AniList
AniList is an anime and manga database, tracking, and social platform serving over 500,000 anime and manga entries along with character, staff, studio, user, activity, review, recommendation, and forum thread data. The primary developer surface is a free public GraphQL API at https://graphql.anilist.co, with OAuth2 authentication (Authorization Code, Implicit, and Auth Pin flows) for read/write operations against user list and social data.
Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps — the contract exists but is thin, or the portal is good while governance and commercial terms are absent.
API Evangelist profiles AniList the way a machine reads it — 122 machine-readable artifacts across 3 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — AniList scores 58.4/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 48/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile AniList
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for AniList. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 3
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
AniList GraphQL API v2
The AniList GraphQL API v2 is the primary public developer interface for AniList.co. It exposes anime, manga, character, staff, studio, user, activity, review, recommendation, t...
AniList GraphQL API
GraphQL query and mutation endpoint
AniList OAuth2 API
OAuth2 authorization code and implicit grant endpoints
Open Collections 1
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
AniList GraphQL API v2
OPEN COLLECTIONGraphQL 1
Where a provider ships GraphQL, the schema is the contract. We profile it alongside the REST surface so the whole interface is legible in one place.
GraphQL schemas published by this provider.
AniList GraphQL API
The AniList GraphQL API v2 is the primary public developer interface for AniList.co. It exposes anime, manga, character, staff, studio, user, activity, review, recommendation, t...
GRAPHQLFeatures 11
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Comprehensive Media Catalog
500,000+ anime and manga entries with rich metadata including titles, formats, statuses, episodes, chapters, durations, genres, tags, scores, popularity, trends, external links,...
Character & Staff Database
Searchable directories of characters and staff with relationships, voice actors, role credits, and birthday filters.
Studio Directory
Catalog of anime studios with associated media production credits.
User Lists & Social Graph
MediaList / MediaListCollection queries and mutations let apps read and write a user's anime/manga lists, custom lists, follows, favourites, likes, and activity feed.
Activity, Reviews, Recommendations, Threads
Read and write social activity (text/message/list), reviews, recommendations, forum threads, and thread comments.
Notifications
Per-user notification stream with type filtering and unread-count reset.
Airing Schedule & Trends
AiringSchedule queries for upcoming episode airings; MediaTrend queries for time-series popularity and score trends.
Site Statistics
Aggregate site statistics across users, anime, and manga.
AniChart Integration
AniChartUser settings and highlights for the AniChart seasonal anime chart.
Pagination via Page Type
All list-returning queries are wrapped in a Page object with pageInfo (currentPage, lastPage, total, hasNextPage) for cursor-less pagination.
Server-side Markdown Rendering
Markdown query converts AniList-flavored markdown to HTML (auth required).
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Anilist Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
AniList API Rules
SPECTRALAniList API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 28
Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
AiringSchedule
JSON SCHEMACharacter
JSON SCHEMACharacterImage
JSON SCHEMACharacterName
JSON SCHEMAFuzzyDate
JSON SCHEMAGraphQLError
JSON SCHEMAGraphQLRequest
JSON SCHEMAGraphQLResponse
JSON SCHEMAMedia
JSON SCHEMAMediaCoverImage
JSON SCHEMAMediaList
JSON SCHEMAMediaListCollection
JSON SCHEMAMediaTag
JSON SCHEMAMediaTitle
JSON SCHEMAPageInfo
JSON SCHEMARecommendation
JSON SCHEMAReview
JSON SCHEMAStaff
JSON SCHEMAStaffImage
JSON SCHEMAStaffName
JSON SCHEMAStudio
JSON SCHEMAThread
JSON SCHEMAThreadComment
JSON SCHEMATokenRequest
JSON SCHEMATokenResponse
JSON SCHEMAUser
JSON SCHEMAUserAvatar
JSON SCHEMAUserOptions
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JSON Structure 28
JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Anilist Airingschedule Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Character Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Characterimage Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Charactername Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Fuzzydate Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Graphqlerror Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Graphqlrequest Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Graphqlresponse Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Media Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Mediacoverimage Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Medialist Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Medialistcollection Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Mediatag Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Mediatitle Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Pageinfo Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Recommendation Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Review Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Staff Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Staffimage Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Staffname Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Studio Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Thread Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Threadcomment Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Tokenrequest Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Tokenresponse Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist User Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Useravatar Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAnilist Useroptions Structure
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Examples 28
Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Anilist Character Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Fuzzydate Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Graphqlerror Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Media Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Medialist Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Mediatag Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Mediatitle Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Pageinfo Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Review Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Staff Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Staffimage Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Staffname Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Studio Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Thread Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Tokenrequest Example
EXAMPLEAnilist User Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Useravatar Example
EXAMPLEAnilist Useroptions Example
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes are the vocabulary of least-privilege access. Profiling them shows exactly what an integration — or an agent acting on a user's behalf — is allowed to do.
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 7
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Anime/Manga Discovery Apps
Browse and search the catalog by season, format, genre, tag, popularity, score, source, country of origin, and free-text query.
Personal Tracker & List Sync
Authenticated apps can read and write a user's watching/reading/completed/paused/dropped/planning lists, custom lists, scores, and progress.
Airing Calendar / Notification Bots
Discord, Telegram, and web bots that surface upcoming episode airings, season schedules, and per-user notifications.
Social & Community Frontends
Alternative frontends that render activity feeds, reviews, recommendations, and forum threads.
Recommendation Engines
Build recommendation systems using user list data, scoring, genres, tags, and the built-in Recommendation graph.
Data Visualization & Analytics
Trend dashboards, AniChart-style seasonal charts, and statistics visualizations built on MediaTrend and SiteStatistics queries.
GraphQL Codegen / Typed Clients
Generate strongly typed clients in TypeScript, Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Dart, and others against the public schema for editor-completion and compile-time safety.
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Integrations 5
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
MyAnimeList
Media entries carry an `idMal` field cross-referencing MyAnimeList's canonical ID.
External Link Sources
ExternalLinkSourceCollection exposes streaming, reading, social, and information sites linked from media entries (Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix, Hulu, VIZ, Comixology, Wikipe...
AniChart
AniChart.net seasonal anime chart is powered by the same API; AniChartUser settings are mutable through the API.
Discord
Official AniList Discord server provides API status and community support; the AniList org publishes a Discord search bot.
Apollo Studio
AniList exposes its schema through Apollo Studio's hosted sandbox explorer for interactive query authoring.
Solutions 3
Packaged solutions the provider offers on top of the raw API surface.
Packaged solutions this provider offers.
Non-commercial / Hobby
Free use, subject to terms (no data hoarding, no backup/storage abuse, no competing tracker without sustained AniList sync).
Commercial under $150/mo
Free for commercial applications generating less than $150 in monthly revenue, no permission required.
Commercial over $150/mo
Requires a commercial license arranged via [email protected].
Resources
Every other property we hold for AniList — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 7
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
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Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Build 5
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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