mcp-animenewsnetwork
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANN_LOG_LEVEL | No | silent, error, info or debug. Logs go to stderr. | error |
| ANN_TIMEOUT_MS | No | Per-request timeout. | 15000 |
| ANN_USER_AGENT | No | User-Agent sent to Anime News Network. | mcp-animenewsnetwork v<version> (<repo>) |
| ANN_MAX_RETRIES | No | Retries on rate limiting and transient errors. | 3 |
| ANN_CACHE_TTL_MS | No | Encyclopedia cache lifetime (1 hour). | 3600000 |
| ANN_MIN_INTERVAL_MS | No | Minimum gap between requests. Values below 1000 ms are ignored. | 1100 |
| ANN_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES | No | In-memory cache size, shared shape across both caches. | 200 |
| ANN_NEWS_CACHE_TTL_MS | No | News cache lifetime (5 minutes). | 300000 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_titlesA | Search the Anime News Network encyclopedia for anime and manga by title. Returns one compact row per match: id, kind, type, name, precision and vintage. Use the id and kind with get_title to read the full entry. Matching is on substring, so a short query returns a lot: narrow the query rather than raising 'limit'. This searches titles only. It cannot find an entry from a plot detail, a character or a studio. |
| get_titleA | Read one Anime News Network encyclopedia entry by id. Get the id and kind from search_titles first. Sections are opt-in because a full record is very large: ask only for what you need. The entry's name, kind, id and link come back whatever you ask for, so any answer can be cited. 'basic' covers type, vintage, genres, themes, episode count, ratings and the plot summary. Long plot summaries are paginated: when 'truncated' is true, call again with 'offset' set to 'next_offset'. |
| list_recentA | List what was added to the Anime News Network encyclopedia most recently: anime, manga, people or companies. Pass 'starts_with' to browse titles alphabetically instead, which only applies to anime and manga. Rows carry an id you can pass to get_title when the kind is anime or manga. This walks the catalogue in order: use search_titles when you know the title you are after. |
| get_newsA | Read the latest Anime News Network stories from their RSS feeds. 'all' mixes news, reviews and features; 'news' and 'reviews' are the narrower feeds. Filter with 'category' to keep only stories the feed tags a given way, such as Manga or Anime. The feed is the whole window available: there is no way to reach older stories through this tool. When you repeat a story, cite Anime News Network and link the article. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 4 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose: title lookup (search_titles), entry retrieval (get_title), catalogue browsing (list_recent), and news reading (get_news). Descriptions explicitly draw the boundaries, e.g. telling the agent to prefer search_titles over list_recent when a title is known, and search_titles over get_title for discovery.
All names are snake_case verb_* forms (search_titles, get_title, list_recent, get_news), giving a predictable pattern. The only minor deviation is list_recent, whose object is an adjective rather than a resource noun, but the verb convention stays intact.
Four tools is well-scoped for a read-only encyclopedia-plus-news server: discovery, retrieval, browsing, and feeds each earn their place with no padding. Nothing feels thin given the narrow read-only purpose.
Core anime/manga lookup and news reading are covered, but the surface has notable gaps: search only covers titles (no character, staff, or studio lookup), and list_recent returns ids for people and companies that get_title apparently cannot resolve, creating a dead end. News is also capped at the current feed window with no way to reach older stories.