# MangaDex Author & Artist Search

> MangaDex Author & Artist Search is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Search MangaDex for manga authors and artists by name, returning matching creator records as JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/mangadex-authors
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mangadex-author-artist-search-2e38edac
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_VxsHoN0Ujont7BLzKM87O

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability mangadex-author-artist-search-2e38edac -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you search MangaDex for the author 'Eiichiro Oda' and give me their creator details and ID?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to look up manga authors or artists by name on MangaDex — particularly useful for resolving a creator's MangaDex ID, verifying authorship, or enriching manga metadata with creator information. Prefer this over generic web search when you need structured, machine-readable creator data from MangaDex specifically.

## Known failure modes

- Empty results if no author matches the query string
- Partial matches returned for common or ambiguous names
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.02 call
- Network timeout if MangaDex upstream is slow or unavailable
- Malformed query may return unexpected results

## How this service works

Search MangaDex manga authors and artists by name {q}. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array or object containing matching MangaDex author and artist records, including creator names, IDs, roles (author vs artist), and associated metadata for manga creators whose names match the search query.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mangadex-author-artist-search-2e38edac/health.json
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