Kitsu

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Kitsu anime + manga catalogue (JSON:API). Keyless.

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Tools

search_animerequired: query

Kitsu anime and manga database — full-text search of Kitsu's anime catalogue by title, returning up to 20 matches. Each entry carries the Kitsu anime id, canonical and localized titles, synopsis, epis

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
queryreqstring—
limitoptnumber—
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search_mangarequired: query

Kitsu anime and manga database — full-text search of Kitsu's manga catalogue by title, returning up to 20 matches. Each entry carries the Kitsu manga id, canonical and localized titles, synopsis, chap

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
queryreqstring—
limitoptnumber—
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animerequired: id

Fetch full Kitsu anime entry by numeric ID, returning title, synopsis, episode count, status, rating, poster image, and streaming links.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
idreqstring—
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mangarequired: id

Fetch full Kitsu manga entry by numeric ID, returning title, synopsis, chapter/volume count, status, rating, and cover image.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
idreqstring—
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top_anime

Kitsu anime and manga database — the highest-ranked anime on Kitsu, ordered by popularityRank (default) or ratingRank, up to 20 entries. Each entry returns the Kitsu anime id, titles, both rank positi

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
byoptstring—
limitoptnumber—
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top_manga

List top-ranked manga from Kitsu sorted by popularityRank (default) or ratingRank; returns up to 20 entries with title, rank, synopsis, and rating.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
byoptstring—
limitoptnumber—
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categories

Kitsu anime and manga database — the category vocabulary Kitsu tags its titles with: genres such as Action and Romance plus themes and settings. Returns each category's Kitsu id, title, slug, descript

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
limitoptnumber—
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/kitsu/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/kitsu/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_anime","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_anime", {"query":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("kitsu anime + manga catalogue (json:api)");