – |
| items | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_my_manga_list Get my manga list ~94
Get the authenticated user's own manga list, with status, score and progress. Requires a MyAnimeList login.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Max results (1-100). |
| offset | integer | – | Offset for pagination. |
| sort | string | – | Sort order. list_score/list_updated_at return highest/most-recent first; manga_title returns A-Z. |
| status | string | – | List status bucket. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| has_next_page | boolean | yes | – |
| items | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_my_user_info Get my MAL profile ~58
Get the logged-in user's MyAnimeList profile and anime watch-status statistics. Requires a MyAnimeList login. Anime-only — the official API has no manga statistics field at all, and there is no tool for a user's manga read stats.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| anime_statistics | object | – | – |
| id | integer | yes | – |
| joined_at | string | – | – |
| location | – | – | – |
| name | string | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_news Get anime/manga news ~169
List recent MyAnimeList news articles site-wide (headline, date, author, excerpt) — not tied to one anime or manga. Use `q` to search by keyword or `tag` to filter by topic tag. Use get_anime_news/get_manga_news instead for news about one specific anime/manga by mal_id.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-50). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| q | string | – | Search query, e.g. a keyword or title. Verified live to search beyond just the headline (a real, unfamiliar-sounding title can still match) — don't assume a result's title visibly contains the term. |
| tag | string | – | Filter by topic tag. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_person Get person details ~396
Get full details for one person by mal_id: bio, their anime/manga staff-credit lists, and their voiced roles. Staff credits are capped at the first 200 (only an extreme outlier hits that — a prolific sound director can have 500+; a well-known director sits under 100); when the cap bites, the response says so via `credits_truncated` plus `total_anime_credits`/`total_manga_credits`, and `full_credits: true` returns every entry. `voice_roles` is separately capped at the first 50, in whatever order the upstream API returns them (not necessarily their most notable roles). Obtain the mal_id from search_people, or from get_character's voice_actors (which include each actor's mal_id — get_anime_characters' voice_actors are names only, with no id). `sfw`/`sfw_strict` filter NSFW/adult-adjacent titles out of the person's own anime/manga credit lists (verified live) rather than affecting the person themselves.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| full_credits | boolean | – | If true, return every staff credit instead of the first 200. Only needed for the handful of people whose response reports `credits_truncated`. Defaults to false. |
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| about | string | – | – |
| alternate_names | array | – | – |
| anime | array | – | – |
| birthday | string | – | – |
| credits_truncated | boolean | – | – |
| family_name | string | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| given_name | string | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| manga | array | – | – |
| name | string | – | – |
| total_anime_credits | integer | – | – |
| total_manga_credits | integer | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| voice_roles | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_producer Get producer/studio details ~64
Get full details for one anime producer/studio by mal_id: about text and external links (official site, social media) alongside the fields get_producers already returns. Obtain the mal_id from get_producers.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | yes | MyAnimeList numeric ID. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| about | string | – | – |
| count | integer | – | – |
| established | string | – | – |
| external | array | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| name | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_producers Get producers/studios ~133
List or search anime producers and studios with their MAL IDs and counts. Use `q` to search by name, then get_producer for one studio's full profile (about text, external links).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| letter | string | – | Restrict results to entries whose title starts with this single letter. |
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-50). |
| order_by | string | – | Field to order by. |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| q | string | – | Filter by name. |
| sort | string | – | Sort direction. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_random_anime Get a random anime ~162
Return one random anime (full details). Good for discovery / suggestions. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| aired | string | – | – |
| airing | boolean | – | – |
| background | string | – | – |
| broadcast | string | – | – |
| demographics | array | – | – |
| duration | string | – | – |
| ending_themes | array | – | – |
| episodes | integer | – | – |
| explicit_genres | array | – | – |
| external | array | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| genres | array | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| licensors | array | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| members | integer | – | – |
