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Get a recommendation by ID

get_recommendation

Read-only

Fetch a single AniList recommendation pairing by ID to check its current rating or userRating without re-paginating the whole list.

Instructions

Get a single AniList recommendation pairing (media + the media users recommend alongside it) by its AniList recommendation ID — useful for re-checking one specific pairing's current rating/userRating (e.g. after voting on it directly on anilist.co — this server has no tool to cast that vote itself) without re-paginating the whole list. Use get_recommendations_for_media instead to discover recommendation IDs for a title in the first place, or to browse/list them. Confirmed live (raw GraphQL, independent of this server): this is an AniList-side inconsistency, not a client bug — a majority of ids from get_recommendations_for_media's own nodes[].id 404 here anyway (7 of 10 tested for one title), with no correlation to that pairing's rating. A 404 on an id you just got from that tool doesn't mean the pairing doesn't exist, only that this specific lookup can't resolve it.

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`id`	Yes	AniList recommendation ID.

Output Schema

TableJSON Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`recommendation`	Yes

Schema Changelog

Changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

Changed2 schema fields changedv0.9.0Sep 27, 2026

changedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / media / anyOf

Previous value: -[
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-        "maximum": 2147483647,
-        "type": "integer"
-      },
-      "title": {
-        "anyOf": [
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-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "english": {
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "type": "null"
-                  }
-                ]
-              },
-              "romaji": {
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "type": "null"
-                  }
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "null"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "id"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": {},
+    "properties": {
+      "id": {
+        "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+        "maximum": 2147483647,
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "title": {
+        "anyOf": [
+          {
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+              "english": {
+                "type": [
+                  "string",
+                  "null"
+                ]
+              },
+              "romaji": {
+                "type": [
+                  "string",
+                  "null"
+                ]
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "null"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "id"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / mediaRecommendation / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": {},
-    "properties": {
-      "id": {
-        "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
-        "maximum": 2147483647,
-        "type": "integer"
-      },
-      "title": {
-        "anyOf": [
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "english": {
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "type": "null"
-                  }
-                ]
-              },
-              "romaji": {
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "type": "null"
-                  }
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "null"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "id"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": {},
+    "properties": {
+      "id": {
+        "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+        "maximum": 2147483647,
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "title": {
+        "anyOf": [
+          {
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+              "english": {
+                "type": [
+                  "string",
+                  "null"
+                ]
+              },
+              "romaji": {
+                "type": [
+                  "string",
+                  "null"
+                ]
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "null"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "id"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

Changed10 schema fields changedv0.7.1Aug 1, 2026

addedInput schema / properties / id / exclusiveMinimum
```
Added value: +0
```
removedInput schema / properties / id / minimum
```
Removed value: --2147483648
```
addedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / id / exclusiveMinimum
```
Added value: +0
```
changedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / id / maximum
```
Previous value: -9007199254740991New value: +2147483647
```
removedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / id / minimum
```
Removed value: --9007199254740991
```

changedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / media / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": {},
-    "properties": {
-      "id": {
-        "maximum": 9007199254740991,
-        "minimum": -9007199254740991,
-        "type": "integer"
-      },
-      "title": {
-        "anyOf": [
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "english": {
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "type": "null"
-                  }
-                ]
-              },
-              "romaji": {
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "type": "null"
-                  }
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "null"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "id"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": {},
+    "properties": {
+      "id": {
+        "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+        "maximum": 2147483647,
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "title": {
+        "anyOf": [
+          {
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+              "english": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              "romaji": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "null"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "id"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / mediaRecommendation / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "additionalProperties": {},
-    "properties": {
-      "id": {
-        "maximum": 9007199254740991,
-        "minimum": -9007199254740991,
-        "type": "integer"
-      },
-      "title": {
-        "anyOf": [
-          {
-            "additionalProperties": false,
-            "properties": {
-              "english": {
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "type": "null"
-                  }
-                ]
-              },
-              "romaji": {
-                "anyOf": [
-                  {
-                    "type": "string"
-                  },
-                  {
-                    "type": "null"
-                  }
-                ]
-              }
-            },
-            "type": "object"
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "null"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    },
-    "required": [
-      "id"
-    ],
-    "type": "object"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "additionalProperties": {},
+    "properties": {
+      "id": {
+        "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
+        "maximum": 2147483647,
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "title": {
+        "anyOf": [
+          {
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "properties": {
+              "english": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+              "romaji": {
+                "anyOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "type": "null"
+                  }
+                ]
+              }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "null"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "id"
+    ],
+    "type": "object"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

changedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / rating / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "number"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "maximum": 9007199254740991,
+    "minimum": -9007199254740991,
+    "type": "integer"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

addedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / rating / description

Added value: +"Net rating (RATE_UP minus RATE_DOWN votes across all users), not the caller's own."

changedOutput schema / properties / recommendation / properties / userRating / anyOf

Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "type": "string"
-  },
-  {
-    "type": "null"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "enum": [
+      "NO_RATING",
+      "RATE_UP",
+      "RATE_DOWN"
+    ],
+    "type": "string"
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "null"
+  }
+]

First observedv0.1.5Jul 21, 2026

TDQS

A4.8/5.0

Behavior5/5

Does the description disclose side effects, auth requirements, rate limits, or destructive behavior?

Annotations already indicate readOnlyHint and openWorldHint, but the description goes beyond them by disclosing a known AniList-side inconsistency: a majority of IDs from get_recommendations_for_media's nodes[].id will 404 here, regardless of rating. This is critical behavioral context for error handling and prevents misinterpretation of 404s as non-existence. The description also clarifies the server's lack of voting capability, adding transparency.

Agents need to know what a tool does to the world before calling it. Descriptions should go beyond structured annotations to explain consequences.

Conciseness4/5

Is the description appropriately sized, front-loaded, and free of redundancy?

The description is front-loaded with the core purpose and usage, but the 404 caveat adds length. It is structured logically: purpose, alternative, then a necessary caveat. While somewhat verbose, every sentence earns its place by conveying essential usage or behavioral information. It could be tightened slightly, but it remains well-organized and not bloated.

Shorter descriptions cost fewer tokens and are easier for agents to parse. Every sentence should earn its place.

Completeness5/5

Given the tool's complexity, does the description cover enough for an agent to succeed on first attempt?

For a single-parameter read-only tool with an output schema, the description covers all necessary context: what it does, when to use it, the alternative, and a critical known issue. The output schema handles return format, and annotations cover safety. Nothing an agent needs to correctly invoke or handle this tool is missing.

Complex tools with many parameters or behaviors need more documentation. Simple tools need less. This dimension scales expectations accordingly.

Parameters4/5

Does the description clarify parameter syntax, constraints, interactions, or defaults beyond what the schema provides?

The schema already provides 100% coverage with 'AniList recommendation ID' and integer constraints. The description adds context about the ID's source (from get_recommendations_for_media) and the 404 caveat, which clarifies that some IDs may not resolve. This goes beyond the schema's basic type/description, giving the agent insight into ID validity and expected behavior, though it doesn't add format or syntax details.

Input schemas describe structure but not intent. Descriptions should explain non-obvious parameter relationships and valid value ranges.

Purpose5/5

Does the description clearly state what the tool does and how it differs from similar tools?

The description clearly states it fetches a single AniList recommendation pairing by its ID, explicitly defining the resource (media + recommended media) and the operation (get). It differentiates from get_recommendations_for_media by noting that tool is for discovery/browsing, while this is for re-checking a specific pairing. The verb and resource are specific and unambiguous.

Agents choose between tools based on descriptions. A clear purpose with a specific verb and resource helps agents select the right tool.

Usage Guidelines5/5

Does the description explain when to use this tool, when not to, or what alternatives exist?

The description provides explicit guidance on when to use this tool vs the sibling: use get_recommendations_for_media to discover IDs or browse, and use this tool to re-check a specific pairing's rating. It also notes a scenario (after voting on anilist.co) and clarifies the server has no voting tool. This is clear and actionable.

Agents often have multiple tools that could apply. Explicit usage guidance like "use X instead of Y when Z" prevents misuse.

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