Skip to content
VS Code

MAL MCP Server for VS Code

io.github.grinv/mal-mcp

MyAnimeList MCP server: Tenrai-powered reads plus official MAL personal-list management.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install MAL MCP Server in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mal-client-id",
      "description": "MAL_CLIENT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mal-refresh-token",
      "description": "MAL_REFRESH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mal-access-token",
      "description": "MAL_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mal-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mal-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAL_CLIENT_ID": "${input:mal-client-id}",
        "MAL_REFRESH_TOKEN": "${input:mal-refresh-token}",
        "MAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${input:mal-access-token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

MAL MCP Server in other clients