| moreinfo | string | – | – |
| opening_themes | array | – | – |
| popularity | integer | – | – |
| producers | array | – | – |
| rank | integer | – | – |
| rating | string | – | – |
| relations | array | – | – |
| score | number | – | – |
| scored_by | integer | – | – |
| season | string | – | – |
| source | string | – | – |
| status | string | – | – |
| streaming | array | – | – |
| studios | array | – | – |
| synopsis | string | – | – |
| themes | array | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| title_english | string | – | – |
| title_japanese | string | – | – |
| title_synonyms | array | – | – |
| trailer | string | – | – |
| type | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| year | integer | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_random_character Get a random character ~43
Return one random character (full details). Good for discovery / trivia. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| about | string | – | – |
| anime | array | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| manga | array | – | – |
| name | string | – | – |
| name_kanji | string | – | – |
| nicknames | array | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| voice_actors | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_random_manga Get a random manga ~162
Return one random manga (full details). Good for discovery / suggestions. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| authors | array | – | – |
| background | string | – | – |
| chapters | integer | – | – |
| demographics | array | – | – |
| explicit_genres | array | – | – |
| external | array | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| genres | array | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| members | integer | – | – |
| moreinfo | string | – | – |
| popularity | integer | – | – |
| published | string | – | – |
| publishing | boolean | – | – |
| rank | integer | – | – |
| relations | array | – | – |
| score | number | – | – |
| scored_by | integer | – | – |
| serializations | array | – | – |
| status | string | – | – |
| synopsis | string | – | – |
| themes | array | – | – |
| title | string | – | – |
| title_english | string | – | – |
| title_japanese | string | – | – |
| title_synonyms | array | – | – |
| type | string | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| volumes | integer | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_random_person Get a random person ~71
Return one random person — voice actor, director, author (full details, shaped exactly like get_person: staff credits capped at 200, `voice_roles` at 50). Good for discovery / trivia. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| about | string | – | – |
| alternate_names | array | – | – |
| anime | array | – | – |
| birthday | string | – | – |
| credits_truncated | boolean | – | – |
| family_name | string | – | – |
| favorites | integer | – | – |
| given_name | string | – | – |
| image_url | string | – | – |
| mal_id | integer | yes | – |
| manga | array | – | – |
| name | string | – | – |
| total_anime_credits | integer | – | – |
| total_manga_credits | integer | – | – |
| url | string | – | – |
| voice_roles | array | – | – |
No examples provided.
get_recent_anime_recommendations Get recent anime recommendations ~241
Get a site-wide feed of recently-submitted anime recommendation pairs (e.g. 'if you liked X, try Y') with the submitting user's own commentary — not tied to any one title. Use get_anime_recommendations instead for recommendations similar to a specific mal_id. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-100). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
get_recent_manga_recommendations Get recent manga recommendations ~241
Get a site-wide feed of recently-submitted manga recommendation pairs (e.g. 'if you liked X, try Y') with the submitting user's own commentary — not tied to any one title. Use get_manga_recommendations instead for recommendations similar to a specific mal_id. No official-API fallback exists for this tool — it always needs Tenrai itself to be reachable.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | – | Max results per page (1-100). |
| page | integer | – | 1-based page number for pagination (1-1000). |
| sfw | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries (R+ Mild Nudity and up). Defaults to false (no filtering). Note: this alone still allows mainstream, safely-rated shows tagged with the Ecchi genre (fans… |
| sfw_strict | boolean | – | If true, exclude adult/explicit-rated entries AND anything tagged with the Ecchi genre, even otherwise-mainstream/safely-rated shows. Stricter than `sfw` alone. Defaults to false. |
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| page | object | yes | – |
| results | array | yes | – |
No examples provided.
What is the MAL MCP Server server?
MAL MCP Server is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Grinv/mal-mcp. MyAnimeList MCP server: Tenrai-powered reads plus official MAL personal-list management. This page covers its MCPB bundle (https://github.com/Grinv/mal-mcp/releases/download/v0.10.0/mal-mcp.mcpb).
Is the MAL MCP Server server safe to use?
MAL MCP Server scores 62 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the MAL MCP Server server expose?
MAL MCP Server exposes 54 tools: search_anime, search_manga, get_anime, get_manga, get_anime_characters, and 49 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 12,173 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
What licence is the MAL MCP Server server under?
MAL MCP Server declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.